https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/327173/feed Founded in 2007, POLITICO is an award-winning, American political journalism company that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Associated Press Associated Press The White House signalled on Friday night that CNN would be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump’s Saturday trip, the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications. The news organisation was replaced by Real America’s Voice News, a conservative network, for the president’s trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, according to White House guidance. Trump is scheduled to attend a college-football game between the University of Tennessee... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/politics/article/3368881/cnn-blocked-trumps-trip-white-house-signals-new-media-curb?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/politics/article/3368881/cnn-blocked-trumps-trip-white-house-signals-new-media-curb?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:26:19 +0000 Reuters Reuters US television networks resumed coverage of President Donald Trump’s White House events on Friday, providing the first live pool access for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit, as a legal battle continues over restrictions on CNN, MS Now and Politico. Trump last week banned the three outlets from the White House, before a judge ordered the administration to restore their access. The White House television press pool aired video of Xi’s arrival at the White House for tea on the final day of the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368868/us-tv-networks-back-white-house-trump-praises-fair-coverage-xi-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368868/us-tv-networks-back-white-house-trump-praises-fair-coverage-xi-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:07:41 +0000 Orange Wang,Caroline Lin Orange Wang,Caroline Lin Domestic US political turmoil and Donald Trump’s feud with the media overshadowed a summit that Beijing hoped would project an image of China on equal footing and help stabilise ties with the United States. Trump rolled out the full red-carpet treatment for Chinese President Xi Jinping as he paid his first state visit to the US in over a decade. In addition to Trump and his wife Melania greeting Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan on the tarmac on arrival, the “many special arrangements” included a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368860/what-summit-us-tv-blackout-and-midterms-turmoil-overshadow-red-carpet-treatment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368860/what-summit-us-tv-blackout-and-midterms-turmoil-overshadow-red-carpet-treatment?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:54:34 +0000 Reuters Reuters The White ⁠House said on Thursday it has reinstated journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico after a federal judge deemed US President Donald Trump’s ban of the three news outlets likely to be unconstitutional and ordered their access immediately restored. The midday reinstatement came after a chaotic few hours earlier on Thursday when the journalists continued to be blocked from entering the White House grounds. That prompted the three news organisations to request an immediate hearing before... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368609/us-judge-orders-white-house-lift-trump-ban-news-outlets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368609/us-judge-orders-white-house-lift-trump-ban-news-outlets?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:37:38 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away in protest of CNN being banned from the grounds. A light drizzle fell on the South Lawn as Trump used oversized gold scissors to cut a red, white and blue ribbon. He then exchanged handshakes with officials and some members of a construction crew wearing green smocks and hard hats – seeking to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368304/trump-inaugurates-white-house-helipad-networks-skip-coverage-over-media-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368304/trump-inaugurates-white-house-helipad-networks-skip-coverage-over-media-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:13:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters CNN, MS ⁠NOW and Politico sued US President Donald Trump and other members of his administration on Monday for banning them from White House grounds, saying the action violated their rights to free speech and a free press under the US Constitution’s First Amendment. The news outlets are seeking a temporary restraining order to block Trump’s action in federal court in Washington DC, with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday. “This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368294/trump-sued-cnn-ms-now-politico-over-white-house-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368294/trump-sued-cnn-ms-now-politico-over-white-house-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:28:07 +0000 Simpson Cheung Simpson Cheung The United States Congress has reportedly launched a probe after a shipment of sensitive F-35 fighter jet parts was said to have been unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong and went missing, with the city’s authorities declining to comment on the case. A spokesman for the Hong Kong government said over the weekend that it would not comment on individual cases, a day after US media outlet Politico reported the story. Citing three anonymous sources, Politico said the F-35 parts were shipped from... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/article/3368143/us-congress-investigates-diversion-sensitive-f-35-parts-hong-kong-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/article/3368143/us-congress-investigates-diversion-sensitive-f-35-parts-hong-kong-report?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:08:22 +0000 Reuters Reuters The White House on Saturday denied access to journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico, following through with US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would ban them from the building’s grounds. All three news outlets separately said their teams’ press passes were ‌confiscated on Saturday morning when their journalists went to the White House. They have signalled that they may contest the ban on the grounds that it conflicts with the US Constitution’s First Amendment protections for... