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US envoy to anti-Islamic State coalition Brett McGurk resigns in protest over Donald Trump's Syria withdrawal
• 6 years agoMcGurk, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama in 2015 and retained by Trump, said in his resignation letter that the militants were on the run, but not yet defeated, and that the premature pullout of American forces from Syria would create the conditions that gave rise to Islamic State
James Mattis quits, shutdown looms, stocks dive; are the wheels coming off Donald Trump presidency?
Nikhila Natrajan • 6 years agoThe wheels are coming off the Donald Trump presidency. In one of the wildest days yet in the Trump era, Defence Secretary Jim Mattis quit exactly 24 hours after Trump's shock withdrawal of US troops from Syria - the final straw for Mattis after a string of run-ins with the US president over many months.
'Cannot protect interests without maintaining alliances': Read James Mattis' full resignation letter to President Donald Trump
Fp Staff • 6 years agoJames Mattis, perhaps the most respected foreign policy official in Trump's administration, will leave by the end of February after two tumultuous years struggling to soften and moderate the US president's abruptly shifting policies.
Donald Trump pushes US Govt towards shutdown with 11th hour tantrum over border wall; says he won't sign spending bill
• 6 years agoUS President Donald Trump has told congressional Republicans he "will not sign" a spending bill passed by the Senate to avoid a partial government shutdown Friday, and he's citing an impasse over money for a border wall with Mexico.
H1B workers, DACA both get sidelined in US funding bill
Nikhila Natrajan • 7 years agoIndian high skilled workers and recipients of an Obama era concession to illegal childhood arrivals popularly called DACA got nothing out of a massive budget bill that plodded through US Congress Thursday after weeks and months of intense negotiations.
Donald Trump threatens US govt shutdown over Mexican wall: The looming threat and its fallout
Fppolitics • 8 years agoOn Saturday, the US government may shut down. In essence, the US government runs out of money to pay for all its programmes at midnight 28 April, unless Congress, which controls the purse strings, passes a spending bill.