New Russian ambassador to U.S. calls for resumed military contacts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow and Washington should re-establish direct contacts between their military and foreign policy chiefs, Russia’s new ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said on Wednesday.
CFPB director evasive about possible resignation to run for Ohio governor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was coy, in a letter sent to the head of a congressional committee on Wednesday, about possible plans to resign and run for governor of Ohio.
U.S. senator asks FBI to probe Icahn over biofuels push
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic U.S. senator on Wednesday urged the FBI to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn broke the law when he called for biofuels policies that would have benefited his investments while serving as an adviser …
White House blocks Obama-era rule expanding pay data from companies
(Reuters) – The Trump administration has blocked a rule requiring U.S. employers to report detailed pay data broken down by gender and race, echoing business groups by saying it would not have the intended effect of addressing wage gaps.
Kremlin says got Trump adviser email about tower project but ignored it
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman confirmed on Wednesday he had received an email in January last year from an adviser to Donald Trump about a Moscow real estate project, but said he had neither replied nor discussed it wi…
Trump touts tax reform, overlooks White House aide Cohn
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump made his first major tax reform speech on Wednesday, but in a long list of thank yous he did not mention Gary Cohn, the White House point man on taxes who traveled with Trump to the event.
As Texans’ claims pour in, Congress mulls flood insurance program’s future
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Krassi Nikov evacuated his Houston home with more than 2 feet (61 cm) of water inside of it on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Harvey devastated Texas’ Gulf Coast. He now plans to collect on his flood insurance for the second time t…
White House downplays Charlottesville comments from Tillerson, Cohn
ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday downplayed talk of division among President Donald Trump’s advisers after Secretary of State Tillerson and economic adviser Gary Cohn appeared to criticize Trump for his response to the viol…
Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed: Mattis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday current policy regarding transgender personnel serving in the military would remain in place until he advises President Donald Trump on how to implement his directive on a transge…
Congress weighs Harvey aid that Trump calls historic
WASHINGTON/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress started to come to grips on Tuesday with crafting a multibillion-dollar Hurricane Harvey emergency aid package that President Donald Trump suggested could be historically large, without providing s…
