Trump to name National Labor Relations Board chairman: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump intends to designate Philip Miscimarra as the chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the White House said on Friday.
Washington threatens funding cut to California, other ‘sanctuary’ areas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice threatened on Friday to cut some funding to California as well as eight cities and counties across the United States, escalating a Trump administration crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities that d…
U.S. Homeland Security probes possible abuse in Twitter summons case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security Department’s inspector general said on Friday he was investigating possible abuse of authority in a case that triggered a lawsuit against the department by Twitter Inc .
Trump sets U.S. tax reform announcement, orders tax rule review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday promised a big announcement about tax reform next week and ordered an administration review of Obama-era tax rules written to discourage U.S. companies from relocating overseas to cut their tax bi…
Florida state senator resigns after racial slur
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Trump says he plans tax reform announcement on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, signing executive orders calling for a re-examination of some Obama-era financial regulations, said on Friday he would have a major tax reform announcement next week.
Trump greets Egyptian-American freed from Egyptian detention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday welcomed back to the United States Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American charity worker whose release from jail in Egypt was sought by Trump when he met Egypt’s president early this month.
Waiting for green cards, Indian visa-holders see hope in Trump review
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When Gokul Gunasekaran was offered a full scholarship for a graduate program in electrical engineering at Stanford University, he saw it as the chance of a lifetime.
U.S. will not give Exxon permission to drill in Russia
WASHINGTON/SPRING, Tx. (Reuters) – The United States will not make an exception for American companies, including oil major Exxon Mobil Corp, seeking to drill in areas prohibited by U.S. sanctions on Russia, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Fr…
Uphill battle looms as Trump seeks revamped healthcare plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, striving to make good on a top campaign promise, is pushing his fellow Republicans who control Congress to pass revamped healthcare legislation but the same intraparty squabbling that torpedoed it last mon…
