One month in, anti-Trump movement shows signs of sustained momentum
BRANCHBURG, N.J./VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Leonard Lance, who has held more than 40 town hall-style meetings with constituents in his central New Jersey district, has never faced a crowd like he did on Wednesday.
Trump vows military build-up, hammers nationalist themes
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he would make a massive budget request for one of the “greatest military buildups in American history” on Friday in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism to …
Arkansas lawmaker wants to strip Clintons’ name from airport
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) – The largest and busiest airport in Arkansas would no longer be named after the only president and first lady from the state if a bill introduced in the legislature on Thursday succeeds.
U.S. companies decry Trump action on transgender student rights
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. companies led by tech firms Yahoo Inc , Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp criticized the Trump administration’s decision to revoke Obama administration guidance that allowed transgender public school students to use the bathroom …
California lawmakers release environmental bills in attempt to thwart Trump
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Democratic state senators in California on Thursday unveiled a series of bills designed to freeze in place Obama administration-era environmental regulations in the event the Trump administration moves to weaken them.
Exclusive: Trump calls Chinese ‘grand champions’ of currency manipulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump declared China the “grand champions” of currency manipulation on Thursday, just hours after his new Treasury secretary pledged a more methodical approach to analyzing Beijing’s foreign exchange practices.
Exclusive: Trump says Republican border tax could boost U.S. jobs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday spoke positively about a border adjustment tax being pushed by Republicans in Congress as a way to boost exports, but he did not specifically endorse the proposal.
Trump wants to make sure U.S. nuclear arsenal at ‘top of the pack’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wants to ensure the U.S. nuclear arsenal is at the “top of the pack,” saying the United States has fallen behind in its weapons capacity.
Trump again vows to bring back U.S. jobs, but offers few details
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told chief executives of major U.S. companies on Thursday he plans to bring millions of jobs back to the United States, but offered no specific plan on how to reverse a decades-long decline in factory jobs….
Upset at Trump, Mexico voices ‘worry and irritation’ to U.S. envoys
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico on Thursday expressed “worry and irritation” about U.S. policies to two of President Donald Trump’s top envoys, giving a chilly reply to the new administration’s hard line on immigration, trade and security.
