Trump speaks with Afghan leader, U.S. commander calls for more troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his Afghan counterpart discussed security in a phone call on Thursday, officials said, hours after the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said thousands more troops were needed to break a stalemate …
Trump adviser discussed sanctions with Russian envoy: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House national security adviser Michael Flynn privately discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with Moscow’s ambassador to the United States during the month before President Donald Trump took office, the Washington Post r…
Exclusive – Trump border ‘wall’ to cost $21.6 billion, take 3.5 years to build: internal report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s “wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Trump disputes account of his Supreme Court nominee’s comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump castigated a Democratic senator on Thursday for saying U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch had voiced dismay in a private meeting over Trump’s attacks on the judiciary, while Republicans came forward to…
Trump criticizes billions in spending on U.S. air traffic control
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called the U.S. air traffic control system out of date on Thursday and criticized its $10 billion yearly price tag but stopped short of calling for privatization of the program.
Exclusive: Trump considers private equity’s Feinberg for U.S. intelligence review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stephen Feinberg, the chief executive of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management [CBS.UL] who backed U.S. President Donald Trump’s election campaign, is being considered to lead a review of the vast U.S. intelligence oper…
Exclusive: In call with Putin, Trump denounced Obama-era nuclear arms treaty – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, according to two U.S. officials and…
Under Armour-sponsored athletes oppose CEO’s pro-Trump comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Professional ballet dancer Misty Copeland and wrestler turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joined National Basketball Association star Stephen Curry in opposing comments made by the chief executive of their sponsor Under Armour …
Trump vows ‘phenomenal’ tax announcement, offers no details
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to announce the most ambitious tax reform plan since the Reagan era in the next few weeks, the White House said on Thursday, sending stock prices and the dollar higher on hopes for a cut in corpo…
U.S. senators denounce Trump plan to focus counter-extremism program on Islam
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A dozen Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday denounced a Trump administration plan to revamp a government program on countering violent extremism, saying narrowing its focus solely to Islamic threats could jeopardize security and…
