First planned North Korea-U.S. contact in Trump administration canceled: WSJ
SEOUL (Reuters) – Plans for the first contact between North Korea and the United States after President Donald Trump took office were canceled after the U.S. State Department denied a visa for the top envoy from Pyongyang, the Wall Street Journal repor…
U.S. agency seeks ideas for Trump’s proposed border wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said on Friday it will accept proposals next month for the design of a wall to be built near the U.S.-Mexican frontier, a first step in picking vendors for President Donald Trump’s pr…
Experts dispute Trump’s assertion that U.S. nuclear arms capability is lagging
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While President Donald Trump has suggested that the United States must expand its nuclear arsenal, many experts say U.S. nuclear forces are unrivaled and will remain so as they undergo a modernization program that could cost more…
NAACP calls for boycott of North Carolina over voting, bathroom laws
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Friday said it would not hold its convention in North Carolina and urged other organizations to boycott the state in protest of laws adopted by the Republ…
White House bars some news organizations from briefing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House excluded several major U.S. news organizations, including some it has criticized, from an off-camera briefing held by the White House press secretary on Friday.
U.S. diplomat warns against isolationism in implicit Trump rebuke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The longest-serving U.S. diplomat warned against isolationism, protectionism and Russian aggression on Friday in a retirement speech implicitly criticizing some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies even as he urged officials…
Trump to order reversal of Obama water regulation rule: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign a measure on Wednesday aimed at rescinding a major Obama administration water regulation and direct an end to the government’s defense of the rule, a Trump official briefed on the p…
Peru’s president tells Trump he favors bridges to walls
LIMA (Reuters) – The first Latin American leader to visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House said on Friday that he told Trump he prefers bridges to walls and favors the free movement of people across borders.
Details emerge of Republicans’ plans to replace Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Details of potential Obamacare replacements by U.S. House Republicans emerged in news reports on Friday, as Republican lawmakers have vowed to introduce new legislation in the coming weeks.
Ohio’s John Kasich, former Trump rival, visits White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ohio Governor John Kasich worked to repair his strained ties with Republican President Donald Trump on Friday with a visit to the White House, where he compared his situation to being on an airplane and rooting for the pilot to s…