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368128/white-house-bars-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-reporters-after-trump-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368128/white-house-bars-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-reporters-after-trump-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:17:45 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS ‌Now and Politico – from the White House in his latest move to crack down on the independent press. Trump said that, “effective immediately, I am banning” the outlets for allegedly “reporting FAKE NEWS” in a move that is likely to be challenged as conflicting with the US Constitution’s First Amendment protections for free speech and a free press. “Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368075/trump-says-he-banning-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-white-house?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368075/trump-says-he-banning-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-white-house?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:58:15 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Long-time Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo has been abruptly sacked by the network, with the channel saying her firing was “effective immediately” in a September 3 statement. “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 and a half years and wish her all the best on her next chapter,” the statement read. In response, Bartiromo’s lawyer Bryan Freedman issued a statement on September 4 denying that she had been fired: “The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3366619/meet-jonathan-steinberg-ex-fox-news-anchor-maria-bartiromos-multimillionaire-husband?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3366619/meet-jonathan-steinberg-ex-fox-news-anchor-maria-bartiromos-multimillionaire-husband?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:15:06 +0000 Emma Ma Emma Ma After the intense European heatwave beginning in late May fuelled a surge in imports of Chinese air conditioners, drought across the continent is now driving unexpected overseas demand for Chinese-made water-saving hardware. In Yiwu – a city in eastern China’s Zhejiang province known as the world’s small-goods capital – Liu Junming has spent more than two decades exporting kitchen and bathroom hardware. He said exports of taps and showerheads had risen unusually sharply this summer. Taps bound... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3365653/europe-drought-drives-demand-chinese-water-saving-goods-eu-trade-tensions-grow?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3365653/europe-drought-drives-demand-chinese-water-saving-goods-eu-trade-tensions-grow?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:00:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with someone posing as Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, it was reported on Monday. According to Politico, which broke the story quoting anonymous sources, the British leader sent a “few messages” via an unspecified communication channel to a person he believed to be Wiles before becoming suspicious. The incident was deemed serious enough for the British embassy in Washington to raise the matter with the White House, according... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3364339/uk-pm-burnham-exchanged-messages-trump-aide-impostor-reports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3364339/uk-pm-burnham-exchanged-messages-trump-aide-impostor-reports?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:22:44 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Graham Platner, a scandal-plagued Democratic Senate nominee whose insurgent rise had drawn comparisons to Donald Trump, ended his campaign on Wednesday after a rape allegation threatened to derail one of his party’s best chances of flipping a Republican-held seat. Platner, a Marine veteran, oysterman and political newcomer, won last month’s Democratic primary in the northeastern state of Maine to face Republican Senator Susan Collins in November’s midterm elections. His withdrawal gives Maine... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3359919/democrat-graham-platner-exits-key-us-senate-race-denies-rape-allegation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3359919/democrat-graham-platner-exits-key-us-senate-race-denies-rape-allegation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:48:28 +0000 Reuters Reuters ⁠Democratic Party leaders on Monday called on Graham Platner to withdraw as their nominee to run against Republican US Senator Susan Collins of Maine, after media reports that a woman accused him of forcibly having sex with her nearly five years ago. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said in a statement: “The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3359694/sex-assault-claim-throws-key-us-senate-race-question?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3359694/sex-assault-claim-throws-key-us-senate-race-question?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:38:01 +0000 Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham The European Commission agreed on a tough new approach to trade relations with China, at a rare Beijing-focused debate among Brussels’ leadership on Friday. In a presentation, trade chief Maros Sefcovic laid out why the bloc needed to take stronger steps to defend itself from what is described as a new “China shock” to its industries, according to people briefed on the event. This may require developing a new instrument to compel companies in critical sectors to expand both the number and the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3355380/brussels-fires-starting-gun-tougher-china-trade-policy-beijing-vows-retaliation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3355380/brussels-fires-starting-gun-tougher-china-trade-policy-beijing-vows-retaliation?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 May 2026 16:17:23 +0000 Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham The EU’s outgoing top trade official used her departing appearance at the European Parliament to pour cold water on the prospect of an investment deal with China, hinting instead that new weapons for dealing with Chinese “macroeconomic imbalances” could be on the way. Sabine Weyand, who is leaving her role as the EU’s director general for trade after a seven-year tenure, said the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment – signed in the last days of 2020 but frozen soon after in a row over human... