Senate Banking panel votes in favor of Clayton’s SEC nomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted on Tuesday to advance Jay Clayton’s nomination as the next head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to the full Senate for approval.
Senate Republican leader starts clock ticking to showdown on Gorsuch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he would soon file a motion seeking to cut off an expected Democratic filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, setting the clock ticking toward a showdown vote lat…
U.S. business seeks action, not trade war, in Xi-Trump summit
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Although worried about the prospect of a trade war, American businesses operating in China nonetheless want President Donald Trump to wring some concessions on market access from China’s leader Xi Jingping when the two me…
Thai PM says ‘don’t worry’ about U.S. trade policy yet
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s prime minister said on Tuesday he had told officials to prepare for changes in U.S. trade policy under President Donald Trump, but it was too soon for the big exporter to worry.
Senate Republican leader starts clock ticking to Gorsuch showdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate moved on Tuesday toward ramming through approval of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee this week, as its top Republican said he had the votes to wipe away Democratic roadblocks but vowed to preserve th…
Prior to his SEC nomination, Clayton communicated with SEC contractor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Before Wall Street attorney Jay Clayton was nominated to be head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, he communicated with more than a half dozen of President Donald Trump’s transition representatives, including one wh…
U.S. withdraws funding for U.N. Population Fund
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The State Department said on Monday it was ending U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund, the international body’s agency focused on family planning as well as maternal and child health in more than 150 countries…
Trump aides, lawmakers hold talks to revive healthcare bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House officials met moderate and conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday in an effort to revive a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Trump signs repeal of U.S. broadband privacy rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules, the White House said, a victory for internet service providers and a blow to privacy advocates.
New York passes emergency spending plan to avoid shutdown
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – New York lawmakers on Monday passed an emergency spending plan authorizing Governor Andrew Cuomo to pay bills and keep the state government operating for the next two months.
