Former Wisconsin sheriff joins pro-Trump super PAC
(Reuters) – Former Wisconsin sheriff David Clarke, an African-American who criticized the Black Lives Mater movement and was previously under consideration for a position with the Trump administration, has joined a super political action committee that…
Trump orders end to ‘Dreamer’ immigration program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped a program that protects from deportation almost 800,000 young men and women who were brought into the United States illegally as children, ordering a phased-out dismantling that gives a …
Trump scraps ‘Dreamer’ immigration program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped a program that protects from deportation almost 800,000 young men and women who were brought into the United States illegally as children, giving a gridlocked Congress six months to deci…
House panel to consider measure seeking Comey firing documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it will consider this week a resolution asking President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to provide documents related to Trump’s firing of James Comey as FBI di…
Senior Congress lawmakers urge keeping South Korea trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. Republicans and Democrats on congressional committees overseeing trade policy on Tuesday said that while improvements were needed in South Korea’s compliance with a U.S.-Korean free trade deal, the United States “must…
Trump poised to rescind Dreamer program, pressure Congress to fix
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to rescind a program that shields from deportation some immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children, throwing their fate to Congress, which would have six months to…
U.S. consumer watchdog chief Cordray tests Ohio’s election waters
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Democrat Richard Cordray delivered a campaign-style stump speech at a sprawling Labor Day celebration on Monday, but the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief stopped short of saying whether he intends to run for govern…
Texas moves toward post-Harvey recovery; gas prices slip
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Texas on Monday edged toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey as shipping channels, oil pipelines and refineries restarted some operations and authorities lifted an evacuation order for the area around a once-burnin…
Subdued by Harvey, Congress reconvenes facing fiscal tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas, but could bring some fiscal order to Washington where Republicans and Democrats will need to put political differences aside in order to approve spending to repair the damage from flooding in an…
New York vows to sue Trump over immigrant children protections
(Reuters) – New York and Washington state on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children.
