Treasury secretary asks Congress to lift debt ceiling by Feb. 28: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has asked Republican leaders in Congress to lift the federal government’s debt ceiling by Feb. 28, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing two sources familiar with the talks.
Mueller’s team, lawyers discuss possible Trump interview: NBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers are talking to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about a possible interview with the president as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 electi…
U.S. top court turns away challenge to Mississippi LGBT law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ended the first legal challenge to a Republican-backed Mississippi law that permits businesses and government employees to refuse to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people because of …
Exclusive: Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger role on arms sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is nearing completion of a new “Buy American” plan that calls for U.S. military attaches and diplomats to help drum up billions of dollars more in business overseas for the American weapons industry, goin…
Factbox: Trump on Twitter (Jan 7): DACA, media, stock market
The following statements were posted to the verified Twitter accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS.
In possible boon for White House, Fed ready to lay low as tax plan kicks in
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers have come to view Donald Trump’s tax overhaul as a short-term economic boost that will neither permanently supercharge the economy, as the president says, or cause an immediate disruption that …
Trump tweet on nuclear button keeps North Korea’s Kim ‘on his toes’: Haley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet about having a bigger nuclear button than Kim Jong Un’s has kept the North Korean leader “on his toes” and made clear the risks of a nuclear standoff, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikk…
CIA’s Pompeo says Russia and others trying to undermine U.S. elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Sunday that Russia and others are trying to undermine elections in the United States, the next major one being in November when Republicans will try to keep control of Congress….
Under fire, Bannon backs off explosive comments about Trump’s son
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon on Sunday backed away from derogatory comments ascribed to him about Trump’s son in a new book that sparked White House outrage and could threaten Bannon’s influence as a wo…
Furious Trump aide assails book, calls president a ‘genius’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior aide to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed a new book rattling the White House, called his boss a genius and launched an attack on news coverage before a TV anchor urged him to calm down and cut off their int…
