Democrats raise doubts about Trump’s high court nominee Gorsuch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, on Monday emphasized the need for judicial independence even as Trump castigates jurists who have ruled against him, while Democrats questioned whether he would r…
White House tax reform may begin in late spring: Spicer
DUBLIN (Reuters) – President Donald Trump may begin his overhaul of the U.S. tax code as early as late spring, White House spokesman Sean Spicer has told Ireland’s Sunday Independent newspaper.
Tillerson ends China trip with warm words from President Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) – With warm words from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ended his first trip to Asia since taking office with an agreement to work together with China on North Korea and putting aside trick…
Meals on Wheels America sees surge in donations after U.S. budget
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meals on Wheels America, the umbrella organization for 5,000 providers of home-delivered meals for seniors, said on Saturday that online donations have surged since the White House released a proposed budget that could lead to a b…
U.S. Homeland Security seeks proposals for wall with Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued requests for proposals for prototypes for a wall along the Mexican border, saying ideally it should be 30 feet (9 meters) high and the wall facing the U.S. side should be “aesth…
Trump ‘travel ban bands’ take to stage in Texas capital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Bands with diaspora from the seven Muslim-majority countries on U.S. President Donald Trump’s original travel ban took to the stage in Austin to build resistance against executive orders critics see as perpetuating bigotry.
Top NSA official ridicules allegation Britain spied on Trump
LONDON (Reuters) – Allegations from the United States that British spy agency GCHQ snooped on Donald Trump during his election campaign are “arrant nonsense”, the deputy head of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) said in an interview on Saturday.
South Dakota’s governor vetoes loosening of concealed carry gun laws
(Reuters) – South Dakota’s Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard on Friday vetoed a pair of bills that would have loosened restrictions on carrying concealed guns in the state, after saying current laws made sense and were adequate.
U.S., China soften tone, say to work together on North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea take “a different course”, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday, softening previous criticism of Beijing after talks with his Chinese …
Exclusive: Immigration judges headed to 12 U.S. cities to speed deportations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12 cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to two a…
