Senior Democrat: ‘Dreamers’ issue unresolved but government shutdown unlikely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The No. 2 U.S. Senate Democrat, Dick Durbin, said on Sunday he did not expect to have a deal protecting young immigrants before government funding expires this week but that a shutdown over the issue was unlikely.
House intelligence panel to take up Democratic memo Monday: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Intelligence Committee will consider on Monday whether to release the Democratic rebuttal to a Republican memo that alleged bias at the FBI and Justice Department against President Donald Trump, two sources told Re…
House intelligence panel takes up Democrats’ memo on Monday: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Intelligence Committee plans on Monday to consider the Democratic rebuttal to a Republican memo alleging bias at the FBI and Justice Department against President Donald Trump, two sources told Reuters on Sunday.
Ex-Cuba prisoner Gross criticizes U.S. plan to foster internet on island
HAVANA (Reuters) – When Alan Gross heard the Trump administration’s renewed U.S. push to expand internet in Cuba, disbelief washed over the American who spent five years in a Cuban jail for trying to establish clandestine communication service on the C…
House Speaker Ryan deletes tweet praising $1.50 pay increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan deleted a tweet on Saturday cheering a $1.50 increase to a Pennsylvania school secretary’s weekly pay because of a $1.5 trillion tax cut after it drew criticism that he was out of touch with ordinary …
Trump says Republican memo vindicates him in Russia probe
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a controversial memo attacking federal law enforcement written by congressional Republicans vindicates him in the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presiden…
Justice Department says Mueller probe lawful
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has backed Special Counsel Robert Mueller over a lawsuit filed against him by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, and argued that the case should be dismissed.
Explosive memo released as Trump escalates fight over Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress on Friday escalated a campaign against U.S. law enforcement agencies over their probe of Trump’s ties to Russia, releasing a disputed memo that the FBI warned was misle…
No progress on ‘Dreamers’ as another U.S. shutdown looms
STERLING, Va./ WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress made no notable progress this week toward a deal on the status of 700,000 “Dreamer” immigrants, with President Donald Trump saying on Friday that one “could very well not happen…
House sets Tuesday vote on bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday on legislation to keep federal agencies operating beyond Feb. 8, when existing funds expire, a senior House Republican aide said on Friday.
