As 2018 Obamacare deadline nears, U.S. states believe every county covered
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. states have negotiated to the bitter end to keep health insurers selling Obamacare plans in every county next year, in some cases taking a hard-line to prevent exits that leave residents without access to health coverage.
Trump scrambles to convince Americans he can handle Puerto Rico crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After well-received responses to two major hurricanes that hit the U.S. mainland, President Donald Trump is battling to show Americans he can handle yet another natural disaster – this time in Puerto Rico – despite being caught u…
Trump’s tax plan to propose deep U.S. rate cuts, lacks revenue details
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will call on Wednesday for slashing tax rates on businesses and the wealthy as part of a new tax plan that is likely to offer few details about how to pay for the cuts without expanding the federal def…
U.S. Commerce Secretary says market access, protectionism top China issues
HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Wednesday the U.S. relationship with China was too lopsided and listed market access, protectionism and intellectual property as the biggest problems amid trade tensions between the two …
Conservative firebrand defeats Trump pick in Alabama primary for U.S. Senate
(Reuters) – Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and other party leaders who had argued that rival Luther Strange was a better bet …
U.S. plans to admit maximum 45,000 refugees in next fiscal year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to admit up to 45,000 refugees to the United States in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a former U.S. official said on Tuesday, a ceiling that would keep admissions to their lowest level in over a d…
Conservative firebrand defeats Trump pick in Alabama primary for Senate
(Reuters) – Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and other party leaders who had argued that rival Luther Strange was a better bet …
Republican U.S. Senator Corker will not seek re-election next year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bob Corker, the influential Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday he will not run for re-election, a blow to a party already struggling to balance divisions between mainstream…
U.S. drug enforcement chief to step down from agency
(Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s acting director on Tuesday said that he will be leaving his post, two months after he criticized Republican President Donald Trump for telling law enforcement officers not to be “too nice” to suspe…
Republicans fail again to kill off Obamacare in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans on Tuesday fell short yet again in their seven-year drive to repeal Obamacare, in a bitter defeat that raises more questions about their ability to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda.
