U.S. visas issued to citizens of Trump travel ban nations continue to decline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States issued about 50 percent fewer visitor visas in April to citizens of seven countries covered by President Donald Trump’s temporary travel bans than it did in an average month last year, according to a Reuters ana…
U.S. lawmakers reintroduce bill to end restrictions on Cuba travel
HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. senators reintroduced legislation on Thursday to repeal all restrictions on travel to Cuba, this time attracting far more co-sponsors in a sign of growing support for U.S.-Cuban detente even as i…
Trump son-in-law Kushner under FBI scrutiny in Russia probe: media reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser, is under scrutiny by the FBI in the Russia probe, the Washington Post and NBC News reported on Thursday.
U.S. lawmakers to fight massive Trump Saudi arms deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to stop at least a portion of President Donald Trump’s sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Trump officials under fire over vague tax proposals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Missing from President Donald Trump’s budget proposal this week was an annual report, known as the Green Book, that presidents have issued for many years to spell out their tax goals in detail, an omission that tax experts called…
Trump arrives in Sicily ahead of Group of Seven summit
SIGONELLA, Italy (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Sicily from Brussels on Thursday ahead of a two-day Group of Seven summit at which other leaders are expected to pressure him to soften his stance on trade and climate change.
House panel chairman says FBI declines for now to meet request for Comey-linked documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has declined for now to give the House Oversight Committee documents it had requested regarding communications between former FBI chief James Comey and President Donald Trump, the head of the p…
Civil rights group sues in U.S. court over immigration detention
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in federal court on Thursday, seeking records the civil rights group contends provide accounts of hunger strikes at immigration detention facilities.
U.S. bill would ban American tourist travel to North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. congressmen introduced a bill on Thursday that would ban Americans from traveling to North Korea as tourists and require them to obtain special permission for other types of visits.
In blow to Trump, U.S. appeals court refuses to reinstate travel ban
(Reuters) – In a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump, a U.S. appeals court refused on Thursday to reinstate his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority nations, calling it discriminatory and setting the stage for a showdown in the Supreme …
