U.S. Defense Dept needs to better manage its finances: GAO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department needs to better manage its finances if it hopes to rebuild and modernize the U.S. Armed Forces, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released on Tuesday.
Trump hosts lunch with Republican senators, Obamacare repeal on menu
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Senate Republicans to pass a “generous” replacement program for Obamacare, as the Senate struggled to produce an alternative to the healthcare law.
U.S. strikes against pro-Syrian government forces in self-defense: Mattis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that recent strikes against pro-Syrian government forces in the past few weeks had been in self-defense and the United States would take all measures to protect its forces in Syri…
No cause to fire special counsel Mueller: deputy attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The No. 2 official at the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday told Congress the special counsel investigating Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign is g…
U.S. military unfunded requirement list at $33 billion: Mattis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that the military had presented to Congress an unfunded requirements list of $33 billion for fiscal year 2018.
U.S. ‘not winning’ in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary tells Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “not winning” the war against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Congress on Tuesday, promising to brief lawmakers on a new war strategy by mid-July that is widely expected t…
Trump to host South Korea president June 29-30: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House on June 29-30 to advance economic cooperation and discuss ways of strengthening the two countries’ “ironclad” alliance, the White House s…
Trump eyes Supreme Court after appeals court rejects travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized a federal appeals court one day after it handed him another legal setback by refusing to revive his U.S. travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority nations, and appeared poised…
Race for governor in Virginia set after tight primary race
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Virginia’s lieutenant governor will face a former Republican national committee chairman in a November general election to become the state’s next governor in a race seen as a bellwether for next year’s mid-term congressional …
U.S. attorney general dodges Trump questions, angering Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday denounced as a “detestable lie” the idea he colluded with Russians meddling in the 2016 election, and he clashed with Democratic lawmakers over his refusal to detail his conversations wit…
