Democrat Joseph Crowley loses bid for 11th term
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The No. 4 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, 10-term incumbent Joseph Crowley, lost his bid for another term on Tuesday to a 28-year-old democratic socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Control of Congress in play in votes in seven states
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appeared poised to capture his party’s nomination on Tuesday for this fall’s midterm elections, a day after President Donald Trump campaigned at his side.
U.S. issued waivers to Trump’s travel ban at rate of 2 percent, data shows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One argument the Trump administration made to the Supreme Court this spring to prove the legality of its travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries was that it had a robust waiver process that would allow people in on a case…
U.S. top court upholds Trump travel ban targeting Muslim-majority nations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency, upholding his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries and rejecting the argument that it represented unconstitut…
Zinke’s sock tweet may have violated U.S. campaign law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday deleted a photo of a sock he was wearing with President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan on it after realizing he may have violated a law that prohibits federal em…
States sue Trump over immigrant families as Congress quarrels
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying President Donald Trump’s order last week ending the breakups was ill…
U.S. senators want Trump to reconsider lifting ban on China’s ZTE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his agreement with ZTE Corp , saying lifting a ban on China’s second-largest telecommunications maker poses “a significant threat” to national security.
U.S. House backs tighter foreign investment rules amid China worries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Tuesday to tighten foreign investment rules, spurred by bipartisan concerns about Chinese bids to acquire sophisticated U.S. technology.
Ex-Trump campaign chief Manafort loses bid to dismiss Virginia charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was dealt a setback on Tuesday when a judge who had expressed some sympathy for Manafort’s argument that a special counsel lacked the authority to prosecute him…
States sue Trump on immigrant families, as Congress quarrels
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying President Donald Trump’s order last week ending the breakups was ill…
