Trump to address U.S. anti-abortion march, cementing U-turn on issue
(Reuters) – Donald Trump will become the third sitting U.S. president to address anti-abortion activists at the annual March for Life on Friday, highlighting his shift in recent years from a supporter of women’s access to abortion to a powerful opponen…
China looks to call bluff on Trump trade action
BEIJING (Reuters) – As influential voices within the U.S. business community warn China that U.S. President Donald Trump is serious about tough action over Beijing’s trade practices, there is little sense of a crisis in the Chinese capital, where offic…
Trump administration appeals against ‘Dreamer’ immigrant ruling to top court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to quickly overturn a lower court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s move to end a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the…
Ex-CIA Director Stansfield Turner dead at 94; served under Carter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stansfield Turner, a Navy admiral and Rhodes Scholar who was Director of Central Intelligence under President Jimmy Carter, died on Jan. 18 at home in Seattle, Washington. He was 94.
House passes short-term spending bill, Senate fight erupts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation to stave off an imminent federal government shutdown encountered obstacles in the U.S. Senate late on Thursday, despite the passage of a month-long funding bill by the House of Representatives hours earlier.
Sales of Trump properties suggestive of money-laundering: researcher
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Testimony to the U.S. Congress by the head of a political research firm indicates that the Trump Organization’s sales of properties to Russian nationals may have involved money-laundering, the top Democrat on the House Intelligen…
House passes short-term spending bill; sends to Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation to avoid a U.S. government shutdown at midnight on Friday advanced in Congress, as the House of Representatives on Thursday night approved an extension of federal funds through Feb. 16, although the bill faced uncerta…
Trump administration appeals ‘Dreamer’ immigrant ruling to top court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling last week that blocked President Donald Trump’s move to end a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants …
House Republicans cite progress in averting government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans said late on Thursday they had made progress toward passing a short-term extension of government funding to avert a politically embarrassing shutdown, after a day of tough negotiations and confusion when Pr…
Possible money laundering alleged in sales of Trump properties: Rep. Schiff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Testimony to the U.S. Congress by the head of a research firm indicates that the Trump Organization’s sales of properties to Russian nationals may have involved money-laundering, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committ…
