(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to accept a $400 million airplane from Qatar raises a raft of questions about the scope of laws that relate to gifts from foreign governments and are intended to thwart corruption and improper influence, legal experts said. Below is a look at some of the laws and legal precedents: WHAT...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal is a full economic partnership that will allow President Donald Trump to negotiate with Russia on a stronger basis, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday. The deal, signed on Wednesday, will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction. The...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong has been recognised at the Malaysian American Association (MAA) Hari Raya appreciation and thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday night (April 23) for assisting thousands of Malaysians in the United States. "I am humbled to receive the plaque of appreciation from the MAA alongside Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and...
The chair of a US House committee on Wednesday sent letters to six American universities, including Stanford and Carnegie Mellon, requesting information about their policies on Chinese nationals, in the latest congressional attempt to curb the flow of Chinese students to the US over national security concerns. The letters asked the universities’ presidents to provide detailed...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress was scrambling to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday, hours after more than three dozen Republicans rejected a demand by President-elect Donald Trump to use the measure to lift the nation's debt ceiling. Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was trying to plot a course that could pass...
Kendall Washington and Nicole Jacky have officially ended their relationship just days after their bombshell moment at the Love Island USA reunion. On Tuesday, August 20, the couple took to their Instagram Stories to announce their breakup. While both shared similar statements, the exes offered their perspectives on what led to the split. Nicole revealed that Kendall was the one who ended the...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's challenge to a gag order in his hush money criminal case, where the former U.S. president was convicted in May on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. The decision by the Appellate Division in Manhattan means Trump,...
WASHINGTON (AP): The US federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former US president Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defence lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed. The decision by US District Judge Aileen Cannon brings a stunning and abrupt conclusion to...
WASHINGTON, United States (AP): The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement's attention at Saturday's rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. The tip sparked a frantic search but officers were unable to find him before he managed to get on a roof,...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Joe Biden has shown he is "a pro-Russian candidate being controlled by the Kremlin," Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman joked on Friday, after the U.S. president misspoke and introduced Ukraine's leader as "President Putin" before correcting himself. Video of the gaffe at a NATO summit in Washington on Thursday featured prominently on news bulletins in...
