Texas governor draws criticism for joke about shooting journalists
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott joked about shooting journalists while visiting a gun range on Friday to sign a bill lowering the cost of a handgun license, drawing criticism from gun-safety and free-press advocates who called his …
Trump’s bid to open U.S. monuments to development draws calls for protection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s call for an opening of U.S. national monuments to economic development has drawn 107,00 comments from the public, with many expressing hope that sites like Utah’s Bears Ears can maintain their protected…
Exclusive: Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 y…
In shakeup, Trump to set up ‘war room’ to repel attacks over Russia probe
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Once U.S. President Donald Trump returns from his overseas trip, the White House plans to launch its most aggressive effort yet to push back against allegations involving Russia and his presidential campaign, tackling he…
Trump travel ban fight heads toward Supreme Court showdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The fate of President Donald Trump’s order to ban travelers from six predominantly Muslim nations, blocked by federal courts, may soon be in the hands of the conservative-majority Supreme Court, where his appointee Neil Gorsuch c…
Boehner: Trump has been ‘complete disaster’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s time in office has been a “complete disaster” aside from foreign affairs, fellow Republican and former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said at an energy conference.
Major U.S. tech firms press Congress for internet surveillance reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook, Amazon and more than two dozen other U.S. technology companies pressed Congress on Friday to make changes to a broad internet surveillance law, saying they were necessary to improve privacy protections and increase gove…
U.S. takes ‘full responsibility’ for Manchester intelligence leaks: Tillerson
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States government takes full responsibility for leaks of the British police investigation into Monday’s deadly bomb attack in Manchester which killed 22 people, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday.
Before the White House, Kennedy was a high-school prankster
BOSTON (Reuters) – Years before he captained the torpedo boat PT-109, ran for office or set the United States on a path to put a man on the moon, President John F. Kennedy was a troublesome teen whose hijinks nearly got him kicked out of his prestigiou…
Hillary Clinton attacks proposed Trump budget cuts as ‘cruelty’
WELLESLEY, Mass. (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton assailed the man who beat her to the White House, slamming as “unimaginable cruelty” President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut $3.6 trillion in government spending over the next decade in a speech on Friday.
