Former Equifax chief apologizes to Congress over hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The former head of Equifax Inc apologized repeatedly on Tuesday at a congressional hearing for the theft of millions of people’s personal data in a hacking breach, saying it took weeks for the credit bureau to understand the ext…
U.S. agency probes Interior Secretary for possible Hatch Act violation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is investigating whether Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated a law barring executive branch employees from engaging in political activity when he gave a speech to a professional hockey team o…
House Republicans seek $1 billion in Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Puerto Rico, struggling to recover from hurricane damage, could receive $1 billion in additional funding for the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor under a proposal from a U.S. House of Representatives panel, a congre…
Mattis plays down split between Trump, Tillerson on North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday played down an apparent split between the U.S. president and his top diplomat over outreach to North Korea, saying America’s focus was still on finding a diplomatic solution to the dis…
U.S. orders expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats after pulling more than half of its own embassy staff out of Havana last week, further escalating tensions between the United States and Cuba….
U.S. Supreme Court justices divided in major voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices expressed distaste on Tuesday toward the long-standing U.S. political practice of drawing electoral maps simply to entrench one party in power but appeared deeply divided over whether to do anything about i…
More groups challenge Trump’s latest travel ban in court
NEW York (Reuters) – Muslim immigrants and an advocacy group filed a fresh lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s latest version of a travel ban that placed indefinite restrictions on the entry of citizens from eight countries to the United States.
The press, branded the ‘enemy’ by Trump, increasingly trusted by the public: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans are increasingly confident in the news media and less so in President Donald Trump’s administration after a tumultuous year in U.S. politics that tested the public’s trust in both institutions, according to a Reuters/Ipso…
Kremlin: we hope new U.S. envoy can help repair U.S.-Russia ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday it hoped that President Donald Trump’s new ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, could help breathe new life into battered U.S.-Russia relations.
Former Equifax chief will face questions from U.S. Congress over hack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are due to question the former head of Equifax Inc at a Tuesday hearing that could shed light on how hackers accessed the personal data of more than 140 million consumers.
