Trump travel ban back in U.S. courts next week as battles stretch on
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries heat up again next week when two U.S. appeals courts consider whether it is constitutional.
Pentagon to lease privately owned Trump Tower apartment for nuclear ‘football’: letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department is finalizing a lease on a privately owned apartment in New York’s Trump Tower for the White House Military Office to use for supporting President Donald Trump without providing any benefit to Trump or…
Exclusive: Trump counterterrorism strategy urges allies to do more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A draft of President Donald Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy demands that U.S. allies shoulder more of the burden in combating Islamist militants, while acknowledging that the threat of terrorism will never be totally elimin…
Trump’s pick for Army secretary drops out: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Army secretary, Mark Green, withdrew his name from consideration for the position, a White House official said on Friday.
Trump does not think U.S. should copy Australia’s health system: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump was simply saying nice things to an ally when he called Australia’s universal healthcare system better than the U.S. system, and he does not think his country should adopt a similar approach, the White Hous…
Planned Parenthood protests aimed at House Republicans’ offices
(Reuters) – Planned Parenthood, the U.S. medical services provider that could lose federal funding under the Republican-controlled House of Representatives’ healthcare overhaul bill, said it would hold dozens of demonstrations outside the local offices…
Trump signs spending bill, averting government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday signed a $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by Congress, averting a government shutdown that would have begun at midnight.
How one U.S. state is leading the charge to dismantle Obamacare
FRANKFORT, Ky./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – For nearly three years, Democrats and former President Barack Obama pointed to Kentucky as one of the Affordable Care Act’s biggest success stories.
With Obamacare vote, House Republicans free to turn to tax reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives plans to turn to tax reform in earnest, after concluding a lengthy healthcare debate this week with a vote to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Trump, Australia’s Turnbull move to clear air after tense phone call
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump held his first-face-to-face meeting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday, and declared that they “get along great,” following an acrimonious phone call in January that strained tie…