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3352714/china-eu-investment-deal-should-stay-deep-freezer-warns-outgoing-trade-chief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3352714/china-eu-investment-deal-should-stay-deep-freezer-warns-outgoing-trade-chief?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 May 2026 06:35:20 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump denounced a clean ⁠energy agreement between ⁠the United Kingdom and ⁠California Governor Gavin Newsom hours after it was signed on Monday, Politico reported. In an interview with the news outlet, Trump said it was “inappropriate” for Britain to be ‌dealing with the Democratic governor. Trump, a Republican, also branded Newsom “a loser”, saying “his state has gone to hell, and his environmental work is a disaster”. Newsom is an outspoken Trump critic and has publicly... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343772/trump-slams-energy-deal-between-california-and-britain-calls-governor-newsom-loser?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343772/trump-slams-energy-deal-between-california-and-britain-calls-governor-newsom-loser?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:57:52 +0000 Finbarr Bermingham Finbarr Bermingham A 16th-century Flemish castle is the setting on Thursday as European leaders try to resolve a set of economic tensions haunting Europe that are almost as old: the pull between free trade and protection, integration and sovereignty. On the agenda are prickly items such as how to kick-start the EU economy, whether to issue joint debt and how far to go with “buy Europe” provisions aimed at unpicking reliance on China and the United States. Seven years after European Commission President Ursula von... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343263/free-trade-or-fortress-europe-battle-soul-eu-economy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343263/free-trade-or-fortress-europe-battle-soul-eu-economy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:00:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump could decide next year to withdraw from the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), Politico reported on Thursday, citing US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. “The president’s view is he only wants deals that are a good deal. The reason why we built a review period into USMCA was in case we needed to revise it, review it or exit it,” Greer told Politico’s White House bureau chief Dasha Burns in a podcast episode that will be broadcast on Friday. Greer... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335256/trump-could-decide-next-year-withdraw-usmca-says-us-trade-representative?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335256/trump-could-decide-next-year-withdraw-usmca-says-us-trade-representative?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:12:24 +0000 Reuters Reuters At least 30 news organisations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most powerful military ahead of a Tuesday deadline to accept new restrictions. The policy requires journalists to acknowledge new rules on press access, including that they could be branded security risks and have their Pentagon press badges revoked if they ask department employees to disclose classified and some types of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329041/major-us-news-outlets-reject-new-pentagon-press-access-policy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329041/major-us-news-outlets-reject-new-pentagon-press-access-policy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:00:16 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan US President Donald Trump has asked to preside over the signing of a peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand when he attends the Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur later this month, according to four government and diplomatic sources. Southeast Asia is hoping to negotiate concessions to punishing tariffs imposed by Washington when they meet in the Malaysian capital from October 26 to 28, adding significance to Trump’s request for a peace signing ceremony. At least 43 people were killed over five days... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3328148/trump-wants-thai-cambodian-peace-deal-photo-op-asean-summit-boost-nobel-ambitions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3328148/trump-wants-thai-cambodian-peace-deal-photo-op-asean-summit-boost-nobel-ambitions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:07:55 +0000 Joe Lieberman, who made history as the first Jewish vice-presidential candidate for a major US party and lately returned to the spotlight as a leader of a push for a third candidate in the 2024 election, died on Wednesday, US media reported. Lieberman died in New York City at the age of 82 “due to complications from a fall”, his family said in a statement carried by US media. The Democrat-turned-independent, who was never shy about veering from the party line, was hired by Chinese... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3257000/former-us-senator-joe-lieberman-democrats-pick-vice-president-2000-dies-82?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3257000/former-us-senator-joe-lieberman-democrats-pick-vice-president-2000-dies-82?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:29:04 +0000 Former US attorney general William Barr on Sunday defended Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 37-count indictment against former US president Donald Trump on Sunday, saying if the allegations the former president wilfully retained hundreds of highly classified documents are proven true, then “he’s toast”. “I was shocked by the degree of sensitivity of these documents and how many there were, … and I think the counts under the Espionage Act that he wilfully retained those documents are solid counts,”... