Cuban businesswomen seek Rubio meeting as U.S. policy bites
HAVANA (Reuters) – An association of Cuban businesswomen has asked to meet with Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida to explain the impact on the country’s nascent private sector of rolling back a detente in U.S. relations.
Trump starts paying his own legal bills on Russia probe: attorneys
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has begun paying his own legal bills related to the Russia investigation and will no longer cover the costs using political donations to his re-election campaign or the Republican Party, his attorneys …
Senate candidate Moore’s wife says ‘he will not step down’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The wife of Republican Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore said on Friday her husband would not end his campaign in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, dismissing reports about his past behavior toward some women as po…
White House seeks $44 billion in hurricane aid from U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday said it had asked Congress for $44 billion in supplemental disaster assistance to help those affected by the recent hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
White House seeks another $44 billion in hurricane aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday it had it asked Congress for $44 billion in supplemental disaster assistance to help those affected by recent hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida and the Virgin Islands.
Pass-through businesses to see cuts under tax plan: Steven Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The majority of small businesses and non-corporate enterprises known as “pass-throughs” would see a significant tax cut under the Republican tax plan, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday.
Tax overhaul drama moves to Senate as House approves its bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans took important steps on Thursday toward the biggest U.S. tax-code overhaul since the 1980s, with the House of Representatives approving a broad package of tax cuts, and a Senate panel advancing its own v…
U.S. lawmakers seek more information from Trump son-in-law Kushner in Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jared Kushner’s lawyer failed to give the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee documents President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser received about a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite,” the committee’s leaders sa…
Tax overhaul drama moves to U.S. Senate as House approves its bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans took an important step on Thursday toward the biggest U.S. tax-code overhaul since the 1980s as the House of Representatives approved a broad package of tax cuts sought by senior lawmakers and President …
Trump says U.S. Senate candidate Moore should leave race if allegations true
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump finds the sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore “troubling” and thinks he should leave the race if they are true, the White House said on Thursday, as party leaders in Alabam…
