U.S. anti-bias law does not protect transgender workers: Justice Dept
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has reversed course on whether federal law banning sex discrimination in the workplace provides protections for transgender employees, saying in a memo that it does not.
U.S. Senate approves Trump pick as top Fed regulatory official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Randal Quarles as the Federal Reserve’s top official on regulatory matters, filling a role critical to the Trump Administration’s goal of lightening post-financial crisis regulations.
U.S. Senate approves Trump pick as top Fed regulatory official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Randal Quarles as the Federal Reserve’s top official on regulatory matters, filling a role critical to the Trump Administration’s goal of lightening post-financial crisis regulations.
Congress needs to examine gun ‘bump stock’ devices: House speaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers need to examine “bump stock” gun accessories, devices that enable some guns to be turned into rapid-fire weapons, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday, opening the door to possible debate on gun control by…
Congress needs to examine gun ‘bump stock’ devices: House speaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A backlash against “bump stock” gun accessories, which enable rifles to be turned into rapid-fire guns, grew in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as House Speaker Paul Ryan opened the door to possible debate on controlling the device…
Russia-Trump campaign collusion an ‘open’ issue: U.S. Senate panel chiefs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday the issue of whether President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign colluded with Russia remains an open question as the panel intensifies its probe into the ma…
Russia-Trump campaign collusion an ‘open’ issue: U.S. Senate panel chiefs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday the issue of whether President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign colluded with Russia remains an open question as the panel intensifies its probe into the ma…
U.S. interior secretary raised political funds on government trip: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Department of the Interior came under further scrutiny on Thursday amid a media report that he had attended a Republican fundraiser in March during a government trip to the Caribbean.
Trump denies Tillerson threatened to resign: Twitter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump denied on Thursday that Rex Tillerson had threatened to resign after a news report that the secretary of state had called him a moron and had to be repeatedly persuaded not to leave the administration….
Tracking the U.S. economy under Trump in seven charts
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has set many specific and general goals for his administration’s management of the economy, like raising growth to 3 percent and eliminating the country’s trade deficit.