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3223734/trump-toast-if-classified-records-case-proven-former-attorney-general-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3223734/trump-toast-if-classified-records-case-proven-former-attorney-general-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:37:57 +0000 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Senator John Cornyn are lobbying hard for a ban on government business with Chinese chip makers, Politico reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The senators want to get their amendment which blocks federal access to semiconductor products and services made by Chinese firms into the final version of this year’s National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), the report said. The measure would broaden provisions in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3200042/tech-war-us-senators-push-ban-government-deals-chinese-chip-makers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3200042/tech-war-us-senators-push-ban-government-deals-chinese-chip-makers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Nov 2022 23:56:32 +0000 Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernised US B61 tactical nuclear weapons at Nato bases in Europe would lower the “nuclear threshold” and that Russia would take the move into account in its military planning. Russia has about 2,000 working tactical nuclear weapons while the United States has around 200 such weapons, half of which are at bases in Italy, Germany, Türkiye, Belgium and The Netherlands. Amid the Ukraine crisis, Politico reported on October 26 that the US... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3197739/russia-says-us-lowering-nuclear-threshold-newer-bombs-nato-bases-europe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3197739/russia-says-us-lowering-nuclear-threshold-newer-bombs-nato-bases-europe?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Oct 2022 17:06:30 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Annabelle Dickson on politico.eu on October 17, 2021. British MPs holding meetings with the public could be offered police protection following the killing of their colleague David Amess, Home Secretary Priti Patel said. Ministers and parliamentary authorities were carrying out an urgent review of MPs’ security outside parliament after the Conservative representative for Southend West was fatally... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3152697/uk-mps-could-be-given-police-protection-public-meetings-wake?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3152697/uk-mps-could-be-given-police-protection-public-meetings-wake?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Oct 2021 03:32:08 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Ryan Heath and Karl Mathiesen on politico.com on October 13, 2021. Scotland’s largest city – famous for deep fried Mars bars, club nights and sectarian soccer rivalry – is about to attract a network of global elites more comfortable gathering over champagne in Davos for the World Economic Forum. Corporations, celebrities, royals and religious leaders will be jetting into Glasgow on October 31 for two... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3152296/global-elites-are-headed-scotland-cop26?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3152296/global-elites-are-headed-scotland-cop26?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Oct 2021 03:54:43 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Caitlin Emma and Jennifer Scholtes on politico.com on October 12, 2021. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday to briefly alleviate the squeeze of the US debt limit, warding off an economically destructive default for just over seven weeks. President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislation in short order, allowing the Treasury Department to keep paying loans... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3152131/congress-punts-us-debt-limit-crisis-december?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3152131/congress-punts-us-debt-limit-crisis-december?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:31:13 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Christopher Cadelago and Laura Barron-Lopez on politico.com on October 11, 2021. In a focus group last week, Pennsylvania Democrats one after another articulated the issue vexing top White House aides, party operatives in Virginia and voters in Georgia: why isn’t US President Joe Biden’s diminished job rating rebounding? All nine participants from Tuesday’s session gave Biden C- grades or lower. And... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3152008/joe-biden-trapped-coronavirus-malaise-presidents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3152008/joe-biden-trapped-coronavirus-malaise-presidents?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:21:16 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Meredith McGraw on politico.com on October 9, 2021. Nine months ago, Republicans were questioning Donald Trump’s place as the lead fixture of their party. Saturday night provided the clearest evidence yet that they want him right there. Not one year removed from surviving a second impeachment, the former president rallied before thousands of his most loyal supporters across the Iowa state fairgrounds on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151858/donald-trump-holds-fast-his-election-lies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151858/donald-trump-holds-fast-his-election-lies?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:01:59 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Betsy Woodruff Swan on politico.com on October 7, 2021. Former US president Donald Trump is directing a group of his former aides to ignore a subpoena from the House committee probing the January 6 Capitol attack and signalling he will go to court to block their testimony to the investigators. The committee has subpoenaed documents and testimony from four Trump administration alumni: former social media... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151577/donald-trump-tells-four-former-aides-defy-january-6?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151577/donald-trump-tells-four-former-aides-defy-january-6?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Oct 2021 21:01:59 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Quint Forgey on politico.com on October 7, 2021. Two lawmakers on US national security committees – one a House Democrat, the other a Senate Republican – said on Thursday they were unaware of a US troop deployment in Taiwan where forces are reportedly helping train the island nation’s military. The acknowledgements from congressman Ami Bera and Senator Thom Tillis, made during POLITICO’s inaugural... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3151573/us-troops-secretly-training-taiwanese-soldiers-last-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3151573/us-troops-secretly-training-taiwanese-soldiers-last-year?