Trump leaning toward Powell as next Fed chair: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is leaning toward nominating Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to be the next head of the U.S. central bank, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Key U.S. House lawmaker sees progress allaying tax deduction concerns: Fox
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican head of the tax-writing panel in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Friday progress was being made in efforts to allay concerns among some Republicans about the potential elimination of a federal deduction f…
Trump leaning toward Powell as next Fed chair: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is leaning toward nominating Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to be the next head of the U.S. central bank, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing three unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Trump releases some JFK files, blocks others under pressure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but yielded to pressure from the FBI and CIA to block the release of other records to…
Tillerson tells Myanmar army chief U.S. concerned about reported atrocities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke on Thursday with Myanmar’s army chief and expressed concern over reported atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.
Mattis visits Seoul for defense talks as tensions climb
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis flew into Seoul on Friday for annual defense talks as tensions with North Korea climb ahead of a visit to the region next month by President Donald Trump.
U.S. belatedly begins to comply with Russia sanctions law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Thursday said it had belatedly begun informing Congress and others about groups associated with the Russian intelligence and defense sectors as required under a 2017 law tightening sanctions on Russia…
U.S. veterans to Trump: Save bank customers’ rights to sue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The largest U.S. veterans service organization on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to veto recent legislation allowing financial companies to block customers from banding together to sue, saying it would hurt members of the …
U.S. appoints new top official at Havana embassy as tensions flare
HAVANA (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it had designated career diplomat Lawrence Gumbiner as the new chief of its Cuba embassy that has been at the center of a diplomatic crisis due to allegations of mysterious health attacks on its per…
Fatal Niger operation sparks calls for public hearings in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers called on Thursday for public hearings on an attack in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers, saying there were still many unanswered questions about the ambush despite receiving more information from the…
