Manafort offers $12 million in assets in bid to avoid house arrest: document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort offered to pledge $12 million in real estate and life insurance assets and limit his travel in a bid to avoid continued house arrest, according to court documents fil…
Neither George Bush voted for Trump, book author tells New York Times
(Reuters) – George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush did not vote for fellow Republican Donald Trump last year, says the author of a new book on the 41st and 43rd U.S. presidents in which they open up about their disapproval of the man now occupying…
Trump backs New York in bourses’ battle for Saudi Aramco listing
WASHINGTON/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump publicly appealed on Saturday for Saudi Arabia to list national oil company Saudi Aramco’s shares in New York, intervening in a battle among the world’s top stock exchanges.
Trump pitches NYSE for Saudi Aramco IPO listing
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he “would very much appreciate Saudi Arabia doing their IPO of Aramco with the New York Stock Exchange.”
Trump campaign aide met Russian officials in 2016: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign met Russian government officials last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing testimony he gave this week to a U.S. congressional committee.
Manafort money laundering charge in Russia probe may face challenges
(Reuters) – When the lawyer for the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump attacked the money laundering charge brought against his client as flimsy, some legal experts say he may have pinpointed a potential weakness in the indictment by U.S…
Trump, dogged at home, begins longest presidential Asia trip in years
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Donald Trump arrived in Hawaii on Friday as he set out on the longest trip to Asia by an American president in more than a quarter century, looking for help to pressure North Korea to stand down from a nuclear crisis.
Judge denies request to return to U.S. by Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday denied a request for Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, to return to the United States to attend a hearing over an unpaid $6 millio…
Trump adviser Cohn says tax cuts wouldn’t be retroactive: Fox Business Network
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans’ tax plan would not make adjustments retroactive, White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said on Friday, despite calls from U.S. lawmakers who want cuts to apply to 2017 as the party aims to pass the bill by year’s en…
Two key Republicans agree on national flood insurance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. House of Representatives Republicans said on Friday they have agreed on terms for the reauthorization of the deeply indebted National Flood Insurance Program.
