Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block US President Donald Trump from using a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along the US-Mexico border, accelerating a showdown in Congress that could divide Republicans and lead to Trump’s first veto. The Democrats introduced a resolution Friday to block Trump’s […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called upon lawmakers to back a resolution to halt the national emergency declared by US President Donald Trump to fund a wall on the southern border with Mexico. Trump announced the emergency in order to bypass Congress, which approved only a quarter of the US$5.6 billion (RM22.8 billion) he […]

 A Democratic-led House panel has launched a probe of US nuclear plan in Saudi Arabia, raising concerns over the transfer of sensitive nuclear power technology to the kingdom. Key members of the Trump administration pushed a plan to sell nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia in the months after the inauguration despite objections from members […]

 Pointing to the 40 years of failure of the United States to defeat Iran, the foreign minister emphasized the need to change this policy by White House officials. “40 Years of Failure to accept that Iranians will never return to submission. 40 Years of Failure to adjust US policy to reality. 40 Years of Failure […]

Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Monday that Donald Trump did not ask permission to station U.S. troops in Iraq to “watch Iran”. It follows an interview in which the U.S. president said America had “spent a fortune” on building a military base in Iraq and “one of the reasons I want to keep it […]

 Trying to justify the US illegal presence in Syria and Iraq, US President Donald Trump says that he will keep the troops in Syria and Iraq in order to keep a close eye on Iran “because Iran is a real problem.” According to Reuters, Donald Trump made the remarks during an interview with CBS’ “Face the […]

It is obvious that piggish American imperialistic foreign policy under Trump aims to overthrow uncooperative foreign governments and install subservient regimes, often to make way for the plundering of natural resources and to open markets for US corporations, particularly arms makers. John Bolton declared clearly why the US is going for regime change in Venezuela: […]

 Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rebuked the US’ withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia, saying the decision shows that any deal with the US government is not worth the ink. In a Twitter message on Friday, Zarif wrote, “Yet another withdrawal from an accord by the Trump administration; this time […]

 Announcement of Barnie Sanders’ candidacy in the 2020 presidential election is the worst possible news for Donald Trump and his entourage at the White House. Many American analysts believe that Sanders could be a serious rival for Trump in the upcoming presidential election. Three years after fighting a surprisingly competitive Democratic primary race against Hillary […]

 President Donald Trump on Friday announced that a deal has been reached to end the shutdown and reopen the government. The announcement came as the partial government shutdown stretched to 35 days, the longest in U.S. history. President Donald Trump is expected to announce an agreement to temporarily reopen the federal government after the longest […]