Trump may nominate Supreme Court pick before July 10: White House official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump may nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy before July 10, when Trump is scheduled to depart for a trip to Europe, a White House official said on Friday.
Manafort assistant gave FBI access to storage locker: testimony
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A personal assistant to Paul Manafort granted the FBI access to a storage locker, allowing the government to secure evidence that President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager is trying to suppress, according to testimony…
U.S. candidate loses race to lead U.N. migration agency
GENEVA (Reuters) – Ken Isaacs, the U.S. nominee to lead the U.N. migration agency, was knocked out of the race on Friday after coming third behind Portugal’s Antonio Vitorino and Costa Rica’s Laura Thompson in a secret ballot of member states in Geneva…
Protestors, lawmaker arrested in Senate building sit-in over immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some 600 protestors were arrested during a clangorous occupation of a U.S. Senate office building in Washington on Thursday, where they decried U.S. President Donald Trump’s “zero- tolerance” stance on illegal immigration.
House Republicans shout down Rosenstein in tense hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republican allies of President Donald Trump shouted and attacked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday, alleging he was improperly withholding documents related to the FBI’s investigation of Trump’s 2016 c…
Conservative lawyers steer Trump on Supreme Court pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will be advised by a small group of deeply conservative lawyers, some inside the White House and at least one from outside, on choosing a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy…
Senate passes farm bill without big food stamp changes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a sweeping farm bill without the food stamps changes approved by the House of Representatives earlier this month.
California lawmakers approve data-privacy bill opposed by Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed data privacy legislation aimed at giving consumers more control over how companies collect and manage their personal information, a proposal that Google and other big companie…
Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos to be sentenced Sept. 7
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty in October to lying to FBI agents investigating possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, will be sentenced on Sept. 7, a judge ord…
Protesters, lawmaker arrested in U.S. Senate building sit-in over immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 600 protesters were arrested during a clangorous occupation of a U.S. Senate office building in Washington on Thursday, where they decried U.S. President Donald Trump’s “zero- tolerance” stance on illegal immigration.
