Trump says NFL should ban player protests during anthem
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Football League should bar players from kneeling while the national anthem is played during games, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday in his fifth consecutive day of comments over such controversial demonstr…
In Alabama Senate race, Trump takes on Republican anti-establishment
(Reuters) – Alabama voters cast ballots on Tuesday for the Republican nominee to fill a U.S. Senate seat in a race that has pitted the party’s leaders, including President Donald Trump, against its anti-establishment wing.
Republican tax plan expected to include new ‘pass-through’ business rate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican tax-cut plan due to be unveiled on Wednesday is expected to call for a new rate for “pass-through” businesses of about 25 percent, which would bring huge tax savings to millions of U.S. business owners, a lobbyist fa…
U.S. appeals court to consider rights of gay workers
(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday will urge a U.S. appeals court in Manhattan to rule that federal law does not ban discrimination against gay employees.
SEC chair to face grilling from Senate panel over cyber breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to be grilled by Congress on Tuesday over a 2016 hack of the regulator’s corporate filing system that has shaken investor confidence in its cyber defenses.
Cowboys, Cardinals link arms amid anthem protests
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Two National Football League teams largely steered clear of a controversy over national anthem protests that have ensnared U.S. President Donald Trump and threatened to damage the game’s popularity, staging a “moment of unity” on Mo…
Thailand prime minister to visit White House on October 3
WASHINGTON/BANGKOK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the White House on Oct. 3, the White House said in a statement.
Obamacare repeal on the ropes as pivotal Republican rebuffs Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Susan Collins rebuffed intense lobbying from fellow Republicans and the promise of money for her state in deciding on Monday to oppose – and likely doom – her party’s last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare.
House panel probing private email use by White House aides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives committee asked the White House on Monday for information about a media report that senior officials used private email accounts for government business.
Trump ally Stone flatly rejects allegations of Russia collusion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. political consultant Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, flatly rejected on Monday all allegations of collusion between the president’s associates and Russia during the 2016 U.S. election.
