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Trump Scraps Biden AI Rules

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2025 0

The U.S. regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence entered a new phase in January 2025 after President Donald Trump signed an executive order repealing the Biden administration’s AI safety framework. The move, announced on January 23, revoked Executive Order 14110, which had required

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EM assets rebound on China optimism, tariff relief.

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 28 April 2025 0

By Godwin Anyebe Emerging-market stocks and currencies are heading for their best week since early March amid optimism over China’s economy and US President Donald Trump’s tariff reprieves. With most markets closed for Easter, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose on Friday, taking its weekly advance to 2.2%. Currencies of commodity-linked countries, including South Africa,

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Donald Trump finally lets Joe Biden start transition

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2020 0

President Donald Trump has finally stepped aside to allow Joe Biden’s transition to the White House begin but vowed to ‘keep up the good fight’. Mr Trump insisted he will keep challenging his election loss but said he had given permission for the chief of the General Services Administration (GSA) to formally start working with […]

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Trump reveals when COVID-19 vaccine will be ready, contradicts top expert

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2020 0

President Donald Trump expressed renewed confidence Wednesday that a viable Covid-19 vaccine would be ready by October, directly contradicting a top administration health expert and facing fierce criticism from his Democratic election rival Joe Biden. READ ALSO: President Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Daily Times Nigeria gathered that Trump sowed confusion

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US election: Trump fires back at Obama for calling him ‘unserious’

Ihesiulo Grace 20 August 2020 0

President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired back angrily at his predecessor Barack Obama after being branded an unserious president who had put US democracy in danger, Daily Times Nigeria learnt. READ ALSO: “Trump is not serious with US presidency”… Trump told reporters Obama was an “ineffective” and “terrible” leader. “I see the horror that he’s […]

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Kanye West plans to set up ‘Jesus Tok’ after Trump’s ban on TikTok

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2020 0

U.S. rapper, Kanye West has called for a christian version of Tik Tok, ‘Jesus Tok,’ after ban by President Donald Trump. Kanye west made this known on his twitter handle recently. West who is also the independent presidential candidate for the November elections, explained the importance of having the Chinese owned app to portray good […]

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Michelle Obama shades Trump in new address to Americans

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2020 0

Michelle Obama has slammed U.S. president Donald Trump’s leadership qualities and ineffective way of handling the coronavirus pandemic. Obama said this in her virtual address to the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She went on to say her strategy had always been to ‘go high’ when the opposition ‘go low’, but emphasised this did not mean […]

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Trump to sign executive order after threatening to Shutter Social Media

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to shutter social media platforms after Twitter for the first time acted against his false tweets, prompting the enraged Republican to double down on unsubstantiated claims and conspiracy theories. Trump will sign an executive order “pertaining to social media” on Thursday, aides to the president said, without

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Former students sentenced to probation for attempted Trump tax hack

Ihesiulo Grace 17 December 2019 0

Six days before the 2016 presidential election, two Pennsylvania college students had an idea: They could try to get Donald Trump’s tax returns, which the then-candidate refused to release and which had become an election issue. Andrew Harris and Justin Hiemstra swiped into a school computer lab and tried to download Trump’s filings. Farmer 32, bags two-year imprisonment

World

Trump appears to back short Senate impeachment trial

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2019 0

On the day the House Judiciary Committee approved impeachment articles against him, President Donald Trump claimed it is strengthening him politically. And with those articles headed to the House floor next week, he appears to be warming to a quick election-year Senate trial. All 2020 Democrats threatening to skip next debate in LA In brief […]

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Impeachment: Democrats to begin First public hearings against Trump

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2019 0

The first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, against President Donald Trump, are set to begin on Wednesday, as Democrats step up their public campaign over what they see as an abuse of power by the White House. Lawmakers will question two career diplomats, who have expressed concern that Trump linked aid to Ukraine to […]

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Trump confirms US will leave climate accord

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

President Trump has confirmed that the US will definitely withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. He made the announcement at an energy conference in Pittsburgh on a stage flanked by men in hard hats. He described the accord as a bad deal and said his pro fossil fuel policies had made the US an energy […]

World

Trump’s Impeachment: Democrats demand documents from White House

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2019 0

US Democratic lawmakers have demanded documents from the White House as part of their impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The documents relate to a call between Mr Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on 25 July. In the call, Mr Trump pushed Mr Zelensky to investigate his leading Democratic political rival, Joe Biden. The […]

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Democrats announce Trump impeachment inquiry

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2019 0

The United States Democratic Party has begun a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over allegations that he pressured a foreign power to damage a political rival. In a statement on Tuesday, top Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, said Mr Trump had betrayed his oath of office and committed “a violation of the law”. She called […]

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Widow of fallen soldier says viral Facebook post is fake

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

The widow of a soldier who died in Niger earlier this month says a Facebook post circulating under her name defending US President Donald Trump is fake. Myeshia Johnson says the post criticizing Congresswoman Frederica Wilson – who has been in a war of words with Mr Trump – was written by someone claiming to […]

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President Trump signs executive order to keep out ‘radical Islamic terrorists’

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2017 0

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that indefinitely suspends admissions for Syrian refugees and limits the flow of other refugees into the United States by instituting what the President has called “extreme vetting” of immigrants. Titled “Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States,” the