White House backs Neera Tanden as Republicans oppose her nomination

The White House and the Indian-American community are solidly backing the nomination of Neera Tanden as the director of Office of Management and Budget, describing her as the most appropriate......

Trump names Mick Mulvaney as interim Chief of Staff

United States President Donald Trump has named his budget director Mick Mulvaney as interim White House chief of staff, putting a halt to a chaotic search to who will take over one of the most......

Conditional aid to Pak counterproductive: White House

The White House has strongly opposed the conditions on United States aid to Pakistan by the powerful House Armed Services Committee in the National Defence Authorisation for the fiscal year 2013.......

Obama wants Bansal to be 'at the centre of action'

There was much disappointment in the Indian-American community when Preeta Bansal, who was strongly tipped to be the new US solicitor general, was passed over for this position. President-elect......

US to revoke work permits to spouses of H-1B holders in 3 months

The Trump administration has told a federal court that its decision to revoke work permits to H-4 visa users, a significant majority of whom are Indian-Americans, is expected within the next three......

Obama signs bill to end shutdown

US President Barack Obama early this morning signed a bill into law to end a disruptive 16-day government shutdown and increase the current debt ceiling of $16.7 trillion to prevent the country......

Obama seeks daily briefing on economy

In an effort to keep a close tab on the economic situation of the country, which is in a deep recession, the US President Barack H Obama, has sought a daily briefing on economy. This would be......

Obama: A new era of regulation

At offices of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, some staffers are planning Inauguration parties. Their excitement is a harbinger of the sweeping changes in business regulation......