U.S. official who confronted Trump on ethics resigning for new job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, who clashed with President Donald Trump and his administration, said on Thursday he would resign before his five-year term ends in January to take a new job.
Before Putin talks, Trump plays down interference in U.S. election
WARSAW (Reuters) – One day before his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that no one knows for sure whether Moscow intervened in the 2016 U.S. election but that he suspected Russian involve…
Trump to visit Slovenia, country of wife Melania’s birth
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenian President Borut Pahor, attending a meeting of EU leaders with Donald Trump in Warsaw, has invited the U.S. president to visit Slovenia and Trump has accepted the invitation, Pahor’s cabinet said in a statement on Thursda…
UK PM May to hold bilateral meeting with Trump at G20: UK govt. official
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg on Friday, a British government official said on Wednesday.
U.S. proposes cutting total biofuels requirements in 2018
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed to reduce the volume of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel fuel next year as it signaled the first step toward a potential broader overhaul of its biofuels program.
Illinois risks rating cut to junk even with budget: Moody’s
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Even if Illinois’ House of Representatives takes action to enact a new budget on Thursday, the state still risks a downgrade in its credit rating to junk, Moody’s Investors Service warned on Wednesday.
Mexico says Trump-Pena Nieto meet unlikely to lead to big deals
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A meeting between Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday at the G20 summit in Germany will last about 30 minutes and probably not lead to any major agreements, Mexico’s foreign minister sa…
Most American voters support limited travel ban: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Six in 10 American voters support the new ban on people from six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States unless they can show they have a close relative here, according to opinion poll results released on Wed…
Groups see climate science review as chance to undercut regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will soon begin a review that will question the veracity of the climate change science used by President Barack Obama’s administration as the basis for environmental regulations.
In Afghanistan, U.S. senators call for coherent policy from Trump
(This story corrects the number of U.S. and other foreign troops in Afghanistan, paragraphs 15, 16.)