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:56:11 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Meredith McGraw on politico.com on October 7, 2021. It was one of the great mysteries of his time in office. Why, exactly, did President Donald Trump make an unscheduled trip to Walter Reed National Medical Centre one sunny Saturday afternoon in November 2019? A wide range of conspiracy theories was birthed from that moment – It was a heart ailment! He had a stroke! An impeachment driven anxiety attack?... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151524/how-ego-led-donald-trump-hide-colonoscopy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151524/how-ego-led-donald-trump-hide-colonoscopy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Oct 2021 09:16:37 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Alexandra S. Levine and Claire Rafford on politico.com on October 5, 2021. Whistle-blower Frances Haugen came to the Senate on Tuesday with a message about Facebook and its leaders: don't trust them. The former project manager whose revelations have shaken the world's largest social network accused Mark Zuckerberg and his company of knowingly pushing products that harm children and young adults in a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151300/whistle-blower-senate-dont-trust-facebook?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151300/whistle-blower-senate-dont-trust-facebook?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Oct 2021 17:04:00 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Daniel Lippman on politico.com on October 4, 2021. Seven foreign journalists working for the US Agency for Global Media who were fired by the Trump administration have sued the agency for breach of contract and wrongful termination. The journalists argue in their complaints that their careers and livelihoods have been significantly hurt by being fired and are seeking back pay. Most also claim that USAGM... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151199/journalists-sue-us-broadcasting-arm-wrongful?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151199/journalists-sue-us-broadcasting-arm-wrongful?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Oct 2021 01:48:41 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Matthew Choi on politico.com on October 4, 2021. Asian-American Republicans have been disproportionate critics of former US president Donald Trump, and a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll suggests distance from Trump would help attract more Asian-American voters to the party. A majority of Asian-American/Pacific Islander voters found the former president largely responsible for anti-AAPI discrimination... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151188/many-asian-republicans-blame-trump-not-their-party?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151188/many-asian-republicans-blame-trump-not-their-party?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:17:13 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nick Niedzwiadek on politico.com on October 4, 2021. US President Joe Biden said on Monday that he could not guarantee that the federal government will not default on debt payments due later this month, putting the onus on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to back Republicans off their strategic obstructions to Democratic attempts to raise the debt limit. “I can‘t believe that will be the end... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151186/joe-biden-says-he-cant-guarantee-us-wont-hit-debt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3151186/joe-biden-says-he-cant-guarantee-us-wont-hit-debt?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:51:20 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Emma Anderson on politico.eu on September 27, 2021. Gott im Himmel! The man aiming to be Germany’s next chancellor is already speaking English in public. Olaf Scholz, the Social Democrat vying to lead the next German government after Sunday’s election, shocked German media Monday by answering questions in English at a press conference. When asked by a correspondent for Britain’s Channel 4 TV to respond... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3150352/olaf-scholz-shocks-german-media-speaking-english?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3150352/olaf-scholz-shocks-german-media-speaking-english?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Sep 2021 01:44:55 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Maya Parthasarathy on politico.com on September 26, 2021. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said that Democrats will pass an infrastructure bill with US$550 billion in new spending sometime this week, but would not specify exactly when or nail down the timing for the US$3.5 trillion social spending package. The House last month voted for a September 27 deadline to bring the bipartisan infrastructure... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3150206/nancy-pelosi-says-infrastructure-bill-will-pass?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3150206/nancy-pelosi-says-infrastructure-bill-will-pass?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:18:16 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Myah Ward on politico.com on September 24, 2021. The White House said on Friday that President Joe Biden will not invoke executive privilege on his predecessor’s behalf to shield any Trump White House records from the House’s January 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the Trump administration has not reached out to suggest... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3150066/joe-biden-wont-invoke-executive-privilege-shield?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3150066/joe-biden-wont-invoke-executive-privilege-shield?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:38:40 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Victoria Guida on politico.com on September 22, 2021. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday signalled it is on track to begin withdrawing some of its extraordinary support for the US economy later this year, even though officials are more pessimistic about the outlook for growth and job creation as the resurgent coronavirus weighs on the country. Fully half of the Fed's 18 policymakers even pencilled in the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3149737/federal-reserve-signals-plan-pull-back-us-economic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3149737/federal-reserve-signals-plan-pull-back-us-economic?