Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 20 at 11:35 A.M. EDT
(Reuters) – Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday:
Republican green groups seek to temper Trump on climate change
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s outspoken doubts about climate change and his administration’s efforts to roll back regulation to combat it have stirred a sleepy faction in U.S. politics: the Republican environmental movement.
U.S. officials meet asylum seekers at Australian-run camp, possibly restarting ‘dumb deal’
CANBERRA/PERTH (Reuters) – U.S. officials began taking fingerprints of asylum seekers in an Australian-run camp on the Pacific island of Nauru on Monday, signaling that vetting of applicants for resettlement in what U.S. President Donald Trump called a…
G20 ministers give Mnuchin space to define Trump trade agenda
BADEN BADEN, Germany (Reuters) – Wary of their first official encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump’s blustery trade agenda, the world’s top finance officials were relieved to find new Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin polite and business-like ove…
FBI head confirms Russia election probe, says Moscow backed Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed for the first time that the bureau is investigating possible ties between Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia as Moscow sought to influence the 2016 U.S. electio…
New York governor unveils South Bronx highway rebuilding plan
(Reuters) – New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday unveiled a $1.8 billion highway reconstruction plan in New York City’s South Bronx aimed at benefiting one of the world’s biggest food markets and an area once seen as a symbol of urban bl…
White House to offer balanced budget plan by mid-May: Mulvaney
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A detailed version of President Donald Trump’s budget to be released in May will lay out plans to eventually erase U.S. deficits, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said on Sunday.
Republicans revamp U.S. health bill, boost benefits to older Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans and add a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, House Speaker Paul Ryan sa…
Pressure builds on Trump to back off wiretap accusations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers from both parties said on Sunday they had seen no proof to support the claim by Republican President Donald Trump that his predecessor Barack Obama had wiretapped him last year, adding pressure on Trump to explain …
U.S. Republicans working on Medicaid, tax credit changes: Ryan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill that would implement a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, as well as boost tax credits for older, lower income people, U.S. Hous…
