NEW DELHI (TIP): US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell on Thursday, May 22, headed back to her country after an eventful stint here and will be replaced temporarily early next month by Kathleen Stephens, a […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The museum devoted to the story of September 11 tells it in victims’ last voicemails, in photos of people falling from the twin towers, in the scream of sirens, in the dust-covered […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A US federal judge on May 16 temporarily blocked the military from force-feeding a Syrian prisoner on hunger striker at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. It was the first time a judge ordered […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama reported assets worth between $1.8 million and $7 million for last year, little changed from their previous year’s holdings, according to financial disclosure forms released […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama on Friday, May 17, called Narendra Modi to congratulate him on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral success. Obama invited Modi to visit Washington “at a mutually agreeable time to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US lawmakers on Thursday advanced a measure that reins in NSA surveillance, signaling final passage of reforms aimed at ending bulk data collection could come quicker than expected. Easing what was shaping up […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama said on May 8 he would nominate two career diplomats with extensive experience in the Middle East as ambassadors to Egypt and Iraq. Robert Stephen Beecroft, who has been US […]
WASHINGTON: A driver unfamiliar with Washington, DC, appeared to have been lost and confused when he followed a motorcade carrying President Barack Obama’s daughters through a White House checkpoint on Tuesday, a law enforcement source […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Congress on Thursday began its review of a nuclear agreement with Vietnam which advocates say would create billions of dollars in trade but has triggered human rights concerns. President Barack Obama […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has condemned “ugly and disrespectful” racist comments directed towards President Barack Obama by North Korea’s official news agency. “While the North Korean Government-controlled media are distinguished by their histrionics, these […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has proven its will to take the fight to terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a top Obama administration official has said. “I think we have proven our will to take […]
KIEV (TIP): US President Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the escalating Ukraine crisis on May 2 after Kiev brought back military conscription and a pro-Russian rebellion in the east threatened the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The desire of the Obama Administration to start its relationship with the new Indian government after the general elections on a positive note is believed to have been one of the major reasons […]
SEOUL (TIP): North Korea will gain “nothing” by making threats, US President Barack Obama said on Friday, warning it of sanctions with “more bite” if it went ahead with a fourth nuclear test. Speaking in […]
SEOUL (TIP): It’s official: even though they are involved in the worst east-west clash since the Cold War, Barack Obama would save Vladimir Putin from drowning. Obama on Friday delivered his answer to a question […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama has announced his intent to appoint three Indian- Americans to his 14-member advisory commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). The Indian-Americans include, US Air Force officer Lt […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama will use an Asian tour beginning next week to bolster US alliances in the region at a time of increased geopolitical tension. Obama is scheduled to visit Japan, South Korea, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): White House has named Indian- American professor Rajendra Singh as one of ten “Solar Champions of Change” who are taking the initiative to spur solar deployment across America. Rajendra Singh is D Houser […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 10 that the United States and its allies should prepare new sanctions against Russia if it escalates the crisis over Ukraine. “The […]
AUSTIN, Texas: Barack Obama, America’s first black president, declared on April 10 that he had “lived out the promise” envisioned by Lyndon B. Johnson, the president who championed the push for greater racial equality with […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): This week, the civil rights legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson is being celebrated and every Texan should be proud. President Barack Obama and three living former U.S. Presidents — George W. […]
AUSTIN (TIP): The day before President Obama gives his keynote address at the LBJ Presidential Library’s Civil Rights Summit, a group of about 30 protesters took aim at the president’s record on deportations during a […]
CHENNAI (TIP): US President Barack Obama was not too far off the mark when he told students at Maryland recently that Americans would have to compete against Indians and Chinese for good jobs in the […]
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): Employers would be banned from considering the credit histories of job applicants under a bill introduced in the City Council. A similar bill failed to gain traction last year, but is […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In a rare move that flies in the face of anti-immigrant rhetoric in some corners of the U.S. the Department of Homeland Security announced in recent weeks that it was proposing to provide […]
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