Reps Back Trump, Increases COVID-19 Stimulus Cheque to $2,000

CoronavirusNewsPoliticsUnited StatesReps Back Trump, Increases COVID-19 Stimulus Cheque to $2,000

PilotnewsDecember 29, 2020

In a 275-134 vote on Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives backed President Donald Trump’s demand for 2,000 dollars (N776,000) coronavirus stimulus cheque for American workers. The vote came barely 24 hours after Trump reluctantly signed the 900 billion dollars  (N349.2 trillion) COVID-19 relief bill, which includes a $600 (N232,800) stimulus package. The president initially rejected the bill on the ground that the 600 dollars provided was too small, besides containing “unnecessary and wasteful items”,...

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Trump Makes U-turn, Signs $900bn COVID-19 Relief Package

CoronavirusEconomyUnited StatesTrump Makes U-turn, Signs $900bn COVID-19 Relief Package

PilotnewsDecember 28, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he had signed the $900 billion (N349.2 trillion) coronavirus relief package. The action came just hours before a government shutdown, and days after the president opposed the bill over “wasteful and unnecessary items’’. In a statement, Trump called on Congress to make more amendments to reduce excess spending and expunge the “wasteful items”. “I will sign the Omnibus and COVID package with a strong message that makes...

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Trump Warns Iran Over Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

Foreign PolicyNewsUnited StatesTrump Warns Iran Over Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

PilotnewsDecember 24, 2020

President Donald Trump has delivered a stern warning to Iran over alleged rocket attacks on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The warning came in a tweet that includes a photograph of three unexploded rocket shells that the president claimed came from Iran. “Our embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets. “Three rockets failed to launch. Guess where they were from? IRAN. “Now we hear the chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq....

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Trump Pardons 26 More, Including Two Associates

NewsPeoplePoliticsUnited StatesTrump Pardons 26 More, Including Two Associates

PilotnewsDecember 24, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, granted clemency to 26 more persons, a day after announcing 20 pardons, four, of which were controversial. The latest batch of beneficiaries includes two long-time associates of the president, Roger Stone and Paul Manafort. Stone and Manafort, both Trump’s former advisers, were indicted by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller and later convicted of multiple crimes. On Feb. 20, Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison for obstruction of...

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Trump Rejects $900bn COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed by Congress

CoronavirusEconomyNewsUnited StatesTrump Rejects $900bn COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed by Congress

PilotnewsDecember 23, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected the $900 billion (N349.2 trillion) Coronavirus (COVID-19) relief bill passed by Congress, describing it as a disgrace. In a video message posted on Twitter, Trump alleged that the bill contained “wasteful and unnecessary items”, adding that there was almost nothing about COVID-19 in it. According to him, the bill contains $85.5 million (N33 billion) for assistance to Cambodia and $134 million (N51,9 billion) to Burma. The president stated...

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Supreme Court Had No Wisdom, No Courage – Donald Trump

PoliticsUnited StatesWorld NewsSupreme Court Had No Wisdom, No Courage – Donald Trump

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 12, 2020

The United States Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in another setback for the President. Following the verdict, President Trump in a tweet, said the court had “Let us down” and alleged that it has “No Wisdom, No Courage!” The suit lodged late Thursday against four key states in the November 3 vote – Michigan,...

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I’ll Leave White House if Electoral College Votes For Biden – Trump

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesI’ll Leave White House if Electoral College Votes For Biden – Trump

PilotnewsNovember 27, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would leave the White House if the Electoral College declared Joe Biden the election winner. He said he was not prepared to concede defeat and repeated false claims that he won. The president said that he would “certainly” leave the White House if the Electoral College voted for Biden, telling reporters on a press call “you know that.” But he also repeated claims of “massive fraud” in the election,...

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There is Another Side of Trump’s Assault of Our Democracy

ColumnsOpinionUnited StatesThere is Another Side of Trump’s Assault of Our Democracy

PilotnewsNovember 12, 2020

“The fragility of our democracy has been exposed by Trump” ―Frances Ngozi Okafor I promised my friends and family that I would shut up and just watch this election, but at this time, thing have taken a major turn. Thus, silence is no longer an option, so you must excuse me but  Trump’s refusal to accept the results of this election is actually a good thing. Hold on, and I would explain. I know as...

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100 Years Ago, the First Commercial Radio Broadcast Announced the Results of the 1920 Election – Politics Would Never Be the Same

ColumnsTelevision & RadioUnited States100 Years Ago, the First Commercial Radio Broadcast Announced the Results of the 1920 Election – Politics Would Never Be the Same

PilotnewsNovember 9, 2020

Only 100 people were listening, but the first broadcast from a licensed radio station occurred at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2, 1920. It was Pittsburgh’s KDKA, and the station was broadcasting the results of that year’s presidential election. When the man responsible, Frank Conrad, flipped the switch for the first time, he couldn’t have envisioned just how profoundly broadcast media would transform political life. For centuries, people had read politicians’ words. But radio made it possible...

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Prominent US Lawmakers Urge Trump Not to Concede Defeat

NewsPoliticsUnited StatesProminent US Lawmakers Urge Trump Not to Concede Defeat

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 9, 2020

Some prominent Republicans in the United States Congress on has urged Donald Trump on Sunday to “fight hard” and not concede defeat to Joe Biden in the race for the White House. They added that the unfounded allegations of fraud by the President must be investigated. Some of them also told Trump that legal challenge must be allowed to play out before he takes the next action “We will work with Biden if he wins,...

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