Politics

  • Senate race in Alabama exposes Republican rift

    [ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is due to travel to Alabama on Friday to whip up votes in a Senate race that has laid bare the rift between the Republican party’s leadership and…

  • Democratic lawmakers seek probe of HHS secretary's use of private jets

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several Democratic members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives asked on Wednesday for an investigation into a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price used private jets…

  • Republicans set healthcare vote, Obama and TV host denounce plan

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republicans announced plans to vote next week on their latest bid to scuttle Obamacare even as a popular comedian who has become part of the U.S. healthcare debate denounced the…

  • Trump administration red tape tangles up visas for skilled foreigners, data shows

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging visa applications more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era,…

  • Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein interviewed over FBI ex-director's firing: WSJ

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office has interviewed U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein about President Donald Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.…

  • Leading Democrat says Equifax gave consumers 'confusing and misleading information'

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Tuesday that Equifax was sloppy in allowing itself to be hacked, losing sensitive data on up to 143 million people. “People are outraged, and rightfully…

  • Former White House aide Gorka joins pro-Trump campaign group

    [ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Sebastian Gorka, a former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump who quit after top White House political strategist Steve Bannon was ousted, has joined a nationalist pro-Trump campaign organization, the group…

  • New York governor wants credit-reporting firms to follow cyber rules

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday that he wants credit-reporting firms to comply with the state’s cyber-security regulations, the latest government official to crack down on the industry…

  • Democrats urge full review of Republicans' 11th-hour attack on Obamacare

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Monday demanded that legislative analysts examine both the budgetary and healthcare impacts of a last-ditch effort by Republicans to repeal Obamacare. In a long-running…

  • As North Korea threat looms, Trump to address world leaders at U.N.

    [ad_1] UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea’s nuclear threat looms large this week over the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York, where diplomats are eager to hear U.S. President…

  • Trump, Nikki Haley to share U.S. spotlight at U.N. gathering

    [ad_1] UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – When President Donald Trump takes the world stage at the United Nations for the first time this week, he will share the spotlight with his envoy Nikki Haley, who has…

  • Trump hits back at Clinton, with a golf ball, on Twitter

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a doctored video of himself taking a golf swing and hitting former Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton, who then stumbles as she boards a…

  • California lawmakers take anti-Trump stance as session ends

    [ad_1] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California lawmakers voted to become a sanctuary state, tussled over hot-button environmental issues and urged other states to refuse to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s Election Integrity Commission as their…

  • State Department describes plans for cuts, offers few specifics: sources

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – State Department officials briefed Senate staff on Friday on plans to cut up to $10 billion from the department’s budget over five years, but offered few specifics to ease concerns that…

  • In Mexico visit, Trump's defense chief talks trust, respect

    [ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Distancing himself from political tensions over issues like the border wall, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he aimed to build trust and show respect for Mexico during a trip…

  • U.S. lawmakers want retaliation for sonic attacks in Cuba

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – Five Republican senators called on Friday for Washington to retaliate for an alleged sonic attack, inaudible to some human ears, on U.S. personnel in Cuba by expelling Cuban diplomats and possibly…

  • Trump to 'slap' foes, embrace friends in first U.N. speech: envoy

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will pummel foes and embrace friends in his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly next week, keeping pressure on Washington’s adversaries North Korea and Iran, U.S.…

  • Senator Warren introduces Equifax bill, launches industry probe

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Friday she has begun an investigation into Equifax’s (EFX.N) massive data breach and, along with 11 other Democratic senators, introduced a bill to give consumers…

  • Pastors stand firm as Trump's U.S. evangelical base weakens

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As President Donald Trump bowed his head in the Oval Office earlier this month, Texas Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress and other U.S. religious leaders laid their hands on Trump’s back…

  • Trump says immigration deal with Democrats close, without border wall

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was close to a deal with Democratic congressional leaders on protections for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children, astounding fellow Republicans…

  • Trump says he is close to a deal with Democrats on immigration

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was close to a deal with Democratic congressional leaders on protections for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children, astounding fellow Republicans…

  • Democrats say Trump agrees to work on immigration bill, wall in dispute

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress have agreed to work together on legislation to protect “Dreamers,” the illegal immigrants who were children when they entered the United…

  • Trump says rich might pay more in taxes, talks with Democrats

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that taxes on rich Americans might rise, as he pursues a tax code overhaul and reaches out to both Democrats and Republicans in a push…

  • Trump steps up talks with Democrats on taxes as timetable set

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday stepped up his outreach to Democrats to try to make good on a campaign promise for major tax cuts, while fellow Republicans in the House…

  • Supreme Court allows broad Trump refugee ban

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to broadly implement a ban on refugees entering the country from around the world. The justices granted a request from…

  • Key U.S. senators reach deal on funding children's health program

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee said on Tuesday they reached an agreement to finance a federal insurance program for millions of lower-income children and pregnant women that was due…

  • Corporate tax goal in doubt as Trump kicks off push on reform

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s goal of cutting the corporate tax rate to 15 percent, even as the president moved to inject new…

  • Trump's voter fraud commission to meet in New Hampshire

    [ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s commission probing voter fraud is set to meet in New Hampshire on Tuesday after its top Republican member stoked controversy by claiming out-of-state voters tipped a Congressional race…

  • Supreme Court justice temporarily preserves Trump refugee ban

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday provided a temporary reprieve for President Trump’s order blocking most refugees from entering the United States, putting on hold a lower court’s ruling…

  • Trump administration asks top U.S. court to lift refugee ban limits

    [ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department on Monday filed an emergency application at the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block an appeals court decision that limited President Donald Trump’s effort to temporarily bar most…