U.S. immigration arrests up nearly 40 percent under Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. arrests of suspected illegal immigrants rose by nearly 40 percent in the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, following executive orders that broadened the scope of who could be targeted for immigration violations, acc…
Senate Judiciary Committee seeks Comey memos, possible Trump tapes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday asked the FBI to provide memos related to former FBI Director James Comey’s dealings with his superiors in the Trump and Obama administrations.
State Department reminds staff on ethics after posts on Trump interests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s legal office has reminded employees not to promote private interests on social media after its online accounts publicized President Donald Trump’s private Florida resort and his daughter Ivanka Trump’…
Trump says he’ll urge Muslim leaders to fight extremism during Mideast trip
NEW LONDON, Conn. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would use his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia to challenge the leaders of Muslim countries to “fight hatred and extremism” while pursuing a peaceful future for their faith.
U.S. Democrats try to force vote on independent Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – (This May 17 story, in penultimate paragraph, corrects to show that Walter Jones is the only Republican in the House to support the petition, not that Jones and Justin Amash are the only two Republicans in the House to support th…
Former FBI chief Mueller appointed to probe Trump-Russia ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department, in the face of rising pressure from Capitol Hill, named former FBI chief Robert Mueller on Wednesday as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possib…
Ryan tries to tamp down Comey memo furor, says has confidence in Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan tried to tamp down the furor on Wednesday over reports that President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to quash part of his Russia investigation, saying “we need t…
Putin offers transcript to prove Trump did not pass Russia secrets
SOCHI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by supplying Congress with a transcript.
U.S. governors work Senate as new power brokers in Obamacare repeal
(Reuters) – A group of about a dozen Republican governors is pushing for its own set of national healthcare reforms, flexing its considerable muscle in the national debate over the future of Obamacare as the U.S. Senate begins writing its bill.
Embroiled in controversies, Trump seeks boost on foreign trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Besieged by controversy at home, U.S. President Donald Trump is under pressure to stick to the script and avoid fresh flare-ups when he embarks this week on his first foreign trip, a nine-day trek to the Middle East and Europe.
