Hillary Clinton makes surprise appearance at New York film panel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton, who until recently had avoided the spotlight in the wake of her election defeat in November, made a surprise appearance at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday as a panelist to discuss illegal elephant poac…
Trump warns Democrats Obamacare will die without cash infusion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump warned Democrats on Sunday that Obamacare was in trouble and would die without government funding, apparently referring to the possibility of ending federal subsidies to help lower-income people buy he…
Trump pressures Democrats on Obamacare to get border wall deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump put pressure on Democrats on Sunday as U.S. lawmakers worked to avoid a government shutdown, saying Obamacare would die without a cash infusion the White House has offered in exchange for their agreement to…
Delays dog ‘shovel ready’ projects in Trump’s infrastructure plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump reassured manufacturers gathered in the White House Roosevelt room on March 31 that a massive infrastructure program was coming soon.
Sweet home Chicago: Obama re-emerges in city where it all began
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday makes his first major appearance since leaving office, having chosen Chicago, the city where his political career started, to emerge from a three-month hiatus from the public eye.
U.S. watching piracy increase off Somalia, sees ties to famine
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – The United States is closely watching a recent increase in piracy off the coast of Somalia, a senior U.S. military official said on Sunday as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited an important military base in Djibouti.
Trump tax plan may produce some short-term budget issues: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday that the Trump administration’s tax reform plan would produce some “short term issues” when viewed under traditional “static” budget analysis rules.
Trump’s ‘big announcement’ on tax to be broad principles: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s promised “big announcement” next week on overhauling the U.S. tax code, a top campaign pledge, will consist of “broad principles and priorities,” an administration official said on Saturday.
Trump visits wounded U.S. service members at military hospital
BETHESDA, Md. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump visited wounded U.S. service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, his first visit as president to the armed forces hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, outside Washington.
U.S. states realign in legal battle over Trump’s travel ban
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of six Muslim-majority nations faces its second challenge at a U.S. appeals court next month, and this time more Republican states are backing the measure, while one Dem…
