Trump: Russia will push hard for Democrats in November election
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he believed Moscow will work hard to sway November congressional elections toward Democrats and not his fellow Republicans, despite U.S. intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia tried to put Trump in the Whit…
Putin won’t be invited to address Congress: House speaker Ryan
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress if he visits Washington in autumn, the top Republican in the House of Representatives said on Tuesday, adding that privilege is reserved for allies.
Kremlin, coy on new summit idea, says Putin and Trump can meet at G20
The Kremlin was reticent on Tuesday about whether it would accept an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to hold a summit with Vladimir Putin in Washington later this year, saying only that the two men had other chances to meet as well.
Kremlin notes U.S. summit invite, says Putin and Trump have other chances to meet
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it had received a U.S. invitation for President Vladimir Putin to hold a summit with President Donald Trump in Washington at the end of this year, but said there were other chances for the two men to meet as well.
Trump looms over Republican nominating contest for Georgia governor
Republican voters in Georgia will choose their party’s nominee for governor on Tuesday in a two-man faceoff that has become a proxy battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and the state’s popular Republican governor, Nathan Deal.
U.S. congressional negotiators reach deal on defense policy bill
U.S. Senate and House negotiators reached agreement on Monday on a $716 billion defense policy bill, which includes provisions on tightening foreign investment scrutiny and telecommunications security in addition to authorizing military funding.
U.S. judge agrees to delay Manafort trial until next week
A U.S. judge on Monday delayed the criminal trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort until next week, and made public the identity of five witnesses granted immunity to testify.
Key players in U.S. case versus ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort
The criminal trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was delayed on Monday by one week, with a U.S. judge making public the names of five witnesses granted immunity to testify.
U.S. judge allows lawsuit over end of immigrant protections to proceed
A federal judge in Boston on Monday rejected a bid by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its decisions to end temporary protections for immigrants in the United States from Honduras, Haiti and El Salvador were racially motivate…
Ex-diplomats warn Pompeo against cutting U.S. refugee bureau
Thirty-two former U.S. diplomats and 11 aid groups on Monday urged U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to eliminate a key State Department refugee bureau, warning that the move would be “an error of grave proportion.”
