Senate healthcare holdout Collins never got call from Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump exhorted every Republican to vote yes on a healthcare overhaul when it comes before the Senate this week, but one of his party’s most vocal opponents of the bill, Senator Susan Collins, said he had made no …
Trump gives Boy Scouts at jamboree a taste of Washington politics
GLEN JEAN, West Virginia (Reuters) – After another challenging day in Washington, President Donald Trump flew to West Virginia to a field full of 40,000 chanting and cheering Boy Scouts, telling them he was happy to leave Washington behind.
Republican Senator McCain will return Tuesday for healthcare vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator John McCain, who has been recuperating in Arizona after being diagnosed with brain cancer, will return to Washington for a vote on healthcare reform on Tuesday, his office said in a statement on Monday.
Unrest bubbles among Trump’s key foreign policy aides: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Frustration is mounting among leading foreign policy officials in President Donald Trump’s administration as they chafe at some policy and bureaucratic defeats and complain they lack independence to do their jobs, officials say.
Senator Corker says no deal yet on Russia sanctions bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long-delayed legislation to impose new sanctions on Russia hit another snag on Monday when the influential Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the announcement of a deal to move the bill forward was…
Trump to study tougher Russia sanctions bill: White House
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will examine whether a bill toughening sanctions on Russia is offering the “best deal” for the American people, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Monday.
Attorney General Sessions visits White House, not Trump
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was at the White House on Monday but did not meet with President Donald Trump, who referred to him in a tweet as “beleaguered” earlier in the day, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sander…
Republicans in House push for Congressional Budget Office cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking to add an amendment this week to spending legislation that would slash the number of staff at the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Congressman proposes ban on Trump hotels use by U.S. government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives proposed legislation on Monday to bar the U.S. government from renting rooms at President Donald Trump’s hotels for official business.
U.S. judge allows Trump election commission to seek voting data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s commission investigating voter fraud may request voter roll data from U.S. states, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in a setback for groups that contend the effort could infringe on privacy rights.
