White House cancels Trump trip to Orlando set for Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will not be traveling to Orlando, Florida to promote his infrastructure plan on Friday, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said on Thursday.
White House rejects bipartisan Senate immigration plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House rejected on Thursday a bipartisan U.S. Senate proposal to protect young “Dreamer” immigrants and tighten border security, saying it would weaken enforcement of current law and produce a flood of illegal immigratio…
U.S. environmental penalties nearly halve in Trump’s first year: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency levied around half the average number of penalties against polluters in the first year of the Trump administration as in the same period of the past three presidential administrations, accordin…
Trump nominee for key U.S. energy post says would oppose Russia pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top State Department energy position said on Thursday he would oppose Russia’s proposed natural gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Germany – the Nord Stream 2.
U.S. court says Trump travel ban unlawfully discriminates against Muslims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries violates the U.S. Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday in another legal setback…
Republican lawmaker clashes with Sessions over sentencing reform bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Republican lawmaker on the powerful U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee accused President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday of meddling with efforts to pass bipartisan legislation to reduce prison sentences for nonvio…
Senate faces showdown over immigration and ‘Dreamers’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration remained insistent on hardline immigration measures on Thursday as the U.S. Senate prepared to vote on various legislative proposals to protect young “Dreamer” immigrants and to tighten border security.
U.S. Democrats push $1 billion bill for election security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Wednesday that would provide more than $1 billion to boost cyber security of U.S. voting systems, and Vice President Mike Pence defended the administration’s efforts to protect po…
U.S. Senate showdown over ‘Dreamer’ immigrants seen Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan Senate plan to protect young illegal immigrants from deportation and pour billions of dollars into border security appeared headed toward a Senate showdown on Thursday as wary Democrats signaled that a solution could…
Trump-Russia probe muddies House hearing on U.S. threat assessment: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans are resisting requests by Democrats for U.S. intelligence chiefs to present their annual global threat report to a congressional panel so they can avert a likely showdown with the head of the FBI over aspects of the T…
