Republican senator hopes to kill class-action rule within weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress could act within weeks to kill a new rule that bars financial companies from blocking consumers who wish to file class-action lawsuits, according to a key Republican senator.
Republican senator hopes to kill class-action rule within weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress could act within weeks to kill a new rule that bars financial companies from blocking consumers who wish to file class-action lawsuits, according to a key Republican senator.
Campaign urges U.S. public pension funds to divest from owner of Trump hotel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Advocacy groups launched petitions and sent letters on Wednesday urging two of the biggest U.S. public pension funds to divest from an investment fund unless it stops paying one of President Donald Trump’s companies to run a New …
Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. says ready to testify to Congress
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. presidential election has said she is ready to testify to the U.S. Congress to dispel what she called “mass hysteria” about …
U.S., China fail to agree on trade issues, casting doubt on other issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China failed on Wednesday to agree on major new steps to reduce the U.S. trade deficit with China, casting doubt over President Donald Trump’s economic and security relations with Beijing.
Trump presses fraud concerns as panel begins investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump pressed his unproven claims of voter fraud on Wednesday at the first meeting of a commission he created to study the issue, and implied states that did not share voter data with the panel had something…
Trump seeks crackdown on ‘Made in America’ fakes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is looking for ways to defend American-made products by certifying legitimate U.S. goods and aggressively going after imported products unfairly sporting the “Made in America” label, the White House sa…
Trump to nominate former Senate aide Peirce for SEC commissioner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate former Senate Republican aide Hester Maria Peirce to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said on Tuesday.
As Obamacare repeal falters, insurers start to press on subsidies
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A failed Republican effort to replace Obamacare raised new concerns on Tuesday for U.S. health insurers over whether the government will continue to fund billions of dollars in medical benefit subsidies.
Trump to nominate Huntsman as Russia ambassador: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Jon Huntsman, an envoy to China under former Democratic President Barack Obama, as U.S. ambassador to Russia, the White House said on Tuesday.