Support for Trump’s immigration stance slips among supporters: Reuters/Ipsos poll
(Reuters) – While people who voted for President Donald Trump are still largely supportive of his immigration policies, their approval has eroded somewhat since he took office, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling.
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to hold tariff hearing April 12
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on the effects of recent tariff increases on April 12, its chairman said on Thursday.
U.S. congressional panels probe whether Russia got Facebook data: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investigators on two congressional panels are looking into whether Russia acquired the data of millions of Facebook users and if companies with ties to then-2016 Republican election candidate Donald Trump’s campaign played any ro…
San Francisco sues U.S. attorney general over repealed civil rights memos
(Reuters) – The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday, asking a federal court to overturn his December decision to revoke legal guidance designed to protect minorities, the indigent and disabled.
Trump has confidence in Pruitt as White House probes his ethics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he has confidence in Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, even as the White House investigates whether a condo rental by Pruitt was ethical.
Trump attacks Washington Post, calls it Amazon’s ‘chief lobbyist’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called the Washington Post the “chief lobbyist” for Amazon.com Inc on Thursday, repeating his unsubstantiated attack on the newspaper.
EPA ethics watchdog says Pruitt condo review didn’t cover ‘impartiality’
(Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency’s ethics office said its recent review of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s Washington apartment rental cleared him of accepting a gift from a lobbyist but did not address whether he broke other federal ethics…
Trump attacks Washington Post as Amazon’s ‘chief lobbyist’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump continued his attacks on Amazon.com on Thursday, targeting the newspaper, owned privately by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as the company’s “chief lobbyist” in a Twitter post.
Central American ‘caravan’ to end in Mexico City, migrants defiant
MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico (Reuters) – Central American migrants stranded on a journey through Mexico because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure on the Mexican government say they will struggle on toward the United States, even as their “caravan” sai…
Two Bill Clinton impeachment shows abandoned by U.S. TV networks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. television networks have scrapped two planned series about former President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his 1998 impeachment.