Democratic Representative Gutierrez hints at 2020 U.S. presidential run
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Representative Luis Gutierrez, who has announced he will not seek re-election to Congress in 2018, said on Wednesday he wanted to concentrate his energies “on the national level” and indicated he might be interest…
Senate Democrat presses Trump campaign advisers for Russia contacts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has asked four foreign policy advisers to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign for documents about their contacts with Russians and discussions about Russia.
Deficit issue looms over Republican tax bill as Senate nears vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans scrambled on Wednesday to reformulate their tax bill to satisfy lawmakers worried about how much it would balloon the U.S. budget deficit, as the measure moved toward a decisive U.S. Senate floor vote la…
Ex-convict coal magnate says to run for Senate
CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Reuters) – Don Blankenship, the former CEO of coal company Massey Energy who was recently released from jail after a sentence for violating mine safety laws, said on Wednesday he plans to run for U.S. Senate representing West Virgin…
Congressman Conyers faces heightened pressure to resign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. congressman John Conyers faced increasing pressure on Wednesday to resign, with the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives saying he should step down if sexual harassment accusations against him were true….
Nearly half of Americans oppose Republican tax bill: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Opposition has grown among Americans to a Republican tax plan before the U.S. Congress, with 49 percent of people who were aware of the measure saying they opposed it, up from 41 percent in October, according to a Reuter…
U.S. lawmaker says House intel panel near consensus on NSA spy program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee are close to an agreement on how to overhaul a controversial National Security Agency surveillance program and hope to complete legislation soon, the top Democra…
Deficit looms over Republican tax bill as Senate nears vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans scrambled on Wednesday to reformulate their tax-cut bill to satisfy lawmakers worried about how much it would expand the federal deficit, as the measure moved toward a decisive U.S. Senate floor vote lat…
Representative Conyers faces heightened pressure to resign
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Congressman John Conyers faced increasing pressure on Wednesday to resign, with the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives saying he should step down if sexual harassment accusations against him were true….
U.S. arms sales jump 25 percent in FY 2017
(Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which implements foreign arms sales, on Wednesday announced sales of $41.93 billion for fiscal 2017, a 25 percent rise from a year earlier.
