U.S. weighs sanctions on countries doing business with North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is weighing imposing sanctions on countries that do business with North Korea and looking for ways to revive strained relations with Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday.
No indication Russia wants positive relationship with U.S.: Mattis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday there was no indication that Russia wanted a positive relationship with the United States, saying it had chosen to be a strategic competitor.
COVFEFE Act would preserve Trump’s tweets as official statements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – From the incomprehensible “covfefe” to a post labeling fired FBI director James Comey a “leaker,” President Donald Trump’s tweets would be preserved as presidential records if a Democratic lawmaker’s proposed COVFEFE Act becomes…
Mattis says options on Afghanistan to be presented to Trump ‘very soon’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he would present options on Afghanistan to President Donald Trump “very soon,” adding the strategy would take a regional approach rather than looking at the war-torn country in iso…
At Trump’s Cabinet meeting, flattery is flavor of the day
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – They came to praise President Donald Trump, not focus on the controversies engulfing him.
U.S. federal government can pay bills through early September: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. federal government will have enough cash flow to pay its bills through at least early September despite the limit on more government borrowing, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday, while urging lawmakers to…
U.S. Interior chief recommends shrinking Utah’s Bears Ears monument
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said on Monday he has recommended that President Donald Trump reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah – a move that drew quick fire from conservationists but was supported by…
Charter schools see opportunity with Republicans in power: lobbying group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Having Republicans control both the White House and Congress could deliver more federal funds to charter schools and also create competition for dollars from alternative approaches to education, the head of a charter school lobby…
Supreme Court invalidates gender inequality in citizenship law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down a gender distinction in U.S. immigration law that treats mothers and fathers differently when determining a child’s citizenship, calling such inequality “stunningly anachronistic.”
U.S. targets Iraqis for deportation in wake of travel ban deal
(Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities are arresting Iraqi immigrants ordered deported for serious crimes, the U.S. government said on Monday, after Iraq agreed to accept U.S. deportees as part of a deal to remove it from President Donald Trump’s tra…
