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Trump urges Congress to amend 'wasteful' Covid relief bill
In a video message posted on Twitter, he said the package "really is a disgrace", full of "wasteful" items, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The $900 billion bill includes one-off $600 payments to most Americans but Trump said the figure should be $2,000. The Republican president, who leaves office on January 20, had been expected to sign the sprawling legislation into law following its passage through Congress on Monday night.
'I will veto': Trump vows to block $740 million defence bill, says 'China biggest winner'
Congress has approved the bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, for nearly 60 years in a row. The current version affirms 3% pay raises for U.S. troops and authorizes more than $740 billion in military programs and construction.
Twitter inadvertently restricted Donald Trump's disputed election tweets
Twitter started applying "disputed" and other warning labels to tweets containing election misinformation ahead of the US presidential election on November 3, and flagged several Trump tweets in the days to come.
Trump signs 1-week govt funding bill
The President signed the bill, known as a continuing resolution, on Friday night after the Senate passed it earlier in the day by a voice vote just a few hours before the government funding was set to expire, Xinhua news agency. On Wednesday, the Democrat-led House of Representatives passed the bill with a vote of 343-67.
Trump's tweets flagged within an hour
The tweets said: "So, you're the President of the US, and you just went through an election where you got more votes than any sitting President in history, by far - and purportedly lost.
Former US Prez Obama monitored Trump rolling back his policies
The 44th President made these remarks while talking to the New York magazine about his new memoir “A Promised Land”, the Hill news reported.
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