Coal rule killed by U.S. Congress, others near chopping block
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress moved swiftly on Thursday to undo Obama-era rules on the environment, corruption, labor and guns, with the Senate wiping from the books a rule aimed at reducing water pollution.
U.S.’s Pence, German Foreign Minister agree on NATO’s central security role: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Thursday and agreed on NATO’s central role in ensuring security in Europe and North America, the White House said on Thursday.
Trump says his travel ban needed to ensure U.S. religious freedom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump defended his order to temporarily bar entry to people from seven majority-Muslim nations, which has come under intense criticism at home and abroad, saying on Thursday it was crucial to ensuring religi…
Iowa moves to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
(Reuters) – The Republican-controlled Iowa state senate voted on Thursday to cut Medicaid funding for family planning services to abortion providers including Planned Parenthood.
U.S. high court pick Gorsuch seen as genial, firmly conservative
(Reuters) – When gay former law clerk Joshua Goodbaum married his partner in 2014, he got effusive and emotional reassurance from his former boss, President Donald Trump’s conservative U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.
Trump threatens U.C. Berkeley after protests stop far-right speech
SACRAMENTO, Calif./NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut funding to the University of California at Berkeley after protesters smashed windows and set fires at the school, forcing the cancellation of an appearanc…
Exclusive: U.S. expected to impose fresh sanctions on Iranian entities – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is expected to impose sanctions on multiple Iranian entities as early as Friday following Tehran’s recent ballistic missile test, but in a way that will not violate the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, sources familiar w…
Yemeni-Americans shut hundreds of shops in NY City to protest travel ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of New York City bodegas, grocery stores and restaurants owned by Yemeni Americans closed for hours on Thursday in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, organizers said.
U.S. watchdog agency to review implementation of Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A watchdog agency at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it is planning to review how President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order to temporarily suspend travel from seven majority-Muslim nations was implemented…
Nobel Peace Prize winners critique Trump’s immigration policy
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize winners meeting in Colombia criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies on Thursday, accusing him of xenophobia and discrimination.
