BBC — Donald Trump paid just $750 (£580) in federal income tax both in 2016, the year he ran for the US presidency, and in his first year in the White House,... Read more »
DW — TikTok has won a last-minute reprieve after a federal judge halted the Trump administration’s ban on downloads. However, the court rejected the tech firm’s request to suspend a total ban,... Read more »
VOA — WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, giving him an... Read more »
Shahrokh Ahkami Persian Heritage #98, Fall 2020 Persian Heritage after 25 years of continued publication, for the first time halted the press for the Summer 2020 issue. Some of our readers and... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Thursday hit an Iranian revolutionary court and several judges with sanctions in part for their role in the conviction and execution of a young... Read more »
VOA — About 3,500 U.S. companies, including Tesla Inc., Ford Motor Co., Target Corp., Walgreen Co. and Home Depot, have sued the Trump administration in the last two weeks over the imposition... Read more »
BBC — US Republican leaders say there will be an “orderly” transfer of power should Donald Trump lose November’s election. President Trump cast doubt on the transition on Wednesday, questioning the probity... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that could be voted on next week, a key lawmaker said Thursday,... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Grappling with a weakened economy and the Middle East’s worst coronavirus outbreak, Iran’s president delivered a defiant and fiery speech Tuesday to the U.N. General... Read more »
VOA — BAGHDAD – The U.S. has granted Iraq a 60-day extension to a sanctions waiver allowing it to import Iranian gas for its crippled power grids, an Iraqi official told AFP... Read more »