Consumer advocate seeks information on Trump nominee in lawsuit
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a consumer protection agency should share details about her past administration work before lawmakers decide whether to support her nomination, an advocacy group argued in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday.
U.S. judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss foreign payments lawsuit
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest effort to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of unconstitutionally doing business with foreign governments while occupying the White House.
U.S. Senate liberals seek new Puerto Rico debt relief
A group of U.S. Senate liberals on Wednesday introduced legislation providing debt relief to Puerto Rico as the island territory struggles to recover from a devastating 2017 hurricane that worsened conditions in an already-suffering economy.
Trump says China is ‘vicious,’ using U.S. farmers as trade pawns
U.S. President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of targeting American farmers in a “vicious” way and using them as leverage to get concessions on trade a day after the administration announced a $12-billion farm aid package.
Guy Molinari, Republican voice in Democratic New York, dead at 89
Guy Molinari, a New York Republican who stood out in a city run by Democrats as a fighter for his home borough of Staten Island, and a “larger than life figure,” died on Wednesday at 89, the Staten Island Republican Party said.
Trump says ‘too bad’ after Cohen audio recording released
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed disbelief that his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen would have taped conversations with him, a day after an audio recording of a conversation between the two men was aired on U.S. television.
Trump says China is targeting U.S. farmers, being ‘vicious’
U.S. President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of targeting American farmers in a “vicious” way and using them as leverage to get concessions on trade.
Trump to discuss trade, agriculture with farm state Republicans
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet at the White House with a group of 13 farm-state Republican senators and representatives on Thursday to talk about trade, a top issue in their states ahead of November congressional elections.
Georgia lawmaker who used racial slurs on prank show resigns
A Georgia state lawmaker who yelled racial slurs and dropped his pants on a prank cable TV show after being told it would intimidate terrorists offered a terse resignation letter to the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives late Tuesday.
CNN plays audio recording of conversation between Trump and Michael Cohen
A lawyer for Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, released an audio recording of a conversation between Trump and Cohen in which they discussed paying for the rights to a Playboy model’s story about an alleged affair…
