Trump meets insurers, promises catastrophic year for Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told several chief executives of large insurance companies on Monday that 2017 will be a “catastrophic” year for the Affordable Care Act as he seeks to make good on a campaign promise to repeal the measure….
U.S. top court rejects challenge to political ad disclosure rules
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld federal disclosure rules for political advertising, rejecting an appeal by a Denver-based libertarian think tank that wanted to run an ad without being forced to divulge its major donors.
Ex-President Bush backs ‘welcoming’ U.S. immigration policy, free media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican U.S. president George W. Bush diverged sharply from Donald Trump’s new administration on Monday, saying he supported a welcoming immigration policy and praising the media as “indispensable to democracy.”
Trump seeks ‘historic’ U.S. military spending boost, domestic cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is seeking what he called a “historic” increase in defense spending, but ran into immediate opposition from Republicans in Congress who must approve his plan and said it was not enough to meet the military’…
U.S. says Trump order will not undermine data transfer deals with EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration will not undermine two data transfer agreements between the United States and the EU, Washington wrote in a letter to allay European conc…
Countering anti-Trump protests, president’s fans organize their own rallies
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump were holding rallies in towns and cities across the country on Monday, partly as a rebuttal to waves of anti-Trump protests that have taken place since the Republican’s election last Novembe…
Trump’s trade czar expected to get easy U.S. Senate confirmation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross is expected to be easily confirmed as U.S. Commerce Secretary on Monday, clearing President Donald Trump’s top trade official to start work on renegotiating trade relationships with China and Mexi…
Trump budget plan boosts Pentagon, trims State Dept, EPA: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will send federal departments a budget proposal on Monday containing the defense spending increase President Donald Trump promised, financed partly by cuts to the U.S. State Department, Environmental Protection Ag…
Trump to lay out healthcare revamp details in speech to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will offer details on how he would like to overhaul President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law in a speech to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday.
Trump’s pick for Navy secretary withdraws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of the Navy withdrew from consideration on Sunday, the second time a Trump nominee to lead one of the armed services bowed out because of government conflict-of-interest rules.
