Indian-origin White House Deputy Spokesman Raj Shah Quits Trump Administration
Raj Shah will lead the Media Group, the press wing of Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with offices in Florida and Washington, The New York Times reported.from Top World News- News18.com http://bit.ly/2QQxoaO
Other names being floated include Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs David Malpass and Mark Green, head of the US Agency for International Development, according to a newspaper report.
Steve King, whose comments last week about white supremacy sparked bipartisan outrage, will be stripped of all committee assignments, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's office said.
More than 90 people were also wounded in the attack near the Green Village compound, which houses several international companies and charities, in eastern Kabul.
There was no immediate comment from the White House about the meeting. If confirmed, it could mean the two sides are nearing a compromise after a months-long standoff over how to move forward in ending North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes.
Yu Wei Gong was charged with murder after he called police in 2017 to turn himself in after a suicide attempt. He admitted killing his mother Liu Yun Gong about six months earlier, according to court documents.
The top US diplomat, on an extensive Middle East tour, held talks with King Salman and his son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which also focused on the conflict in Yemen and countering threats from Iran.
Around 800,000 federal employees, including much of the White House residence staff, have been on mandatory leave or working without pay for 24 days.
The U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study said that the ice losses have accelerated by six-folds in the past 40 years.
The two hostages who had been held at a UPS mail sorting facility in Logan Township, New Jersey, were not injured and the wounded suspect was rushed to a hospital.
Trump said the US is doing very well with China, which is having a hard time with its economy because of the tariffs he has imposed on the import of their items.
Former US actress Meghan and Harry married last May and announced in October that they were expecting their first child in the Spring of 2019 but gave no specific details.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the huge blast, which shook the city, but it comes as diplomatic efforts to end the 17-year war with the Taliban gather pace.