Trump signs order limiting migrant asylum at U.S.-Mexico border
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an order that effectively will suspend the granting of asylum to migrants who cross the U.S. border with Mexico illegally, but rights groups rushed to court to try to block the policy.
Trump says he did not discuss Russia probe with acting attorney general
President Donald Trump said on Friday he had not discussed the probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election with Matt Whitaker before appointing him as acting attorney general, and it was up to Whitaker whether he wanted to be in…
Trump signs immigration order on asylum
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he has signed an immigration proclamation, an order that would help effectively ban migrants who cross the U.S. border with Mexico illegally from qualifying for asylum.
Trump says will nominate new ambassador to U.N. by end of the year
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would make a decision on nominating a new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by the end of the year.
Trump calls court decision on Keystone pipeline political, a disgrace
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday blasted a federal court decision halting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, saying the U.S. judge in Montana had made a political decision and calling it a disgrace.
Before he is ousted, Sessions limits U.S. oversight of local police
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to sharply curtail federal authority aimed at curtailing abuse and civil rights violations at local police departments across the country by directing U.S. attorneys to limit the use of consent decrees and settl…
Key Democratic lawmaker may invite bank CEOs to testify before U.S. Congress
Democrat Maxine Waters, poised to become chair of the U.S. House banking committee, told Reuters on Thursday she would like the heads of the country’s biggest banks to testify before the panel as she seeks to ramp up regulatory oversight.
Democrats seek hearings on Trump’s ouster of Sessions
Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian …
U.S. court case tests Special Counsel Mueller’s power, status
A U.S. Justice Department attorney on Thursday spelled out the circumstances under which Special Counsel Robert Mueller could be fired in a court case that took on new significance this week after President Donald Trump ousted his attorney general.
California House races hang in balance amid slow vote count
California’s pro-Russia congressman, Dana Rohrabacher, is one of four Republican incumbents in the state whose seats are still in danger of falling to Democratic opponents in the U.S. House of Representatives as America’s most populous state slowly cou…
