Trump to rally for endangered Republican in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is set to campaign on Saturday in Pennsylvania steel country for a Republican congressional candidate who is in a tight race in a district that Trump won resoundingly in the 2016 election.
EU, Japan start push for exemptions from Trump tariffs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Japan urged the United States on Saturday to grant them exemptions from metal import tariffs, with Tokyo calling for “calm-headed behavior” in a dispute that threatens to spiral into a trade war.
Five cabinet chiefs to testify before U.S. Senate on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will send five cabinet secretaries to a U.S. Senate hearing next week to tout its plan to spur $1.5 trillion infrastructure improvements using $200 billion in new federal funding.
Trump’s military parade planned for Veterans Day – without tanks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A military parade requested by President Donald Trump will take place in November on Veterans Day in Washington D.C., but to minimize damage to roads it will not include tanks, a Pentagon memo released on Friday said.
Ex-Trump aide finishes hours of Russia probe grand jury testimony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg emerged from a Washington, D.C., federal courthouse on Friday after spending some six hours before a grand jury convened by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into w…
Five cabinet chiefs to testify before Senate on infrastructure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will send five cabinet secretaries to a U.S. Senate hearing next week to tout its plan to spur $1.5 trillion infrastructure improvements using $200 billion in new federal funding.
Pennsylvania Republicans make case for scrapping new Congress map
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A panel of three federal judges heard arguments on Friday in the latest attempt by Pennsylvania Republicans to block a court-imposed map of voting districts that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning control of the U.S. …
Florida governor signs gun-safety bill into law after school shooting
(Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott, a staunch ally of the National Rifle Association (NRA), signed into law on Friday a bill imposing a 21-year-old legal age requirement and three-day waiting period on all gun purchases and allowing the arming of …
U.S. eases way to more tariff exemptions under pressure from allies
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The United States opened the way for more exemptions from its steel and aluminum tariffs on Friday, after pressure from allies and intense lobbying from lawmakers, further diluting the measures just a day after …
Former Trump campaign aide spends hours before grand jury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Donald Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg, who had balked at testifying in the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, appeared at the federal courthouse in Washington on Friday as part of Special…
