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House Democrats barreling toward impeachment of Trump for second time
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): House Democrats are planning to introduce several articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his role in his inciting a mob of his supporters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday to halt a Congress session certifying President-elect Joe Bi
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Biden announces key picks for his economic team
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced another set of selections, completing his round of picks for the Cabinet in his incoming administration.
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Pompeo meets Biden's pick for Secretary of State for the first time
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday (local time) met President-elect Joe Biden's selection for the post, Antony Blinken for the first time since the results of the presidential elections, according to a State Department official.
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2 Indian-Americans named in White House National Security Council
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday (local time) named two Indian-American members, Tarun Chhabra and Sumona Guha, while announcing additional members of their White House National Security Council (NSC).
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Indian-American Sabrina Singh appointed as deputy press secretary to Vice
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Washington [US], January 08 (ANI): Indian-American Sabrina Singh has been named as the Deputy Press Secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the upcoming Joe Biden administration.
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Trump says he will not attend Biden's inauguration ceremony on January 20
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Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has said that he will not attend the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden.
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Trump concedes to Biden, says 'new administration will be inaugurated on J
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) finally conceded defeat in the presidential elections held in November and said that a new administration will be inaugurated on January 20.
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Biden calls violence at US Capitol 'one of darkest days of nation'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) called the mob violence at the US Capitol one of the 'darkest days in the history of the nation' and an 'unprecedented assault' on US democracy.
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Biden appoints Indian American Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Wilmington [US], January 7 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-origin Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General of the United States making her the first woman of colour to serve in this role.
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Biden nominates Judge Merrick Garland as US Attorney General
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Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden has formally announced appellate court Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee for the post of the US attorney general.
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Congress certifies Biden's victory; Trump pledges 'peaceful and orderly tr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI): Congress on early Thursday (local time) accepted the Electoral College result that confirmed President-Elect Joe Biden's win and cleared his way to become the 46th President of the United States (POTUS).
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Kim Jong-un vows to strengthen North Korea's defence capabilities
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 7 (ANI): At a rare party congress on Tuesday, the first in five years, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to strengthen his country's military capabilities to protect its people amid an impasse in its nuclear negotiations with the US, reported Yonhap.
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