White House orders greater access to files on FBI informant: New York Times
The White House has ordered that a wider group of lawmakers have access to classified information about an informant the FBI used to investigate possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two Am…
U.S. judge asked to create mental health fund for migrant children
A civil rights group asked a federal judge on Thursday to order the U.S. government to provide mental health counseling for the around 2,000 immigrant children separated from their parents by officials at the U.S.-Mexican border.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Ross says he will sell all his equities
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said he would sell all of his remaining equity holdings and buy U.S. Treasuries after receiving a letter on Thursday from the federal ethics agency criticizing his asset reporting.
Kushner security clearance limits his access to some U.S. secrets: Washington Post
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, does not have a high-enough security clearance level to gain access to some of the most sensitive U.S. government secrets, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with his…
House Republicans face off with FBI agent at raucous hearing
An FBI agent who criticized Donald Trump in text messages during the 2016 campaign vigorously defended himself at a raucous congressional hearing on Thursday that highlighted the deep divisions over a probe of Russian election meddling that has clouded…
FBI agent defends himself from House Republicans over Trump texts
An FBI agent who criticized then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in text messages during the 2016 election campaign vigorously defended himself at a raucous hearing on Thursday, describing Republican lawmakers’ attacks on him as helping America’s e…
As Trump says Putin ‘not my enemy’, skeptics in U.S. see danger
In preparing for his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump has provoked a rare agreement among Democrats and Republicans alarmed by the possibility of a cozy meeting.
U.S. senators want ban on China’s ZTE, despite Trump action
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they want the government to reinstate penalties on ZTE Corp, despite a Trump administration agreement paving the way for an end of a ban on the Chinese telecommunications company.
U.S. says all eligible young migrant children reunited with parents
The Trump administration said on Thursday it had reunited all eligible young migrant children with their parents after they had been separated when crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, two days after a court-imposed deadline.
U.S., North Korea to meet on Sunday over war remains
North Korea has offered to meet an American delegation on Sunday to discuss the repatriation of remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday.
