PR specialist says set up meeting between Trump’s son, Russian lawyer at a client’s request
(Reuters) – The public relations specialist who arranged a meeting last year between President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., and a Russian attorney said on Monday he did so at the request of singer-songwriter-businessman Emin Agalarov, a Moscow…
U.S. agency to announce rule blocking mandatory consumer arbitration on Monday: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. consumer watchdog agency is expected on Monday to release a final rule blocking credit card companies, banks and other firms from forcing customers to agree to settle disputes only through arbitration as a condition of ope…
U.S. agency to announce rule blocking mandatory consumer arbitration on Monday: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. consumer watchdog agency is expected on Monday to release a final rule blocking credit card companies, banks and other firms from forcing customers to agree to settle disputes only through arbitration as a condition of ope…
U.S. agency to announce rule blocking mandatory consumer arbitration on Monday: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. consumer watchdog agency is expected on Monday to release a final rule blocking credit card companies, banks and other firms from forcing customers to agree to settle disputes only through arbitration as a condition of ope…
Healthcare disagreements roil U.S. Senate Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican senators returned to Washington on Monday following a 10-day holiday recess still at odds with one another over legislation President Donald Trump wants passed to repeal major portions of Obamacare.
Big financial woes linger in Illinois’ new budget
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois’ first budget after two years is filled with partial outlines to address its debt-ridden pension system and unpaid bill backlog — signs that political fighting and the fiscal mess in the nation’s fifth-largest state are fa…
Two senior Republican senators criticize Tillerson comments on Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior Republican U.S. senators criticized Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday for saying that Russia may have the “right approach” on Syria and for what they called his lack of focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Trump backtracks on U.S.-Russia cyber unit, says it cannot happen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday backtracked on his push for a cyber security unit with Russia, tweeting that he did not think it could happen, only hours after promoting it following his talks with Russian President Vladimi…
Trump’s son met Russian lawyer after promise of information on Clinton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., agreed to meet with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 election campaign after being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported on Sunday,…
Republicans voice growing doubts on U.S. healthcare bill’s fate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans expressed increasing pessimism on Sunday about the prospects for the healthcare bill in the U.S. Senate aimed at rolling back Obamacare as lawmakers prepared to return from a week-long recess.
