The mega deal was sealed in New Delhi on Friday during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin for the annual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Interacting with reporters at a White House news conference, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said: "I've had conversations (with Indian officials on purchase of Iranian oil). Others in the administration have had conversations with senior Indian officials."
The 62-year-old former intelligence official has been one of the staunchest critics of President Trump and his policies. Brennan tweeted that his security clearance being revoked is part of a broader effort by Trump to "suppress freedom of speech."
Trump’s statement came after opponents and his own party criticised him for not backing the American intelligence community's assessment.
The incident has set off a fierce debate about whether politics should play a role in how administration officials are treated in public.
Last year, Trump broke with decades of precedent by forgoing the annual Iftar dinner. a bipartisan tradition that formally began with Bill Clinton in the 1990s.
Speculation over how North Korea will handle the costs for Kim’s June 12 meeting with Trump has taken off after a Washington Post report cited two anonymous U.S. officials suggesting the Trump administration has been “seeking a discreet way” to help pay Kim’s hotel bill.
The Trump administration, the White House said, is actively preparing for the June 12 summit between the US President and the North Korean leader.
North Korean Vice Chairman of the Central Committee Kim Yong-chol is arriving in New York and will meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo later this week.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said that the Trump administration has had good relations with both India and China and wanted things to continue the same way in the future.
The White House also indicated to toughen stance against Beijing by going ahead with the proposal to impose 25 per cent import duty on more than 1,300 Chinese products.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the briefing included a "personal message from President Xi to President Trump," which was conveyed to the president.
The House easily approved the measure Thursday, 256-167, a bipartisan tally that underscored the popularity of the compromise, which funds the government through September.
Trump imposed USD 60 billion of tariffs on Chinese imports to punish the country for its "unfair" seizure of American intellectual property, a move that could escalate the already tense trade relations between the world's two biggest economies.
"This meeting would not take place without concrete actions that match the promises made by North Korea," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said.
US President Donald Trump has denied accusations by a porn star that he had sexual encounters with her, the White House said today, a day after she sued him to invalidate a deal that prevented her from discussing the alleged relationship.
The Secret Service, deployed to ensure the safety of White House, confirmed that there were no other injuries on the body of the gunman apart from the bullet injury, confirming that the Gunman did not target any shot towards the White House.
Hicks acknowledged to a House intelligence panel Tuesday that she has occasionally told "white lies" for Trump. But she said she had not lied about anything relevant to the Russia investigation.
Secret Service on Wednesday responded to a suspicious vehicle near US President Donald Trump's office and residence White House in Washington, DC.
White House counsel Don McGahn said that the memo contains “numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages” and asked the intelligence panel to revise the memo with the help of the Justice Department.
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