Trump travel curbs pose revenue challenges for U.S. colleges
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions on people from seven countries could dampen international enrollment at U.S. colleges, at a time they have become increasingly reliant on tuition revenue from overseas stud…
Iran confirms missile test, drawing tough response from Trump aide
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Wednesday it had test-fired a new ballistic missile, prompting a tough response from a senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump’s EPA pick vote delayed in boycott by Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday delayed a committee vote on President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency after the panel’s Democrats boycotted the meeting, saying that nominee Scott Pruitt doubt…
White House says has updated guidance for green card holders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Wednesday it has issued updated guidance on President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration clarifying that legal permanent residents, or green card holders, do not require a waiver to enter the Un…
Evangelical Jerry Falwell Jr. to head Trump education task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Evangelical Christian leader Jerry Falwell Jr. will head an education reform task force under U.S. President Donald Trump and is keen to cut university regulations, including rules on dealing with campus sexual assault, the schoo…
Senate tax chief questions border adjustment tax
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. Senate Republican on tax policy raised questions on Wednesday about a border adjustment tax backed by Republicans in the House of Representatives, and suggested it could have difficulty passing the Senate as a part o…
Trump Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch seen in the mold of Scalia
(Reuters) – Federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch, the U.S. Supreme Court pick of President Donald Trump, is a conservative intellectual known for backing religious rights and seen as very much in the mold of Antonin Scalia, the justice he was chose…
Senate panel advances Trump’s nominee for attorney general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Tuesday to confirm Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general of the United States, sending President Donald Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer to the full Sena…
Concerned about refugees, U.N. experts add to censure of Trump move
(Reuters) – U.N. human rights experts warned that asylum seekers could face torture if not given safe harbor and the Vatican called for openness to other cultures on Wednesday, adding to a drumbeat of international criticism of U.S. President Donald T…
Senate Judiciary Democrat says panel should hold hearings for Gorsuch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Wednesday the panel should hold hearings on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch but that Democrats would seek a 60-vote threshold for his confirmation…
