Trump Cabinet News
Donald Trump picks controversial figure Gina Haspel as new CIA chief
Gina Haspel’s nomination as CIA chief raised the unwelcome prospect of greater congressional and media scrutiny of officers who are more comfortable in the dark than in the spotlight
3 min read13 Mar 2018Trump fires Rex Tillerson, loyalist Mike Pompeo is new US Secretary of State
Donald Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after a series of public rifts over policy on North Korea, Russia and Iran, replacing him with CIA director Mike Pompeo
5 min read13 Mar 2018Donald Trump says he has ‘total confidence’ in Rex Tillerson
Donald Trump says he has ‘total confidence’ in his secretary of state Rex Tillerson after the latter denied having offered to resign from his cabinet
2 min read5 Oct 2017At 100 days in, Donald Trump seems both outsider and insider
US President Donald Trump is still figuring out how to deal with the very insiders he vowed to drain from Washington’s ’swamp’
3 min read30 Apr 2017Is Steve Bannon in peril? Donald Trump comments worry his populist base
Donald Trump says Steve Bannon wasn’t really all that involved with his winning election campaign and dismissed him as ’a guy who works for him’
5 min read13 Apr 2017Nikki Haley confirmed for UN envoy as Trump cabinet picks gather momentum
Nikki Haley was confirmed overwhelmingly on a 96-4 vote for the UN envoy, with most Democrats joining in support for the Republican governor of South Carolina
4 min read25 Jan 2017Rex Tillerson wins senate panel’s backing for secretary of state
Rex Tillerson’s nomination created controversy with Democrats, Republicans raising fears over his connections to Russian President Putin
2 min read24 Jan 2017Warren Buffett says he supports Donald Trump’s cabinet ‘overwhelmingly’
Since the election, Warren Buffett has struck a more conciliatory tone toward Donald Trump and called for unity
3 min read20 Jan 2017Donald Trump takes the reins of US as divisions deprive him honeymoon
Donald Trump is the first president since the dawn of national polling in the late 1930s to enter office with the approval of fewer than half of Americansin his case only 40%
6 min read20 Jan 2017Trump cabinet: Who are likely to be in it
A look at the likely Donald Trump cabinet and how the change of administration in Washington may affect India and the world at large
4 min read20 Jan 2017Popular Topics
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared