Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. seeks return to U.S. to defend money laundering settlement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, wants permission to return to the United States to defend a claim by prosecutors that her client’s company has failed…
House tax bill release delayed until Thursday: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will delay the release of tax legislation for a day as lawmakers try to overcome differences involving the treatment of retirement savings accounts and state and local taxes, sourc…
Return Manafort’s money, Democrats demand of California Republican
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A California neuroscientist vying to unseat Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher stepped up his criticism of the conservative on Tuesday, demanding he return a $1,000 contribution from indicted Trump adviser Paul Manaf…
U.S. senators hammer Facebook for power over elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Facebook Inc’s chief lawyer on why the company did not catch 2016 election ads bought using Russian rubles, why its investigation of them took so long and how much it knows about its 5 million adv…
U.S. nuclear arsenal to cost $1.2 trillion over next 30 years: CBO
(Reuters) – Modernizing and maintaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal over the next 30 years will cost more than $1.2 trillion, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Congressional Budget Office.
Former Trump campaign adviser denies encouraging aide on Russia dealings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former senior adviser on President Donald Trump’s campaign team, Sam Clovis, sought to distance himself on Tuesday from George Papadopoulos, an ex-campaign aide who has pleaded guilty in the probe into Russian meddling in the 2…
Vocal, powerful critic of Wall Street rules leaving Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Representative Jeb Hensarling, the Republican chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, announced on Tuesday that he would retire from Congress at the end of 2018, marking the exit of Congress’s …
U.S. Senate Republicans want to speed Trump nominee approvals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate, expressing frustration at how slowly President Donald Trump’s nominees are being confirmed, on Tuesday called for changes in the chamber’s procedures to speed up the approval process.
Trump chief of staff’s Civil War comment sparks criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s comment that the U.S. Civil War was sparked by a lack of “compromise” drew criticism and reignited a debate over Confederate monuments and the role of slavery.
Property tax deal near, Republicans sprint for bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans on Tuesday appeared to be nearing a deal on state and local taxes that would preserve a federal deduction for property taxes but not income taxes, potentially removing a major obstacle that could derail their imp…
