Indian American Dr Vijay G Prabhakar, President, American Multi Ethnic Commission & Chairman, Global Eye Magazine accompanied by his wife Mrs Cynthia Prabhakar were special guests of President Joe Biden and Dr Jill Biden at the White House Congressional Picnic on Tuesday, June 4 at the lawns of the White House.
By Mayank Chhaya The fact that a New York jury found former President Donald Trump unanimously guilty and that too on all 34 counts underscores how it was from the get-go be an open-and-shut case. The 12 members of the jury took just nine hours spread over two days, May 29 and 30, to stamp […]
The 2024 version of the presidential debate, a key element of US politics, will be significantly different and fewer, if President Joe Biden’s proposal sent on Wednesday is accepted by the body that organises them and, more importantly, by former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected US President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” was diminishing the country’s economic growth.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has urged Indian students enrolled in US colleges and universities to abide by local laws and regulations with regard to the ongoing protests that have swept across American institutions for higher education against Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that “xenophobia” from China to Japan and India is hobbling their growth while argued that migration has been good for the U.S. economy.
Indian American businessman and Jain community leader, Ajay Bhutoria expressed a deep appreciation for President Joe Biden’s message commemorating Mahavir Jayanti, as well as his recognition of the significance of the festival. Bhutoria is also the US President’s advisor as the Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Commissioner.
President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign and a Democratic Party outfit are freezing donations totalling about $340,000 from an Indian American businessman named Gaurav Srivastava and his wife Sharon (pictured above) amid controversies, local media reported. Politico quoted Joe Biden’s campaign official as saying that the Biden Victory Fund (BVF) was putting Srivastava’s donation of $50,000 on hold because of concerns about the “legality and source” of the funds.
Vice President Kamala Harris has called former President Donald Trump a “threat” to democracy and fundamental freedoms and vowed to restore Roe v Wade, protect voting rights and address gun violence issues. In a post on X, Harris, who is of Indian heritage, stated, “Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy and fundamental freedoms. President @JoeBiden and I will restore Roe, protect voting rights, and finally address our gun violence epidemic. The contrast could not be clearer.”
President Joe Biden’s campaign spokesperson, James Singer, said in a statement that former President Donald Trump “wants another January 6” after Trump on Saturday said that there would be a ‘bloodbath’ in the country if he lost the upcoming polls. Condemning his statement, Singer emphasized on Sunday that the US people would not make him win the presidential elections.
As the United States is deepening sanctions on tankers carrying petroleum above western price caps, it is also trying to help India negotiate lower prices for Russian oil, Reuters reported citing the Biden administration’s energy envoy on Tuesday. Last month, on the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the US imposed sanctions on Russia’s leading tanker group Sovcomflot. It also designated 14 crude oil tankers as property in which Sovcomflot had an interest.
President Joe Biden clinched the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic Party’s nomination in primaries held on Tuesday. His predecessor Donald Trump will have won the Republican nomination by the end of the day. The Biden-Trump rematch has, thus, cleared its final qualifying threshold.
Joe Biden delivered his presidency’s sharpest and most determined address as part of his last State of the Union speech on March 7 which appeared to have blown away some of the apprehensions and misgivings about his candidacy within the Democratic Party.
In his last State of the Union speech of his current tenure, President Joe Biden launched a scathing attack against his November presidential election rival Donald Trump, mentioning the 2021 Capitol riot, and said he will not bow down to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. In his State of the Union address, Biden denounced Trump for his recent comments about Russia and NATO.
Indian American Nikki Haley, the former US Ambassador to the UN, will suspend her campaign for the Republican nomination for President after a severe drubbing in the primaries held in more than 10 states on Tuesday. Former President Donald Trump will now become the presumptive Republican nominee to take on President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the November election.
President Joe Biden has warned that a second Donald Trump term would mean a return to “chaos, division and darkness,” CNN reported. He highlighted the progress his administration has made in its first term in office. In a statement, Biden wrote, “Four years ago, I ran because of the existential threat Donald Trump posed to the America we all believe in.” He spoke about the US’ progress under his administration on jobs, inflation, prescription drug prices, and gun control.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will win “Super Tuesday” primaries in their respective party’s contests for the 2024 presidential election. Biden, challenged by American author Marianne Williamson and Congressman Dean Phillips, won the Alabama, Massachusetts, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, and Vermont Democratic primaries and the party’s caucus in Iowa, according to national media projections. Trump, meanwhile, is projected to pick up victories in the Republican primary contests in Alabama, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Virginia, beating former South Carolina Governor and former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
By Ajay Bhutoria- [Ajay Bhutoria is a community leader and DNC Deputy National Finance Chair. The views expressed are his own) In the realm of leadership, President Joe Biden has emerged as a truly exceptional figure, earning recognition as one of the greatest presidents in recent history. Far surpassing the criteria of merely being a […]
Fresh out of her stinging loss in the Nevada primary, a confident Nikki Haley has reiterated that the US will have a female president in 2024 — either her or Vice President Kamala Harris — both Indian-Americans.
President Joe Biden’s administration notified Congress on Thursday of the proposed sale of 31 MQ-9B HALE armed drones, clearing a period of informal review that had raised concerns of the deal being in some kind of jeopardy.
President Joe Biden will win the New Hampshire Democratic primary, according to early projections, which seem to have addressed the anxiety of concerned Democrats that his lagging enthusiasm over his campaign and the absence of his name from the ballot could add up to an embarrassing defeat.
US Vice President Kamala Harris will start a nationwide tour on Monday in Wisconsin, a swing state, to preserve “reproductive freedoms” threatened by calls of restriction from Republicans.
White House hopeful Nikki Haley has said that “America is not prejudiced against color” while projecting both incumbent President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump as the “twin threats to democracy” to win New Hampshire where a significant number of independent voters will get to choose their representative in the primaries.
President Joe Biden’s top national security aide, Kurt Campbell praised Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu’s efforts and initiatives, particularly his contribution towards enhancing the US-India relations at the farewell event organized by the US-India Business Council (USIBC) in Washington DC on Thursday, January 18.
Former President Donald Trump won the Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday, solidifying his position as the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP nomination. With the victory, he is one step closer to a rematch with President Joe Biden who defeated him in 2020. The win also laid to rest any lingering questions about his hold over the GOP and the potency of his right-wing message.
