Trump fires top diplomat Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after a series of public rifts over policy on North Korea, Russia and Iran, replacing his chief diplomat with loyalist CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
CIA’s Pompeo brings insider’s touch to secretary of state role
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA Director Mike Pompeo, if confirmed as the next secretary of state, would bring a number of assets to his new role as the top U.S. diplomat: the confidence of President Donald Trump, government experience and an insider’s know…
Trump signals Kudlow is front-runner for top economic job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signaled on Tuesday that conservative commentator Larry Kudlow is the front-runner to become the top economic adviser at the White House, though he said he was also speaking with other candidates.
Trump fires chief diplomat Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after a series of public rifts over policy on North Korea, Russia and Iran, replacing his chief diplomat with loyalist CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Trump says looking at Kudlow ‘very strongly’ for top economic job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was considering conservative commentator Larry Kudlow “very strongly” to become his next top economic adviser.
Trump fires Secretary of State Tillerson, taps CIA director Pompeo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had replaced U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, and had tapped Gina Haspel to lead the CIA.
U.S. farm group targets Trump with free-trade ads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A farm lobbying group is spending $500,000 to air television ads on channels near U.S. President Donald Trump’s home in Florida to encourage free trade, with the group worried recent metal tariffs could result in retaliation agai…
Republicans struggle to salvage congressional seat in Pennsylvania
CANONSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Republicans are scrambling to avoid a political embarrassment in a conservative district of Pennsylvania, where a pro-gun, pro-union Democrat who opposes abortion could be about to win a congressional election in one of Pres…
With immigration on his mind, Trump heads to California
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will bring a tough message on illegal immigration to California on Tuesday, taking aim at “sanctuary cities” in his first visit in office to the heavily Democratic state that has served as a base of resista…
Republicans shut down House Russia probe over Democratic objections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Intelligence Committee Republicans said on Monday the panel had finished investigating Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, and found no collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow’s efforts to influen…
