Their fortunes enmeshed, Trump and Putin to hold first meeting next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week at a summit in Germany that brings two world leaders whose political fortunes have become intertwined face-to-face for the first time.
Congress must raise debt ceiling by mid-October: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress will need to raise the nation’s debt limit by early to mid-October to avoid defaulting on loan payments, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report on Thursday.
VP Pence hires political operative as top aide steps down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top aide to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is leaving the Trump administration and will be replaced by a longtime Republican political operative, Pence’s office said on Thursday.
Trump draws strong criticism for assailing woman TV host in personal terms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U..S. President Donald Trump assailed a woman TV news host in highly personal terms on Thursday, calling her “crazy” and alleging she had been bleeding at one point from a facelift, in a Twitter attack that drew strong criticism …
Senate Majority leader cites ‘good progress’ on healthcare talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said Republican senators are making “good progress” on their efforts to come to agreement on retooled draft legislation aimed at repealing and replacing the 2010 Affordable …
Senate revises Russia sanctions bill, sends it to House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate resolved a technical issue on Thursday that had stalled a new package of sanctions on Russia but the measure faces opposition in the House that could mean more delays, lawmakers said.
France’s Macron trades barbs for diplomacy with Trump
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s president has not given Donald Trump an easy ride: a crunching handshake at one meeting was followed by a body swerve at another and then a public rebuke over his attitude to climate change. But now there seems to be an olive…
Trump administration reverses policy on fiancés as travel ban takes effect
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration reversed a decision late on Thursday and said fiancés would be considered close family members and therefore allowed to travel to the United States as its revised travel ban took effect.
Kremlin: Putin, Trump to meet on sidelines of G20 summit
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty summit in Hamburg next week, but no separate meeting is planned, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.
Russia’s Lavrov, USA’s Tillerson expected to meet at G20 summit: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and United States’ secretary of state Rex Tillerson would meet at the G20 summit in Germany next week, deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday, Russian news agencies reported.
