U.S. House overturns rule meant to curb car loan bias
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to reverse a measure that aimed to prevent discrimination in auto lending, the latest challenge to the consumer finance watchdog agency’s oversight.
Trump’s pick for CIA director says will not restart detention program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA says she will not restart a controversial detention and interrogation program begun after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to excerpts of congressional testimony released on Tuesday.
Trump abandons ‘defective’ Iran nuclear deal, will revive sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upsetting European allies and casting uncertainty over global oil supplie…
Pompeo heads back to North Korea; Trump cites hope for detainees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on his way to North Korea on Tuesday to prepare for an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as President Donald Trump signaled the possibility that three Americans deta…
U.S. Senate to vote to reinstate open internet rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is set to vote in the coming week on rejecting the Federal Communications Commission decision in December to repeal Obama-era rules guaranteeing an open internet.
Trump abandons ‘defective’ Iran nuclear deal, to revive sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upsetting European allies and casting uncertainty over global oil supplie…
Trump says Pompeo en route to North Korea, cites hopes on U.S. detainees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on his way to Pyongyang to prepare for Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and expressed hope that three Americans held there would soon be released.
Democrats say Republicans’ $15 billion spending cut request ‘hypocritical’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday began trying to convince U.S. lawmakers to support $15 billion in spending cuts, which Democrats called a hypocritical bid to reclaim an image of fiscal conservatism following Republicans’ defi…
Trump pulls U.S. from Iran nuclear deal, to revive sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of an international agreement aimed at stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, and said he would reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran immediately.
Less than one in three Americans support U.S. pullout from Iran deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Less than one in three Americans agrees with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of an agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll released on Tuesday.
