Putin’s dinner with Michael Flynn: ‘I didn’t even really talk to him’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin hardly spoke at all with former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn when they sat together at a Moscow dinner in 2015, NBC News quoted the Kremlin leader as saying on Sunday.
Trump criticized for tweet on London mayor after bridge attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump came under fire on Sunday for criticizing London’s mayor in the aftermath of attacks in the city that killed seven people and injured at least 48 others.
Vice President Pence urges Congress to complete Obamacare repeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday urged the Republican-controlled Congress to complete the job of dismantling Obamacare this summer and move on quickly to another big-ticket item on President Donald Trump’s agenda: tax c…
Trump not planning to invoke executive privilege for Comey testimony: NY Times
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege as a way to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying to Congress next week, the New York Times said on Friday citing two unnamed senior administration offi…
U.S. top court’s Gorsuch says does not share ‘cynicism’ about government
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court appointee Neil Gorsuch said on Friday that he does not share what he acknowledged was currently “a lot of cynicism about government and the rule of law.”
Mattis praises China’s efforts on North Korea, dials up pressure on South China Sea
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States is encouraged by China’s efforts to restrain North Korea but Washington will not accept Beijing’s militarization of islands in the South China Sea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday.
Texas governor signs relaxed version of voter ID legislation
(Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a more relaxed version of state voter-identification requirements than a previously enacted measure struck down by U.S. courts as racially discriminatory.
Trump to nominate Richard Spencer for Navy secretary: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump plans to nominate Richard Spencer, who has worked as a financial industry executive, to be Secretary of the Navy, the White House said on Friday.
Trump makes two conservative picks for Fed: NY Times
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s picks for two open spots on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors may push for tighter monetary policy if they receive the Senate confirmation needed to join the Fed’s rate-setting panel, their records sugge…
Trump travel ban’s fate hinges on emergency U.S. high court request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump faces an uphill fight convincing the Supreme Court it should grant his emergency request to reinstate his travel ban on people entering the United States from six predominantly Muslim countries.
