Influential U.S. senator mulls retirement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, the influential Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Monday he had not yet decided whether he would run for re-election to a third Senate term in 2018.
‘Big Six’ member says tax reform blueprint to follow Senate hearings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Republican senator involved in U.S. tax reform negotiations said on Monday that he expects to share the Trump tax reform plan with other lawmakers after holding hearings on overhauling the tax code.
U.S. Senate may vote this week to add penalties for sex traffic sites: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate may vote as soon as Tuesday on a bipartisan proposal that would make it easier to penalize operators of websites that facilitate online sex trafficking, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
Exclusive: Key U.S. senators demand answers on Equifax hacking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two key U.S. senators on Monday asked Equifax Inc to answer detailed questions about a breach of information affecting up to 143 million Americans, including whether U.S. government agency records were compromised in the hack.
Supreme Court justice temporarily preserves Trump refugee ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday provided a temporary reprieve for President Trump’s order blocking most refugees from entering the United States, putting on hold a lower court’s ruling loosening the prohibiti…
Supreme Court justice puts hold on Trump refugee ban ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday put a temporarily hold on limits imposed by a lower court on President Donald Trump’s order barring most refugees from entering the United States.
Trump administration asks top U.S. court to lift refugee ban limits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department on Monday filed an emergency application at the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to block an appeals court decision that limited President Donald Trump’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the …
Republican attempt to deflect Trump-Russia probes could backfire: sources
(Reuters) – Republican lawmaker Devin Nunes’ investigation into whether Obama administration officials used classified intelligence reports to discredit Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign team could backfire on the congressman – and the president, sources fa…
Pope hopes Trump re-thinks DACA decision on immigrant children
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump would re-think his decision to end a program protecting undocumented immigrant children, saying it was important for young people to have roots.
U.N. rights boss urges U.S. Congress to give ‘Dreamers’ legal status
GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official voiced concern on Monday at the Trump administration’s decision to end the DACA program for immigrants who arrived illegally as children and urged the U.S. Congress to give them lasting legal status…
