Majority of U.S. Senate backs disaster aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday backed a new round of disaster aid to help Puerto Rico and several states recover from damage from hurricanes and wildfires.
Two Republican senators launch blistering attacks on Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Republican senators fiercely attacked President Donald Trump on Tuesday, accusing their fellow Republican of debasing U.S. politics and the country’s standing abroad in extraordinary public criticisms of a sitting president.
U.S. condemns Russia veto of probe into Syria chemical weapons use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “very disappointed” that Russia on Tuesday cast a veto at the United Nations Security Council against renewing a mandate to continue an investigation into who was responsible for the use of chemical weapons d…
Republican Senator and Trump critic says will not seek re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Jeff Flake, one of the most prominent critics of President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday he was out of step with his party and would not seek re-election.
Fewer than a third of Americans back Trump tax plan: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fewer than a third of Americans support Donald Trump’s tax-cut plan, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, as the U.S. president went to Capitol Hill looking for Republican backing for his proposal to slash tax r…
Schumer cites ‘untruths’ by Trump, Republicans on tax plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans in the Senate were not being truthful about what their tax plan does and how it would affect Americans, referring to a …
Republicans in House launch probe of Russia deal involving U.S. uranium
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican leaders of two committees in the U.S. House of Representatives launched an investigation on Tuesday into the purchase by a Russian firm several years ago of a Canadian company that owned some 20 percent of U.S. uranium…
Supreme Court dismisses Hawaii’s challenge to Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday formally dropped plans to hear the last remaining challenge to an earlier version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries and a ban on refugees, but a f…
Republican lawmakers propose more conservative Obamacare fix
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two prominent Republican lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday proposed short-term measures to stabilize Obamacare health insurance markets that would compete with bipartisan legislation under dis…
Trump in tax meeting amid fight with Republican senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump began talks with Republican senators on Tuesday to try to build consensus for proposed tax cuts in a meeting that was overshadowed by an exchange of insults between the president and one of the lawmakers.
