Mueller probing Trump’s attacks on attorney general: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The special counsel in the Russia probe is investigating a period of time last summer when President Donald Trump seemed determined to push Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
Senate passes Taiwan travel bill that worried China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bill criticized by China promoting closer U.S. ties with Taiwan, and the legislation only needs President Donald Trump’s signature to become law.
Energy Department review led to delays at green projects: GAO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Green energy technology development projects suffered staffing and investment problems last year due to a Trump administration review of Energy Department funding for companies and universities, a federal government report said o…
Trump top communications aide, trusted adviser Hicks resigns: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s longest-serving, most trusted aides, is resigning from her job as White House communications director.
Trump pushes Congress for broad bill on guns after school shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday went his furthest yet toward endorsing restrictions on gun sales, bucking Republican Party orthodoxy as he challenged lawmakers to go big on legislation he said would help prevent more sch…
Senators will try to pull U.S. from Yemen war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers unveiled plans on Wednesday to use a decades-old law to force a Senate vote on whether to pull the country out of a foreign conflict, in this case the civil war in Yemen.
Trump top communications aide Hicks to resign: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hope Hicks, one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s longest-serving aides, is resigning from her job as White House communications director, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday.
Trump flays Sessions for ‘disgraceful’ decision, sparking new clash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long-simmering tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and his attorney general erupted anew on Wednesday after Trump lambasted Jeff Sessions’ decision on a surveillance abuse investigation as “DISGRACEFUL.”
Trump asks Congress for broad bill on guns, schools after shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged a diverse group of lawmakers – some who want more gun restrictions, others averse to gun control – to come up with comprehensive legislation to prevent school shootings following the…
Too political to wear? Supreme Court debates voter apparel law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday debated the legality of a Minnesota law barring voters from wearing political apparel at polling places, struggling to draw the line between protecting free speech and preventing voter int…
