Florida state Senate votes against arming most classroom teachers
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate approved sweeping reforms to the state’s gun law on Monday that raise the minimum purchase age and add a three-day waiting period in response to the deadliest high school shooting in U.S…
U.S. Republican Senator Cochran resigning, opening Mississippi seat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee and a member of the Republican Party’s old guard, said on Monday he will resign on April 1, putting another Republican Senate seat in play in elections …
Trump’s tariff threat may be timed for Pennsylvania U.S. House race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has alarmed the Republican establishment and world leaders by threatening tough steel tariffs, a message that might be meant not just to shake the world trade order but to help defend a congressional seat i…
Ex-Trump aide Nunberg says will not comply with Russia probe subpoena
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former campaign aide to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would not comply with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elec…
Trump faces pushback on tariffs but says he will not back down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump faced growing pressure on Monday from political and diplomatic allies as well as U.S. companies urging him to pull back from proposed steel and aluminum tariffs, although he said he would stick to his …
U.S. says time running short for NAFTA talks, floats bilateral deals
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The top U.S. trade envoy said on Monday that bilateral deals could replace NAFTA if the pact is not renegotiated soon, ramping up pressure on Canada and Mexico, already smarting from President Donald Trump’s plan to impose steel…
Fights erupt, 12 arrested ahead of white nationalist’s speech in Michigan
EAST LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) – A least a dozen people were arrested on Monday after supporters of Richard Spencer clashed with protesters outside a Michigan college campus where the white nationalist was scheduled to speak.
Republican U.S. Senator Cochran to resign on April 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, said on Monday he will resign on April 1.
Fight breaks out ahead of Michigan speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer
EAST LANSING, Mich (Reuters) – At least half a dozen people were arrested on Monday after supporters of Richard Spencer clashed with protesters outside a Michigan college campus where the avowed white nationalist was scheduled to speak.
Republican U.S. Senator Cochran says he will resign on April 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, said on Monday he will resign on April 1.