Trump asks Supreme Court to block travel ban ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block a judge’s ruling that prevented President Donald Trump’s travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens and refugees already being processed b…
Jimmy Carter recovers from dehydration scare in Canada
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, appearing fully recovered from dehydration suffered while helping to build a home for charity in Canada, was released from an overnight hospital stay on Friday and addressed the project…
Democrats renew efforts to link banks, Trump and Russia
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A small group of Democrat members of the U.S. Congress have renewed their efforts to find possible links between banks such as Germany’s Deutsche Bank , U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia.
Russian-American lobbyist met with Trump Jr., Russian lawyer: NBC News
(Reuters) – A lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated last year in a meeting with senior aides to U.S. President Donald Trump, including his eldest son, and a Russian lawyer, NBC News reported on Friday, adding to alleg…
One more Republican defection would doom Senate healthcare bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Friday on fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to pass a bill dismantling the Obamacare law, but with their retooled healthcare plan drawing fire within the party even one more defect…
Trump faces obstacles in bid to re-shape key U.S. courts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape influential U.S. courts by stocking them with conservative judges faces at least one significant impediment: some of the courts best placed to thwart his agenda have liberal majorities t…
Mexico industry eyes NAFTA changes to find common ground with Trump
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican industry is exploring revising trade rules to ensure U.S. workers benefit from a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to address head-on U.S. President Donald Trump’s biggest beef with the treaty.
U.S. government crackdown threatens Kaspersky’s American dream
(Reuters) – Eugene Kaspersky, the CEO of the Russian cybersecurity software firm that bears his name, had a big American dream.
U.S. farm lobby turns up heat on Trump team as NAFTA talks near
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With talks to renegotiate the NAFTA trade pact just weeks away, U.S. farm groups and lawmakers from rural states are intensifying lobbying of President Donald Trump’s administration with one central message: leave farming out of …
U.S. judge narrows travel ban in defeat for Trump
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries cannot stop grandparents and other relatives of United States citizens from entering the country, a U.S. judge said on Thursday.
