Trump discusses video game violence with ‘Doom’ maker, other execs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the makers of popular video games “Grand Theft Auto” and “Doom” to discuss what the president believes is a link between video games and violent acts like last month’s school shoot…
Trump ex-aide Manafort pleads not guilty again, faces July trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort again pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election and will face the first of …
New tariffs should be narrowed, says leading U.S. lawmaker on taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top lawmaker on tax issues in the U.S. House of Representatives cautiously praised President Donald Trump’s new aluminum and steel tariffs on Thursday, saying Trump had improved his original proposal by granting some countrie…
Trump sets steel and aluminum tariffs, Mexico, Canada exempted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump pressed ahead on Thursday with import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent for aluminum but exempted Canada and Mexico and offered the possibility of excluding other allies, backtracking from …
Trump meets ‘Doom’ maker and other video game execs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the makers of popular video games “Grand Theft Auto” and “Doom” to discuss what the president believes is a link between video games and violent acts like last month’s school shoot…
Arming Florida school staff could expose them to suits: experts
(Reuters) – A bill passed by Florida lawmakers empowering some personnel in public schools to carry firearms to guard against attacks like last month’s massacre near Miami could expose these employees to potentially costly civil lawsuits, legal experts…
House Speaker Ryan criticizes Trump tariff plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday the United States should initiate “surgical” actions against China to stop it from dumping steel and aluminum instead of President Donald Trump’s broader tariff pla…
Trump says he’ll stick to tariff levels; AP reports Canada and Mexico exempted
WASHINGTON/SANTIAGO (Reuters) – President Donald Trump was set to press ahead with the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, although he said on Thursday he was willing to strike a deal that could exempt Canada a…
White House sets biofuel meeting; Trump will not attend: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The White House has made preliminary plans for a meeting on Monday between rivals in the corn and oil industries to discuss potential changes to the nation’s biofuels policy, two sources familiar with the planning told Reuters.
White House set to host followup meeting Monday on biofuels: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The White House has preliminary plans to host on Monday the latest in a string of meetings between rivals in the corn and oil industries to discuss how to help refiners cope with the rising costs of complying with the nation’s rene…
