Thursday, March 26

Tag: US POLITICS

Former US president Bill Clinton had no knowledge of Epstein crimes, says Hillary Clinton

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said she did not know Jeffrey Epstein and that she repeatedly told the House Oversight Committee that during her more than six-hour deposition. She was speaking to reporters on Thursday (Friday AEDT) after the end of the closed-doors deposition in the Clintons' hometown of Chappaqua, in New York City. Her husband former US president Bill Clinton is set to testify under oath on Friday (Saturday AEDT) in Chappaqua. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center, after testifying before US House members as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Thursday, February 26, in Chappaqua, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) (AP) Asked whether ...

Trump says US sending ‘hospital boat’ to Greenland

US President Donald Trump says he is sending a hospital boat to Greenland, the Danish territory he has sought to acquire, even as the Arctic island says it doesn't want it. "Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there. It's on the way!!!" the president posted on social media alongside an illustration of the naval hospital ship the USNS Mercy. It is unclear what Trump was referring to in his post. Greenland and Denmark have free, nationalised health care systems. Donald Trump claimed a US "hospital boat" was en route to Greenland. (Truth Social) CNN has reached out to the White House and Landry's office for m...

Gunman shot dead at Trump’s Florida home of Mar-a-Lago identified as missing 21-year-old

A shotgun-wielding man shot dead at US President Donald Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago in Florida has been identified as a 21-year-old from a family of Trump supporters. The US Secret Service said earlier an armed man has been shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House during the incident about 1.30am (5.30pm AEDT) on Sunday. First lady Melania Trump was also with the president. Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House during the incident on Sunday. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) According to the Secret Service, he was "observed by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago propert...

Trump’s attorney-general refuses to face Epstein victims, apologise

Donald Trump's attorney-general, Pam Bondi, has refused to apologise to victims over her department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Bondi was testifying before a House Judiciary Committee when Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal asked any Epstein survivors in the room to stand. "Please raise your hands if you have still not been able to meet with this Department of Justice," Jayapal said. Pam Bondi refused to turn around to face victims of Jeffrey Epstein. (AP) All of the survivors raised their hands. "Will you turn to them now and apologise for what your Department of Justice has put them through with the absolutely unacceptable release of the Epstein files and their information?" Jayapal asked Bondi. Bondi did not turn around to face the v...

Trump in the unredacted Epstein files ‘a million times’

Two members of Congress have named six men whose names were redacted by the Department of Justice from the Epstein files. Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie used their parliamentary privilege to name the men on the floor of the House of Representatives. "Seventy to eighty per cent of the files are still redacted," Khanna said. Jeffrey Epstein was a notorious sex trafficker and financier. (Christopher Anderson/Instagram) "There were six wealthy powerful men that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason." The list includes two billionaires. Nobody on the list is accused of taking part in any specific criminal wrongdoing or implicated in any crimes. And none of them have been charged in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. The legislation passed late ...

Hope and uncertainty as India and US strike long-delayed trade deal

AFP via Getty Images Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) last met US President Donald Trump in February at the White House, but the two have spoken on the phone several times since then US President Donald Trump's decision to lower reciprocal tariffs on India from 50% to 18% has been met with a sense of relief in Asia's third-largest economy, even as precise details on the agreement remain sketchy. India paid the highest tariffs in the world after Trump raised import duties on Indian goods from 25% to 50% in August last year, saying Delhi's purchase of discounted Russian oil was helping fund Moscow's war effort in Ukraine. After his call with India's prime minister on Monday, Trump claimed Narendra Modi had "agreed to stop buyi...
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