The White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting on Saturday is the latest episode in a documented surge of politically motivated violence targeting officials across the spectrum. WASHINGTON | Xinhua | A gunman armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives stormed a security checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday that the shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is in custody. “Quite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job. They acted quickly and bravely. The shooter has been apprehended,” Trump said in …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump will “unleash hell” if Iran refuses to make a deal over the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. “President Trump does not bluff and he is prepared to unleash hell,” she said at a …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that U.S. forces will have “complete and total dominance” over Iranian airspace in the next few hours. “We expect to have complete and total dominance over Iranian airspace in the coming hours,” Leavitt said at the White House …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | The White House has attempted to ease tensions over the latest fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by federal immigration officers in Minnesota, even as investigations continue and questions grow among state officials, lawmakers and other groups. According to local media, U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory …
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WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The White House rarely hosts so many foreign dignitaries at once as it did on Monday, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven European leaders arrived to discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict with U.S. President Donald Trump. The latest talks came three days after …
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Tesla sales dropped by 13% in the first three months of this year, the largest drop in deliveries in its history ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Elon Musk has said he is leaving the Trump administration after helping lead a tumultuous drive to shrink the size of US government that saw thousands …
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`Twice as good for half the respect’ ANALYSIS | CLARE CORBOULD | Mainstream media are surprisingly muted at the prospect of the world’s most powerful nation being led for the first time by a woman – specifically a woman of colour, Vice President Kamala Harris. Using past elections as our guide, …
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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | A vehicle traveling at high speed collided with a gate at the White House on Saturday night, leaving the driver dead, the U.S. Secret Service. “Shortly before 10:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) on May 4th,” the vehicle crashed into “an outer perimeter gate on the White House …
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BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | African leaders, in recent years, have pushed back against Western pressure and interference, but especially its claims about “the China threat,” an opinion piece carried by the South China Morning Post, has said. The article, published on Monday, noted that the White House’s propaganda drive …
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