Politics

  • Trump healthcare order could face strong legal objections

    [ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected plan to let Americans buy insurance across state lines could violate federal law governing employee benefit plans and will almost certainly be challenged in court, several legal…

  • U.S. loan to Puerto Rico a start, but more aid to come: official

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. federal government is working on a long-term plan to help Puerto Rico rebuild after Hurricane Maria tore up the island territory’s power grid and other infrastructure three weeks ago,…

  • Exclusive – Game of Drones: U.S. poised to boost unmanned aircraft exports

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is nearing completion of new “Buy American” rules to make it easier to sell U.S.-made military drones overseas and compete against fast-growing Chinese and Israeli rivals, senior U.S.…

  • NAFTA talks hit contentious phase as Canadian PM fights for trade pact

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contentious new U.S. demands are set to hit NAFTA negotiating tables on Wednesday, threatening to push modernization talks toward collapse as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again tries to remind U.S.…

  • NFL owners to mull anthem rules as Trump ups protest criticism

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NFL team owners will consider requiring football players to stand for the U.S. national anthem after President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested using tax laws to penalize the league for players…

  • Turkey's Erdogan blames U.S. envoy for diplomatic crisis

    [ad_1] ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan blamed the U.S. ambassador to Turkey on Tuesday for a diplomatic crisis between the two countries and said Ankara no longer considered him Washington’s envoy. In a blunt…

  • Democrats see budget fight as chance to force Trump's hand on 'Dreamers'

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While Democrats and immigration advocates recoiled at hard-line immigration proposals unveiled this week by the White House, they see a chance to force Republicans’ hand on legislation to help young “Dreamers”…

  • Trump-Corker spat complicates drive for tax reform in U.S. Senate

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A public feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and Senate Republican maverick Bob Corker could narrow the path for tax reform in the U.S. Senate, where a Republican go-it-alone effort is…

  • Turkey urges U.S. to review visa suspension as lira, stocks tumble

    [ad_1] ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey urged the United States on Monday to review its suspension of visa services after the arrest of a U.S. consulate employee sharply escalated tensions between the two NATO allies and…

  • Pence exits NFL game after players kneel during anthem

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a National Football League game on Sunday after some players knelt during the national anthem, a form of demonstration that began last year…

  • U.S., Turkey mutually suspend visa services for security reasons

    [ad_1] ANKARA (Reuters) – The U.S. mission in Turkey and subsequently Turkish mission in Washington mutually reduced visa services after a U.S. mission employee was detained in Turkey last week, saying they needed to reassess…

  • Trump says open to temporary healthcare reform deal with Democrats

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would be open to cutting a one-year or two-year deal with Democratic rivals as a way to kick-start reform of the nation’s healthcare…

  • Trump says Tillerson could be tougher, but they have good relationship

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had a good relationship with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson but that Tillerson could be tougher. Trump, who made the comment to reporters…

  • Trump undermines U.S. birth control coverage requirement

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday undermined requirements under the Obamacare law that employers provide insurance to cover women’s birth control, keeping a campaign pledge that pleased his conservative Christian…

  • U.S. Treasury outlines sweeping reform of capital markets

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Friday unveiled a blueprint for sweeping reforms of the U.S. capital markets as it looks to implement Republican President Donald Trump’s agenda to promote economic growth by…

  • EPA watchdog expands audit of administrator's travel: memo

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s watchdog is expanding a review of administrator Scott Pruitt’s frequent travels to his home state Oklahoma to include more recent trips taken on military and charter…

  • Trump declines to explain 'calm before the storm' remark

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump declined on Friday to explain what he meant when he described a gathering of military leaders as “the calm before the storm,” but the White House said he…

  • Discord among Republicans already weighs on Trump's tax plan

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Disagreement among U.S. congressional Republicans is already swirling around a tax cut plan unveiled days ago by President Donald Trump, with disputes over proposals to repeal a deduction for state and…

  • In meeting with military, Trump talks of 'calm before the storm'

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After discussing Iran and North Korea with U.S. military leaders on Thursday, President Donald Trump posed for a photo with them before dinner and declared the moment “the calm before the…

  • Republicans move on tax reform, Fed officials warn danger ahead

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans moved to hasten an overhaul of the U.S. tax code on Thursday, while Federal Reserve officials warned in rare public remarks that President Donald Trump’s tax plan could lead…

  • Energy secretary took charter flight day before Price resigned

    [ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry took a chartered jet to Ohio last week, according to an airport management company, the day before fellow Cabinet member Tom Price resigned over his…

  • Tillerson says never considered resigning

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday he had never considered resigning and was committed to President Donald Trump’s agenda, but failed to address whether he had referred to…

  • Trump nominee clears Senate hurdle to join Federal Reserve

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a private investment firm came one step closer to leading the Federal Reserve’s regulatory efforts Wednesday, a key post as President Donald Trump endeavors to trim regulations to…

  • Whirlpool's washer war is balancing act for Trump

    [ad_1] Clyde, Ohio (Reuters) – In the middle of Whirlpool Corp’s bustling washer factory in northern Ohio there is an empty patch of concrete floor – a reminder of a $60 million expansion plan the…

  • Justice Department names new acting head of drug enforcement agency

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it tapped Robert Patterson, a career investigator, to temporarily lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, after the drug office’s previous acting chief stepped down. Patterson,…

  • Justice Kennedy on hot seat in major voting rights case

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices clashed on Tuesday over whether courts should curb the long-standing U.S. political practice of drawing electoral maps to entrench one party in power, with conservative Anthony Kennedy likely…

  • The press, branded the 'enemy' by Trump, increasingly trusted by the public: Reuters/Ipsos poll

    [ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans are increasingly confident in the news media and less so in President Donald Trump’s administration after a tumultuous year in U.S. politics that tested the public’s trust in both…

  • U.S. to expel nearly two-thirds of Cuban embassy staff: U.S. sources

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will order nearly two-thirds of Cuba’s diplomatic personnel to leave the United States after months of mysterious “attacks” that have damaged the health of American embassy staff in…

  • U.S. Interior Dept. watchdog launches probe into Zinke's travel

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Interior Department’s watchdog agency has launched an investigation into Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travels after reports emerged last week that he had used a private plane owned by an oil executive,…

  • U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to 'get to work' on Puerto Rico

    [ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers urged President Donald Trump on Sunday to stop sniping at Puerto Ricans and get to work helping them recover from a devastating hurricane, two days before…