Hong Kong: US imposes sanctions on chief executive Carrie Lam

The sanctions were used to target those undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “The United States stands with the people of Hong Kong,” Mr Mnuchin added. The move comes... Read more »

US can get coronavirus levels ‘way down’ by Election Day in November, Fauci says

The United States has what it takes to get Covid-19 case levels down to more manageable levels by Election Day in November if it uses masks and other “fundamental tenets of infection... Read more »

Trump refuses to praise late civil rights leader John Lewis

Donald Trump refused to praise the late John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and original Freedom Rider, during his latest one-on-one interview, and also questioned the value of the pivotal Civil Rights Act... Read more »

Donald Trump’s tone deaf ‘911’ campaign ad is a slap in the face to seniors

Facing defections from older white voters, a crucial voting bloc that he needs in order to win a second term in the November election, Trump has unleashed a series of fear-mongering ads.... Read more »

TikTok: China’s ByteDance agrees to divest US operations after Trump threat

China’s ByteDance has agreed to divest the US operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House, after Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided... Read more »

Canada says requirements met to extradite Huawei CFO to US

Canada’s attorney general says the requirements for extraditing Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States on charges of bank fraud have been met, documents submitted in a British Columbia... Read more »

Donald Trump wants the US elections to be postponed. Is it even possible?

The United States woke up on Thursday (July 30) to a series of tweets by President Donald Trump suggesting that the upcoming presidential election should be delayed on account of the Covid-19... Read more »

Mike

What Are You Made Of?  How One Entrepreneur Achieved Success No one finds success in life without overcoming obstacles. For Mike “C-Roc” Ciorrocco,building a successful mortgage and consulting business wasn’t something that... Read more »

US economy has worst-ever quarter with epic 32.9% dive in Q2 GDP

We knew the United States economy fell off a cliff in the second quarter. On Thursday, we learned just how steep that dive was. AJ IMPACT /BUSINESS & ECONOMY US economy has... Read more »

Watchdog accuses Trump campaign of hiding $170m in spending

President Donald Trump’s re-election effort allegedly hid nearly $170m in spending from mandatory public disclosure by routing payments through companies tied to his former campaign manager, a government oversight group claimed on... Read more »