U.S. lawmaker Meehan resigns following sexual harassment claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Patrick Meehan, who used taxpayer money to settle a former staffer’s sexual harassment claim, resigned on Friday from the House of Representatives and said he would repay the U.S. Treasury.
House Democratic leader says House Democrats will continue Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Friday that House Democrats will continue to investigate alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections despite a report on the matter released by the House…
U.S. House approves bill to reauthorize federal aviation agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a long-delayed bill Friday to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration after Republicans gave up on a plan to privatize air traffic control.
Russia ran U.S. election interference, no Trump collusion: panel Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia ran an information warfare campaign to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but there is no evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Moscow, Republicans on a congressional panel said in a repor…
Russia engaged in information war against West: U.S. House report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has aggressively engaged in information warfare against the West for a decade, said a declassified congressional panel report released on Friday on its investigation into Moscow’s suspected interference in the 2016 U.S. el…
Top Massachusetts federal prosecutor defends court immigration arrest
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor defended immigration authorities’ decision to arrest a Chinese woman at a courthouse this week after she was sentenced to probation, a move that outraged the judge overseeing her case.
An impossible dream? Democrats try to connect with Trump voters
OSAGE CITY, Kansas (Reuters) – Paul Davis has a simple formula for winning over President Donald Trump’s supporters in his Kansas race for Congress: He talks about kitchen table issues, like prescription drug prices and farm tariffs. And he is in no hurry to announce he’s a Democrat.
Senate confirms first Trump picks for Federal Trade Commission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm five nominees for the Federal Trade Commission, the first commissioners chosen by President Donald Trump to be approved in the 15 months since his inauguration.
House Republican says ‘open’ to compromise on Dodd-Frank reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A powerful Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday he was open to passing a Senate bill easing bank rules adopted after the global financial crisis if Democrats would support his bills to reform capital m…
Grilled by U.S. lawmakers, Trump’s EPA chief calls ethics scandals lies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday rejected a litany of ethics complaints against him as lies intended to derail President Donald Trump’s agenda, and put much of the blame for any agency missteps …
