Factbox: ‘You’re fired!’: how Trump has dismissed White House staff
Before he became U.S. president, Donald Trump was famous for dismissing contestants on his television show “The Apprentice” with a resounding “You’re fired!”
Factbox: Can the new U.S. attorney general shut down the Mueller probe?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to oust Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with a noted critic of Special Counsel Robert Mueller raised immediate fears among Democrats about the future of Mueller’s investigation of Russi…
Arizona could wait a week to learn who its next U.S. senator will be
Arizona voters may have to wait a week or more to learn whether their U.S. senator is Republican Martha McSally or Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, as some 600,000 ballots remained uncounted as of Wednesday afternoon.
Democrats warn Trump on ouster of U.S. attorney general
The ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions by President Donald Trump on Wednesday drew immediate criticism from Democrats who warned Trump against moving to squash a probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Republican declares Georgia governor win, Democrat does not concede
Republican Brian Kemp’s campaign said on Wednesday he had won Georgia’s high-profile governor’s race, but Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams vowed not to concede until all ballots were counted.
Democrats to push for big infrastructure bill with ‘real money’ in 2019
The incoming head of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee wants the White House to back significant additional federal funds to rebuild crumbling U.S. roads, bridges and airports, as President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday a…
Factbox: Democrats pick up net 29 seats in U.S. House, with some races still outstanding
U.S. voters went to the polls in congressional elections on Tuesday for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives.
Privacy, drug price bills have a shot in divided Congress
In a divided U.S. Congress, with Democrats in control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in Republican hands, the number of bills likely to be signed into law falls dramatically.
Factbox: Republicans gain a net three seats in U.S. Senate, with two races outstanding
Republicans were projected to retain control of the U.S. Senate after voters cast ballots on Tuesday in races to decide 35 of the chamber’s 100 seats.
‘You’re fired!’: how Trump has dismissed White House staff
Before he became U.S. president, Donald Trump was famous for dismissing contestants on his television show “The Apprentice” with a resounding “You’re fired!”
