Senate approves bill in bid to retain U.S. net neutrality
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday in favor of keeping open-internet rules in a bid to overturn the Federal Communications Commission decision to repeal net neutrality rules, but the measure is unlikely to be approved by the Hous…
Trump repaid attorney who paid off Stormy Daniels: ethics disclosure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time in an ethics disclosure released on Wednesday that he repaid more than $100,001 to former personal attorney Michael Cohen, shedding new light on a scandal involving Trump and…
Trump pick for State Department energy job approved by Senate panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee for the top U.S. State Department job dealing with matters related to energy and the global oil industry was approved by a Senate committee on Wednesday, as the United States gears up to re-impose…
Mueller issues grand jury subpoenas to Trump adviser’s social media consultant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued two subpoenas to a social media expert who worked for longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone during the 2016 presidential election campaign.
Trump repaid attorney Cohen for ‘third party’ expense: disclosure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time that he repaid his attorney Michael Cohen for a payment of at least$100,001 made to a “third party” in 2016, according to ethics disclosures signed by the president that were…
Trump repaid attorney Cohen for 2016 payment made on his behalf: ethics disclosure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump repaid his attorney Michael Cohen for an expense greater than $100,001 and less than $250,000 that was incurred in 2016, according to ethics disclosures signed by the president that were released by th…
EPA chief tells U.S. lawmakers he has fund to fight ethics complaints
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt said on Wednesday that he now has a legal fund in place to help him fight off a growing list of allegations against him related to his spending and reported ethical missteps…
U.S. net neutrality bill advances in the Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted 52 to 47 to advance a bill that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission decision in December to repeal landmark 2015 net neutrality rules.
Key U.S. senators: ‘no doubt’ Russia sought to interfere in U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday they agreed with intelligence agencies’ assessment that Moscow sought to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election to boost Donald Trump’s prospects of becoming …
EPA chief tells U.S. lawmakers he has fund to fight off ethics complaints
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt said on Wednesday that he now has a legal fund in place to help him fight off a growing list of allegations against him related to his spending and reported ethical missteps…
