White House expected to announce compromise on biofuels: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected on Monday to announce changes in biofuels policies, including a plan to count ethanol exports toward federal biofuels usage quotas and allowing year-round sale of fuels with a higher blend of …
Trump can probably pardon himself, but has no plan to: Giuliani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, under pressure from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, probably has the power to pardon himself but does not plan to do so, his attorney Rudy Giuli…
Trump lawyer Giuliani says president probably can pardon himself
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, under pressure from special counsel Robert Muller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, probably has the power to pardon himself but does not plan to do so, his attorney Rudy Giulia…
Trump’s lawyer says will fight Russia probe subpoena: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s lead attorney said that if the special counsel investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election were to subpoena the president, it would set off a legal battle, according to an ABC N…
Giuliani says legal battle would ensue if Mueller subpoenas President Trump: ABC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump said that if the special counsel investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election were to subpoena the president, it would set off a legal battle, according to an ABC Ne…
Trump’s lawyers argued president could not have obstructed Russia probe: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s lawyers argued in a letter to the special counsel investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election that the president could not have obstructed the probe given the powers granted to him …
America’s poor becoming more destitute under Trump: U.N. expert
GENEVA (Reuters) – Poverty in the United States is extensive and deepening under the Trump administration whose policies seem aimed at removing the safety net from millions of poor people, while rewarding the rich, a U.N. human rights investigator has …
Trump names Fears as homeland security adviser: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday named Rear Admiral Douglas Fears as his homeland security and counterterrorism adviser on the National Security Council, the White House said.
Bumpy road for California Democrats targeting Republican House seats
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – As Californians prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday to choose candidates in primary elections, the state’s quirky electoral rules and a softening of support for Democrats among suburban voters could disrupt the party’s …
Trump calls for comedian Samantha Bee’s firing after crude Ivanka slur
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called on Friday for comedian Samantha Bee to be fired after she made a vulgar comment about his daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on her cable television program.