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:13:50 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Sam Sabin and Victoria Guida on politico.com on September 21, 2021. The US Treasury Department on Tuesday announced a crackdown on the use of digital currencies in ransomware attacks and other financial crimes, including its first-ever sanctions against a crypto exchange. Treasury said about 40 per cent of the transactions at the sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange operating in Russia – Suex – involved... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3149618/us-treasury-unleashes-cryptocurrency-sanctions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3149618/us-treasury-unleashes-cryptocurrency-sanctions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:52:10 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by David Cohen on politico.com on September 19, 2021. Michael Mullen, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Sunday said there was nothing abnormal about the reported conversations between General Mark Milley and his counterparts in China. According to authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, Milley reached out to China in the waning days of the Trump administration, attempting to reduce tensions by... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3149357/former-joint-chiefs-chair-nothing-unusual-about?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3149357/former-joint-chiefs-chair-nothing-unusual-about?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:51:22 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Lara Seligman and Daniel Lippman on politico.com on September 15, 2021. Claims in an upcoming book that a frantic Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley made secret calls to his Chinese counterpart are greatly exaggerated, according to two people familiar with the discussions. A forthcoming book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa claims that Milley grew concerned about then President Donald Trump’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148908/claims-top-us-general-mark-milley-made-secret-calls?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148908/claims-top-us-general-mark-milley-made-secret-calls?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:33:11 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Paul McLeary on politico.com on September 14, 2021. Since taking office, the Biden administration has kept up Washington’s shipments of weapons and training to the Ukrainian military, including US$275 million worth of equipment and support packages since March. But some in Congress are looking to do more and have included an amendment attached to the 2022 defence bill that would pressure the Biden... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3148770/us-armys-iron-dome-could-be-headed-ukraine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3148770/us-armys-iron-dome-could-be-headed-ukraine?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Sep 2021 22:49:14 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Claire Rafford on politico.com on September 10, 2021. US President Joe Biden on Friday told opponents of his administration's Covid-19 vaccine mandates to “have at it” with legal challenges, lamenting that the issue has grown so politicised. “I am so disappointed that particularly some Republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids, so cavalier with the health of their... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148376/joe-biden-legal-challengers-his-coronavirus-vaccine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148376/joe-biden-legal-challengers-his-coronavirus-vaccine?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:39:34 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Alex Thompson on politico.com on September 9, 2021. Former presidential and New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is set to launch a third party next month, according to two people familiar with the matter. Yang is expected to start the party in conjunction with the October 5 release of his new book, Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy. It’s not clear what the name of Yang’s third party will... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148230/andrew-yang-launch-third-party?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148230/andrew-yang-launch-third-party?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Sep 2021 03:20:45 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Adam Cancryn and David Lim on politico.com on September 9, 2021. US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced plans to require staff vaccinations at all health facilities that receive federal funding, as part of a sweeping new plan to rein in the coronavirus. The move represents a dramatic expansion of the administration’s bid to boost vaccination rates among frontline health care workers, and comes as... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148210/coronavirus-joe-biden-expands-us-vaccine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148210/coronavirus-joe-biden-expands-us-vaccine?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:32:29 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Jennifer Scholtes and Caitlin Emma on politico.com on September 8, 2021. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders on Wednesday that she expects the country's debt limit will hit its breaking point next month, dealing a likely blow to the global economy without quick action. In a letter to top lawmakers in both parties, Yellen said the Biden administration’s “best and most recent”... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148196/us-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-warns-likely?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3148196/us-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-warns-likely?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:57:15 +0000 This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Meredith McGraw and Marc Caputo on politico.com on September 7, 2021. Boots on the ground in Iowa. Accelerated fundraising. More national media interviews. A flood of new press statements. A rise in attack ads on the web. With a flurry of activity from his super PAC and hints dropped in private conversations with confidantes and advisers, Donald Trump is signalling a heightened interest in reclaiming... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3147931/donald-trump-builds-turnkey-campaign-operation-2024?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3147931/donald-trump-builds-turnkey-campaign-operation-2024?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:35:42 +0000