Divided by infighting, U.S. Congress struggles on immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress, riddled by factional infighting, looks unlikely to act decisively this week on the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, providing few answers on what comes next for separated pare…
Pence to discuss immigration with Central American leaders: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will meet on Thursday in Guatemala to discuss the immigration issue on the U.S. southern border with the presidents of Guatemala and Honduras and the vice president of El Salvador, an aide told repo…
U.S. House to vote on Republican immigration bill on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a broad-based immigration bill that would bar the separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern border, Republican Speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday….
Supreme Court backs Trump on 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…
U.S. top court backs Trump on 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…
U.S. House expected to vote on immigration bill on Wednesday: lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday on a broad immigration bill that would bar the separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern border, Republican Representative Mark Walker sai…
Exclusive: Trump’s EPA ignored Energy Department calls to limit biofuel waivers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has consistently ignored recommendations from the Department of Energy to reject or limit waivers to oil refiners seeking exemptions from nation’s biofuels law, according t…
Michael Cohen seeks to keep about 12,000 seized documents from prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Cohen, a longtime personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, is seeking to prevent prosecutors from reviewing about 12,000 files out of more than four million seized by authorities as part of a criminal investigation.
Battle for control of U.S. Congress advances in seven states
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A bitterly personal matchup in New York between a convicted felon seeking to reclaim his congressional seat from a former prosecutor is among dozens of key races in seven U.S. states on Tuesday, as voters pick candidates for Novemb…
Mattis becomes first U.S. defense chief to visit China under Trump
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, starting a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relatio…