Trump says AT&T plan to buy Time Warner ‘not a good deal’
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stood by his criticism of pay TV and wireless company AT&T’s deal to buy movie and TV show maker Time Warner Inc, which the Justice Department has sued to stop.
Any Trump NAFTA withdrawal faces stiff court challenge: legal experts
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – With NAFTA talks grinding toward stalemate, U.S. President Donald Trump may be tempted to carry out his threat to withdraw from the trade pact, but legal experts say such a decision could be defeated, or delayed significantly b…
Trump pardons turkey in annual Thanksgiving tradition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, who has raised eyebrows by mulling his power to pardon as investigators probe possible ties between his 2016 election campaign and Russia, used his authority in a less controversial way on Tuesday to “pard…
U.S. Rep. Conyers denies harassment allegation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Democrats called for an investigation on Tuesday into allegations of sexual harassment against U.S. Representative John Conyers, who said his office had resolved a harassment case with a payment but no ad…
FCC chief plans to ditch U.S. ‘net neutrality’ rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission unveiled plans on Tuesday to repeal landmark 2015 rules that prohibited internet service providers from impeding consumer access to web content in a move that promises to rec…
State Dept revolt: Tillerson accused of violating U.S. law on child soldiers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldie…
Trump and Putin speak for an hour about Syria, Ukraine, North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone for about an hour on Tuesday and covered topics including Syria, Ukraine, Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan, a White House official said.
U.S. border officials violated court orders on travel ban: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Department of Homeland Security violated two court orders in the days after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a temporary travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, according to the department’s watchdog.
Exclusive: U.S. agency to vote to repeal ‘net neutrality’ rules – FCC chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday unveiled plans to repeal a landmark 2015 order that barred internet service providers from blocking or slowing down consumer access to web content, and said the reg…
U.S. charges two with bribing African officials for China energy firm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has charged a former Senegalese foreign minister and a former top Hong Kong government official with links to a Chinese energy conglomerate with bribing high-level officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for co…
