Free trade puts Republican megadonors on collision course with Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Groups backed by powerful Republican donors Charles and David Koch said on Monday they will champion free trade and oppose tariffs with a multimillion-dollar campaign that puts them on a collision course with President Donald Tru…
Senate Democrats vow to buck Trump on North Korea without tough deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Senate Democrats on Monday told President Donald Trump not to make a deal that leaves North Korea with nuclear weapons, and threatened to maintain or toughen sanctions on Pyongyang if that condition is not met.
Supreme Court backs Christian baker who spurned gay couple
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory on narrow grounds to a Colorado Christian baker who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, stopping short of setting a major precedent allowing peo…
Trump says has power to pardon himself; critics disagree
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had committed no wrongdoing but has the “absolute” power to pardon himself, echoing sweeping arguments put forth by his lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday.
Supreme Court hands narrow win to baker over gay couple dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a narrow victory to a Christian baker from Colorado who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
Supreme Court throws out immigrant teen abortion ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that let a pregnant illegal immigrant minor held in federal immigration custody to obtain an abortion last year at age 17 over the objections of President Donald Tru…
Trump says he has ‘absolute’ power to pardon himself
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had committed no wrongdoing but had “absolute” legal power to pardon himself, echoing an argument put forth by his lawyers in a memo to the U.S. special counsel investigating alleged …
Trump: China soybean tax, Canadian agricultural products trade barriers unacceptable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Chinese and Canadian trade barriers on agricultural products are unacceptable, as he continues to push Beijing to open its economy further and address its large trade imbalance with…
Trump says he has power to pardon himself but has done nothing wrong
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had committed no wrongdoing but had the legal power to pardon himself, echoing the argument put forth by his lawyers in a memo to the U.S. special counsel investigating Russia that wa…
U.S. first lady Melania Trump to skip G7, North Korea summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, will skip this week’s G7 summit in Quebec and does not plan to attend the planned June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korea, the White House said on Sunday.
