Trump was being a gentleman, UK’s May says on holding hands
LONDON (Reuters) – Donald Trump was being a gentleman, British Prime Minister Theresa May said, describing when the U.S. president held her hand during her visit to Washington earlier this year.
Trump’s high court pick vows independence, says he is no ‘rubber stamp’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday pledged independence from President Donald Trump, bristled at his criticism of the judiciary and said not even the president is above the law amid Democratic concerns he would be…
Maryland lawmakers pass bill to curb immigration enforcement
(Reuters) – Maryland’s House of Delegates on Monday approved legislation to bar police statewide from checking the immigration status of individuals they arrest or keeping them locked up longer than otherwise warranted at the request of federal agents …
Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to skip a meeting with NATO foreign ministers next month in order to stay home for a visit by China’s president and will go to Russia later in April, U.S. officials said on Monday, disc…
Trump says preparing new executive actions to save coal mining
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday he was preparing new executive actions to save coal mining and put miners back to work.
Trump tries to rally support for healthcare bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump tried to rally Republican lawmakers behind a plan to dismantle Obamacare on Tuesday as U.S. stock markets showed their worst one-day performance since the November election.
Trump daughter Ivanka to get West Wing office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, is getting an office in the White House West Wing, stepping up her highly visible role in helping advise her father.
Trump’s Russian imbroglio prompts Republican rethink on surveillance law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some Republican lawmakers appear to be reassessing whether to make changes to a surveillance law that allows broad snooping of Internet communications, citing concerns over the handling of classified intercepts after leaks of con…
Iraq’s Abadi says he wins Trump’s assurances of more U.S. support
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he won assurances of greater U.S. support in fighting Islamic State militants in talks on Monday with President Donald Trump and top advisers, but cautioned that military might alone woul…
NY attorney general hires former federal prosecutor as he pursues Trump
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has been looking into investments of U.S. President Donald Trump and other matters related to the Trump administration, on Monday said he has hired two lawyers with federa…
