Two United States Senators, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, his campaign manager and three White House journalists have tested positive for COVID-19, joining several officials working at the presidential palace to have contracted the infection.
Dubbed as the "Super Bowl of American Democracy", Trump, 74, and Biden, 77, would respond to questions on their track record, the Supreme Court, economy, race and violence in cities and integrity of the elections at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio -- a key battleground state.
"President Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the Congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a statement.
On Monday, as many 1,334 died in the US because of coronavirus and 24,895 new cases were reported. The number was far less than the fatalities hovering around 2,000 for the past several days and over 30,000 new cases being reported daily.
"Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and every thing) but herself for her election loss. She lost the debates and lost her direction!" Trump said.
It is also for the first time ever that so many Indian-Americans have been roped into a presidential administration ever before the inauguration. Biden, a Democrat, is still quite far away from filling all the positions in his administration.
India has already shortlisted the names of two-three heads of states for extending invitation to be chief guest at the Republic Day parade.
The highly-anticipated summit, which began early Tuesday, is the third engagement between Xi, 68, and Biden, 78, since February.
The 1st article of impeachment, abuse of power, was on party lines with 230 to 197 votes, while the 2nd, obstruction to the Congress, was voted 229-198.
Meanwhile, Pakistan said the terrorist attack in Pulwama district is "a matter of grave concern" even as it strongly rejected Indian media and government's allegations of the country's link to the strike "without" probe.
US President Donald Trump identified New York, California and Washington as the three major coronavirus hot spots.
'It's a very tough situation. We're talking to India. We're talking to China. They've got a big problem there'
Taliban failed to honour Doha accord, never renounced Al-Qaeda: US general Mark Milley
The White House has said the forthcoming book by John Bolton is "full of classified information"
Slamming the media for trying to "delegetimise" President Donald Trump by false reporting, his top aides have said the new administration will fight back "tooth and nail" against it and can even "rethink" its relationship with the press.
Myanmar military television says that the military has taken control of the country for one year.
Michelle also discussed the experience of raising kids at the White House with Melania.
Trump ordered that they be reviewed in the next 180 days.
Trump paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years largely because he reported losing much more money than he made, the report said. The US president immediately dismissed the report as 'totally fake news'.
US refrained to make any comment on India's decision to not to attend the SAARC Summit in Islamabad.
"(Clinton) made a very powerful case, particularly at the beginning, for building on the economic progress that this country has made in digging out of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression," he told reporters.
The United States on Friday exempted some countries, including India and China, from the tough Iranian sanctions act as they continue to reduce their dependence on Iranian oil.
He said the US has been very clear to Pakistan on ending support to terrorist safe havens.
We can no longer have massive trade deficits and job losses, the US President said.
The programme permits visa free travel for 20 mn visitors per year.
Outgoing US President Donald Trump has declined to concede the closely-fought November 3 presidential race to Democrat Biden and is mounting legal fights in several key battleground states, but there has been no evidence of voter irregularities or widespread fraud in the election -- billed as one of the most divisive and bitter in recent American history.
Trump claimed Clinton allowed uranium to go to Russia while she was secretary of state.
The US president suggested that the "dirty" eatery "badly needs a paint job" and must focus more on cleaning its "filthy canopies, doors and windows".
"I think we are, as talked about during the campaign and the transition, establishing a deeper relationship with Prime Minister Modi and US-India businesses," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told media persons at his daily news conference.
There is no such annual parade in the United States, which is militarily the most powerful country of the world.
The United States on Friday ruled out a full-scale reinvasion of Iraq by American military in view of the Islamic State gaining ground in the country.
Sharif said the Kashmir issue is the bone of contention between the two neighbours and it will have to be resolved for peace and stability in the region.
The spat began when Shree Chauhan, living in Washington, DC, asked US Press Secretary Sean Spicer if he had committed treason at an Apple store.
Mueller has already interviewed several of the close aides and family members of Trump over the issue.
US Attorney General William Barr, to whom the report was delivered on Friday, told Congressional leaders that he may submit to them its summary 'as soon as this weekend'.
The Islamic State terror group has created a global battlefield, a top United States senator with access to intelligence information said on Wednesday.
US President Barack Obama has privately met his former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the White House.
The order says "It is the policy of my administration to seek the prompt repeal" of the law.
Trump and the White House has described this as an impeachment hoax. White House asserted that the president has done no wrong.
Trump said the summit ended with no agreement because he was not willing to lift all the sanctions on North Korea.
