House passes bill to penalize websites for sex trafficking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation to make it easier to penalize operators of websites that facilitate online sex trafficking, chipping away at a bedrock legal shield for the technology…
Democrats warn against cut to offshore oil royalties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Democrats on the Senate and House natural resources committees urged the Interior Department on Tuesday to drop a proposed cut to offshore oil and gas royalties, warning such a reduction would shortchange U.S. taxpayers.
Close Trump aide Hicks declines to answer questions about time in White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hope Hicks, a close aide to President Donald Trump, declined to answer questions about the administration on Tuesday from members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee investigating Russia and the 2016 U.S….
Puerto Rico asks Congress for help with delayed disaster relief loan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury has delayed a $4.7 billion post-hurricane loan to Puerto Rico and reduced the amount by more than half, and the resulting financial strain threatens to disrupt essential services, the island’s governor said in a l…
Trump son-in-law, adviser Kushner loses access to top intelligence briefing: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, has lost access to the most valued U.S. intelligence report, the President’s Daily Brief, as the White House imposes greater discipline on access to secre…
U.S. judge rejects lawsuit seeking to stop Trump border wall
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday sided with President Donald Trump’s administration and rejected an attempt by the state of California and environmental groups to stop the government from building a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico….
White House lays out its priorities for prison reform legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday urged lawmakers to craft legislation that would help former prisoners by expanding access to prison work programs and focusing on measures that have been proven to help reduce recidivism, an administrat…
Senate Democrats push for support to reinstate net neutrality
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats launched efforts on Tuesday to win a vote to reinstate Obama-era rules guaranteeing an open internet, suggesting it would be a major issue in the 2018 mid-term elections.
Senate Republican says U.S. infrastructure bill may not pass this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate’s second highest-ranking Republican on Tuesday expressed doubt that Congress will pass legislation to increase infrastructure spending this year, citing time constraints.
Republicans in Congress reject new gun limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday that they would not raise the minimum age for gun buyers, in a sign that one of President Donald Trump’s proposals likely will not get far on Capitol Hill after a deadly Fl…
