Trump taps new director of grants office that gave awards to Hookers for Jesus
President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed one of Republican Senator Ted Cruz’s former staffers to lead a Justice Department office at the heart of a recent whistleblower complaint over anti-human trafficking grants awarded in 2019.
U.S. gives Huawei another 45 days to buy from American suppliers
The Trump administration said Thursday it was issuing a 45-day extension allowing U.S. companies to continue doing some business with China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
U.S. Senate rebukes Trump, votes to limit Iran warmaking ability
The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran’s retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflic…
Bloomberg campaign pays social media accounts for memes
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg’s campaign is paying popular Instagram meme accounts to post content about the billionaire as part of its social media offensive ahead of the 2020 election.
On the trail: Democratic White House hopefuls take aim at Bloomberg
U.S. Democratic presidential candidates took aim on Thursday at a rival whose name has not yet appeared on the ballot in the early-voting states, but whose television ads have blanketed the airwaves: former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Juror in Stone case calls Trump attacks ‘appalling’
A juror who helped convict a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump on Thursday called the president’s attacks on prosecutors, the judge and the jury involved in the case “appalling,” as Democrats accused Trump of interfering in the U.S. judicial p…
Judge grants Amazon bid to pause Microsoft’s Pentagon contract work
A U.S. judge on Thursday granted Amazon.com Inc’s request to temporarily halt the U.S. Department of Defense and Microsoft Corp from moving forward on an up-to-$10 billion cloud computing deal that Amazon claims reflected undue influence by President D…
U.S. accuses Huawei of stealing trade secrets, dealing with North Korea
U.S. prosecutors on Thursday added trade secret theft charges to their bank fraud case against Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies Co, further escalating the U.S. battle with the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker.
U.S. Senate rebukes Trump, votes to limit warmaking ability in Iran
The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking him after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran’s retaliation last month raised fears of broader regional co…
Trump administration taking $3.8 billion more from military for Mexico border wall
The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly $4 billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico, a central promise of President Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this …
