Congressman Gutierrez will not seek re-election: Politico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a prominent critic of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, will not seek re-election next year, Politico reported on Monday.
Alabama Senate candidate Moore calls allegations ‘dirty politics’
HENAGAR, Ala. (Reuters) – Embattled Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore said on Monday the allegations of sexual misconduct against him were evidence of the moral failings of leaders in Washington and meant to distract attention from the real is…
Official in charge of State Department reorganization steps down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. official overseeing a reorganization of the State Department that has been criticized by current and former U.S. diplomats has stepped down after less than four months on the job, U.S. officials said on Monday.
Trump’s tax bill faces potential Senate Republican opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate Republican tax bill strongly backed by President Donald Trump faced potential opposition on Monday from two Republican lawmakers who could prevent the sweeping legislation from reaching the Senate floor.
Trump-installed consumer agency head sets hiring freeze, halts new rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fight for control of the U.S. consumer watchdog agency intensified on Monday as Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), imposed a hiring freeze and halted any new r…
Trump’s tax bill balloons deficit, hurts poor: analysts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The latest U.S. Senate version of a Republican tax bill, strongly backed by President Donald Trump, would balloon the federal budget deficit and hurt poor Americans more than first estimated, congressional fiscal analysts said on…
California lawmaker resigns after media report of sexual harassment
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California lawmaker Raul Bocanegra resigned from the state assembly on Monday, a week after local media reported that six women had accused him of sexual harassment, while denying any criminal wrongdoing.
Trump refers to a ‘Pocahontas’ in Congress at meeting with veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said there was a “Pocahontas” in the U.S. Congress during a meeting on Monday with Native American World War Two veterans in an apparent derogatory reference to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massac…
Trump plumps for tax bill, analysts say it expands deficit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump summoned Senate Republican tax-writers to the White House on Monday to urge passage of a sweeping tax bill that congressional fiscal analysts said separately would balloon the federal budget deficit by $1.4…
Directors duel over control of U.S. consumer protection agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mick Mulvaney brought a sweetener to the Trump administration’s takeover of the consumer watchdog agency on Monday, offering doughnuts as he challenged the Obama-era acting appointee in a partisan showdown over how to regulate th…
