Ryan urges DACA fix with broader immigration reform: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday he did not think people brought to the United States illegally as children should be deported but fixing a program that shields them must be part of larger immigra…
Trump talks to Democrats as Republicans set tax plan timetable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pressed ahead with his outreach to Democrats to try to make good on a campaign promise for major tax cuts, while fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives promised an outline of a…
Democratic leaders Schumer, Pelosi to dine with Trump Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump invited Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to dine with him on Wednesday night, Democratic sources familiar with the situation said.
Trump administration sued over phone searches at U.S. borders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has engaged in an unconstitutional practice of searching without a warrant the phones and laptops of Americans who are stopped at the border, a lawsuit filed on Wednesday alleged.
Exclusive: U.S. won’t issue some visas in four nations in deportation crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday will stop issuing certain kinds of visas to some citizens of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone because the nations are not taking back their citizens the United States wants to depo…
Trump to talk to Democrats again as he presses tax reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump was set to host Democratic and Republican House lawmakers at the White House on Wednesday, seeking to build support across the political spectrum for tax reform that he said should include tax cuts for…
Trump says tax meeting with senators ‘highly productive’: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting on Tuesday evening with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss tax reform “was highly productive, and will spur constructive discussion moving forward,” the White House said in a statement…
Democrats investigating whether Flynn promoted reactor project as Trump aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers are probing whether retired U.S. General Michael Flynn secretly promoted a U.S.-Russian project to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the Middle East after becoming President Donald Trump’s first national se…
Congress votes to call on Trump to denounce hate groups
(Reuters) – The U.S. Congress passed a resolution late on Tuesday calling on President Donald Trump to condemn hate groups after Trump was criticized for his response to the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a month ag…
U.S. corporate tax cut goal in doubt, Trump dines with senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s chances of cutting the corporate tax rate to 15 percent, while Trump met with six senators including three Democrats who set clear conditions for futur…
