Democratic US Senator Booker takes on Trump in record-breaking speech

April 2, 2025 9:29 AM

Democratic US Senator Booker takes on Trump in record-breaking speech

Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker accused President Donald Trump of "recklessly" challenging the nation's democratic institutions in a marathon speech that broke a nearly seven-decade record on Tuesday for length. The 55-year-old New Jersey lawmaker, in a speech that began at 7 p.m. ET on Monday and went on for 25 hours and five minutes, criticized the crusade by the Republican president and his billionaire top adviser Elon Musk to slash large swaths of the federal government. "Our instituti...

Ahead of US visit, PM Modi and Vance discuss nuclear energy in Paris

February 12, 2025 9:14 AM

Ahead of US visit, PM Modi and Vance discuss nuclear energy in Paris

The US said on Tuesday that Vice President J.D. Vance and Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the United States of America's assistance to India to diversify its energy source through investments in US nuclear energy technology. The Vice President and his entire family, including Indian-born Second Lady Usha Vance and two of their three children, posed for pictures with the Prime Minister who had gifts for them and birthday wishes for the couple's second son Vivek. The meeting took place on...