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Donald Trump has renewed his threat to cut ties with China, a day after his diplomats held high-level talks with Beijing and his top US trade negotiator said severing the trade relationship was not a viable option. The conflicting stances emerged as Washington questioned China’s credibility on accurately reporting the new Covid-19 cluster in Beijing. […] More
EPA claims federal government, states and public water systems have already taken steps to reduce perchlorate levels A sign posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination at the site in Rialto, California. Photograph: Ric Francis/AP US environmental regulators have decided they will not put restrictions on perchlorate – a rocket fuel ingredient known to […] More
The federal government program created in 2012 protects more than 650,000 undocumented immigrants in the US Demonstrators rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The supreme court has blocked Donald Trump’s bid to end the so-called Daca program that allowed more than 650,000 undocumented immigrants, who were brought to the US […] More
Former security adviser calls Trump ‘stunningly uninformed’ DoJ lawyers likely to face battle to halt memoir’s publication Trump and Bolton in September 2018. The Trump administration has tried to block Bolton’s book from being published on the grounds that it contains classified material. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA The Trump administration will go to court on Friday […] More
John Roberts wrote in 5-4 majority opinion the administration’s decision to end program was ‘arbitrary and capricious’ Immigration rights activists hold a rally in front of the supreme court on 12 November 2019, as the court hears arguments about Daca. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The US supreme court has rejected Donald Trump’s bid […] More
Washington legislation allows US to freeze assets of Chinese officials it deems responsible for arbitrary detentions in Xinjiang region Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China’s Xinjiang region. China has threatened to retaliate against the US’s new Uighur human rights law. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP Beijing has criticised […] More
Last-ditch attempt to quash release comes as copies have already been shipped and news outlets report on startling details Full report: Trump offered ‘favors’ to dictators, book says Bolton’s book: the eight most stunning claims The publishers of Bolton’s bombshell memoir called the move ‘a frivolous, politically motivated exercise’. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters The Trump administration […] More
White House tried to block publication of The Room Where It Happened, but the book has been leaked to media outlets John Bolton during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington DC, 9 May 2018. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton has made a series of explosive […] More
