Lawmakers turn to tech sector for answers on 2016 election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers from Facebook Inc , Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google head before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday for two days of hearings on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 U.S. elections.
Senators to introduce bill to boost cyber defenses of voting systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators plans to introduce legislation on Tuesday seeking to boost the cyber defenses of state election systems, after warnings from senior U.S. officials that future elections may be vulnerable to fore…
U.S. House tax chief says state income tax deduction will not remain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican tax legislation due to be released this week in the U.S. House of Representatives will not include a deduction for state and local income taxes, the top House Republican on tax policy said on Tuesday.
EPA to ban some scientists from independent advisory boards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce on Tuesday it will bar certain scientists from serving on its independent advisory boards, according to people familiar with the plan, a move critics say could open the way t…
Pence goes to Capitol Hill as lawmakers work on tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Mike Pence will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Republicans grappled with key provisions in the tax cut bill and lobbyists expressed concern that a bill might not be ready by a self-imposed deadli…
Trump chief of staff’s Civil War comment draws fire
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.
Pence to go to Capitol Hill as lawmakers work on tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Mike Pence will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Republicans grappled with key provisions in the tax cut bill and lobbyists expressed concern that a bill might not be ready by a self-imposed deadli…
Pence to go to Capitol Hill as lawmakers work on tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Mike Pence will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Republicans grappled with key provisions in the tax cut bill and lobbyists expressed concern that a bill might not be ready by a self-imposed deadli…
Manafort spent millions on homes, rugs, clothes: court filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Paul Manafort, the indicted former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, spent almost $1 million on eight rugs in two years and more than $1.3 million on clothes from shops in Beverly Hills, California, and New York City.
Out for votes: Battle over rights inspires more U.S. transgender candidates
(Reuters) – Virginia Democrat Danica Roem has been called a man by conservative opponents attacking her views on LGBT rights as she campaigns to become the United States’ only transgender state legislator.
