US Congress Agreed on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Package
US congress and Trump administration officials have reached an agreement on a massive economic stimulus bill to alleviate the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
UAE Lobby Tries to Impose Sanctions on Turkey
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The United Arab Emirates lobby is pushing the US Congress to impose sanctions on Turkey, according to documents reviewed by Anadolu news agency on Monday. An email from Charles Johnson, a partner with the UAE-hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lobby group, that was sent the week after the […]
New obstacles in Turkey-US relations
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Not long after the US-Turkish agreement on Syria, approval of the Armenian Genocide in the US Congress caused a new crisis in the relations of Ankara-Washington. The issue of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman is perhaps the most sensitive issue in Turkish foreign policy, which has been used at various […]
Trump tweets racist attacks at Democratic congresswomen: report
US President Donald Trump, who has a long history of making racist remarks, once again used racist language on Sun. to attack progressive Democratic congresswomen, falsely implying they weren't natural-born American citizens.
US Congress Publishes Draft Bill Prohibiting Use of Funds to Violate INF Treaty
The US Congress has released the text of a draft bill, dubbed INF Treaty Compliance Act of 2019, which seeks to ban the Pentagon from using its funds for testing and procuring weapons prohibited under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) in the 2020 fiscal year.
US Congress seeks sanctions on Iran’s cryptocurrency efforts: report
US lawmakers have introduced a bill this week in Congress to undermine Iran’s efforts to develop its own cryptocurrency. According to New York-based CoinDesk, a news site specializing in bitcoin and digital currencies, Rep. Mike Gallagher has submitted a bill to the US House of Representatives called ‘Blocking Iran Illicit Finance Act’, calling for imposition of […]
US government set to shuts down over border wall disputes
The US federal government partially shut down after members of Congress failed to resolve disputes over $5 billion in spending for President Donald Trump’s border wall. Trump had previously said he would be “proud’ to shut down the government unless he received the $5 billion he is seeking to fund the construction of a barrier […]