Exclusive: U.S. asks nations to provide more traveler data or face sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department will require all nations to provide extensive data to help it vet visa applicants and determine whether a traveler poses a terrorist threat, according to a cable obtained by Reuters.
Trump Jr. Russia emails prompt new government watchdog complaint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Government watchdogs filed a complaint against Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort on Thursday with the federal agency that oversees elections, arguing the three violated the law by meeting with a Russian who was of…
For women at the U.S. Congress: the right to bare arms?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After an Internet-fueled furor over rules barring women in sleeveless attire, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan pledged on Thursday that House officials would review and perhaps modernize the chamber’s dress code.
House Speaker Ryan urges Trump son to testify in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday urged President Donald Trump’s eldest son to testify to a congressional committee about alleged links between Trump’s team and Russia in the 2016 presidential election c…
Trump says ‘something could happen’ on climate accord
PARIS (Reuters) – President Donald Trump held the door open to a reversal of his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord on Thursday, but did not say what he would need in return to persuade him to do so.
Former President Carter hospitalized over dehydration in Canada
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was receiving hospital care on Thursday after becoming dehydrated at a charity house-building project in Canada, but he is doing “OK,” Habitat for Humanity said.
Sessions releases heavily redacted record of foreign contacts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday released a government form dealing with contacts he has had with foreign nationals, including Russian government officials, but much of it was redacted.
Pelosi calls for outside commission to probe Russian meddling in U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi called on Thursday for the creation of an outside, independent commission to investigate what she said was “cold, hard evidence” that President Donald Trump’s family intended to collude with Russia…
Republican Grassley to ask Trump Jr to testify to Senate panel: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, a Republican, planned to send a letter on Thursday to Donald Trump Jr to ask him to testify before his committee in a public session, CNN reported.
New Senate healthcare plan keeps Obamacare-era taxes on wealthy: Senate source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The revised U.S. Senate healthcare plan will keep in place two Obamacare taxes on the wealthy and retain its limit on corporate tax deductions for executive pay in the health insurance industry, a Senate source told Reuters on Th…
