VP Pence says Russia’s stance must change before ties improve
TBILISI (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday that relations with Russia would not improve until Moscow changed its stance on Ukraine and withdrew support for “regimes like Iran and Syria and North Korea”.
Top Senate Democrat urges Trump to block China deals over North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate called on President Donald Trump on Tuesday to block some Chinese investments in the United States to pressure China “to help rein in North Korea’s threatening and destabilizing behavior.”
U.S. senators to introduce bill to secure ‘internet of things’
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday plans to introduce legislation seeking to address vulnerabilities in computing devices embedded in everyday objects – known in the tech industry as the “internet of things” – whic…
Trump extols corporate profits while seeking corporate tax cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump sent a Twitter message bragging about corporate America’s high profits under his presidency on Tuesday, prompting critics to say he was undercutting Republican arguments in favor of a tax cut for corpo…
Trump dictated misleading statement on son’s meeting with Russian: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump dictated a statement, later shown to be misleading, in which his son Donald Trump Jr. said a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 was not related to his father’s presidential campaign, the…
Connecticut lawmakers approve labor pact with pension concessions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut lawmakers narrowly approved a new labor contract with public employees on Monday that is expected to save the state at least $1.2 billion – largely through pension concessions – and could clear the way for lawmakers to …
Trump studying executive action on healthcare, senator Rand Paul says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Rand Paul said he spoke to President Donald Trump by phone about healthcare reform on Monday and told the president he thought Trump had the authority to create associations that would allow organizations to offer gr…
Chicago projects shrinking budget gaps in 2017 and 2018
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago will continue to shrink its structural budget deficit in 2017 and 2018, but faces new pension funding pressures starting in 2020, according to a financial analysis released by the city on Monday.
Republicans want tech input on U.S. net neutrality legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee on Monday asked for input from Google parent Alphabet Inc , Facebook Inc , Comcast Corp , Amazon.com Inc and other major companies on a proposed rewrite of rules governing consumer internet access,…
Trump administration reaches deal with Texas counties on immigration
GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities signed deals on Monday with 18 of Texas’ 254 counties to expand a program that allows jailers at local sheriffs’ offices to cooperate with federal authorities in immigration enforcement.
