Tech companies join in support ‘Dreamers,’ challenging Trump
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google, Microsoft Corp and other major tech companies were poised on Wednesday to join a legal challenge against a decision to end protections against deportation for immigrants brought into the United States il…
U.S. lawmakers release sample of Russian-bought Facebook ads
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers released a batch of Russian-bought Facebook Inc ads on Wednesday that showcased politically charged content allegedly spread on social media by Moscow ahead of the 2016 U.S. election.
White House set to name Powell as Fed Chair on Thursday: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has notified current Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell that it will nominate him as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matt…
House seeks details on FEMA role in Puerto Rico power contracts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives’ energy committee on Wednesday said it wants more information about the role played by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in contracts for rebuilding Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hu…
Tech companies join legal fight in support of ‘Dreamers’, challenging Trump
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tech companies Alphabet Inc’s Google, IBM Corp and Lyft on Wednesday will join a legal briefing opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that protects from deportation about 900,000 immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, the companies told Reuters.
Trump does not recall adviser’s suggestion of Putin meeting: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Wednesday President Donald Trump does not recall a meeting with his foreign policy advisers in March 2016 in which one of them suggested he could arrange a meeting between candidate Trump and Russian Presi…
Republicans defend Trump court pick rated ‘not qualified’
(Reuters) – Senate Republicans mounted a concerted defense of one of President Donald Trump’s nominees to a federal appeals court on Wednesday, suggesting a nonpartisan lawyers’ group rating of Leonard Steven Grasz as “not qualified” for the bench was …
Exclusive: Congressional committee questions operation of WHO cancer agency
LONDON, (Reuters) – Two influential U.S. Congressmen have asked the World Health Organization’s cancer agency to get ready to testify about its work assessing if substances cause cancer, citing concerns about its “scientific integrity”.
Trump calls for ending visa program after N.Y. attack, blasts Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday seized on the deadly New York City truck attack to step up demands for stricter U.S. immigration laws, asking Congress to end a visa program that let the Uzbek suspect into the country and sayi…
Republicans in U.S. Congress scramble after tax bill debut delay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After an embarrassing delay in the unveiling of their tax-cut bill, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives scrambled on Wednesday to resolve disputes amongst themselves on how to pay for the cuts they are proposing.
