Trump elevates tax aide Shahira Knight as Congress adviser
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday named his tax aide Shahira Knight as his main liaison with Congress, elevating her to a key role as the White House pushes the U.S. Senate to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
U.S. senators blast Trump on trade, vow to press for change in policy
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators blasted Trump administration trade policy on Thursday and vowed to press ahead with legislation to give Congress a say in decisions to impose tariffs on national security grounds.
FBI agent says his ‘blunt’ criticism of Trump never impacted his work
An FBI agent who criticized then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in text messages during the 2016 election campaign vigorously defended himself on Thursday, telling a heated congressional hearing that his personal political views had never affecte…
U.S. would re-open trade talks if China makes major changes: Mnuchin
The United States and China could reopen talks on trade but only if Beijing is willing to make significant changes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday.
House Speaker casts doubt on Congress acting to stop trade tariffs
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday that while he does not support President Donald Trump’s moves to impose tariffs on major U.S. trading partners’ goods, he questioned the wisdom of Congress taking legislative action to stop such sanctions.
U.S. says it reunifies 57 of 103 young migrants as deadline looms
The Trump administration said on Thursday it has reunified dozens of young migrant children with their parents after they had been separated when crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, hours before a deadline to explain whether it complied with a court order…
Treasury’s Mnuchin says door still open to further Chinese talks
The United States and China could reopen talks on trade but only if Beijing is willing to make significant changes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday.
U.S. must convince judge it has reunited migrants under five
The U.S. government must convince a judge on Thursday that it has complied with a court order for reuniting the youngest migrant children who were separated from their parents by U.S. officials after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
All migrant kids under five to be back with parents by Thursday: U.S. official
All migrant children under age 5 who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border will have been reunited with their parents by early Thursday morning if they were eligible, a Trump administration official said in a statement on Wednesday.
All children under five will be reunified with parents by Thursday: U.S. official
All migrant children under age 5 who are eligible will be reunified with their parents by early on Thursday morning, a Trump administration official said on Wednesday.
