Toned-down White House press dinner carries on without Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House press corps gathered on Saturday for its annual black-tie dinner, a toned-down affair this year after Donald Trump snubbed the event, becoming the first incumbent U.S. president to bow out in 36 years.
Trump celebrates first 100 days as president, blasts media
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump hit the road on Saturday to celebrate his first 100 days in the White House with cheering supporters at a campaign-style rally, touting his initial achievements and lashing out at critics.
Trump to order a study on abuses of U.S. trade agreements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Saturday seeking to identify any problems caused by the nation’s existing trade agreements, including an examination of U.S. involvement in the World Trade Organization, a to…
EPA says website undergoing makeover to match Trump, Pruitt views
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA.gov, is getting a makeover to reflect the views of President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the agency said on Friday.
Trump pledges fealty to NRA gun lobby
ATLANTA (Reuters) – President Donald Trump pledged to uphold Americans’ right to possess guns on Friday in a speech that he used to revisit some 2016 election campaign themes from his vow to build a border wall to dismissing a Democratic senator as “Po…
Trump’s faulty trade math may not make America greater, or richer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – By U.S. President Donald Trump’s math, renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement and other deals will largely pay for the massive tax cuts his cabinet laid out earlier in the week.
Factbox: First 100 days of Trump on Twitter
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump has cemented his credentials as Tweeter in Chief since taking office.
U.S. appeals court grants Trump request on climate regulations case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted a Trump administration request to put on hold a legal challenge by industry and a group of states to former President Barack Obama’s regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse emissions mainly …
U.S. Congress passes short-term bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led Congress averted a U.S. government shutdown on Friday and gave lawmakers another week to work out federal spending through Sept. 30, with tricky issues like defense spending still unresolved.
Republicans begin final push on killing Obama-era regulations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers, lobbyists and interest groups are making a final push in their fight over regulations enacted during former President Barack Obama’s last months in office, with the financial services industry working hard to kill a ru…
