Trump cabinet’s First World problem: omitting a few million here and there
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s cabinet is worth a combined $14 billion, and they are catching flack in recent weeks for confessing an inability to keep track of their vast sums of wealth.
McCain warns Trump not to lift sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain, commenting on Friday on speculation that President Donald Trump may lift sanctions on Russia, said he hoped the administration would reject that “reckless course.”
Bills targeting protests in U.S. states fuel free speech fears
(Reuters) – Republican lawmakers in several central U.S. states are pushing bills that would crack down on demonstrations, drawing criticism from free speech campaigners and underlining the polarization over protests in the era of President Donald Trum…
Trump says Mexico has taken advantage of U.S. ‘for long enough’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump kept up his criticism of Mexico on Friday, saying it “has taken advantage of the U.S. for long enough,” as a crisis over border security and trade deepened.
Pence says Trump probe to include review of voting rules: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s investigation into what the president has claimed is widespread voting fraud will likely include a “full evaluation of voting rules,” Vice President Mike Pence told fellow Republicans this week, the Was…
Factbox: Trump names executives, labor officials to manufacturing jobs council
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday said he was launching a manufacturing jobs initiative and named a group of U.S. business executives and labor union officials to help with the effort, the White House said in a statement.
U.S.-Mexico crisis deepens as Trump aide floats border tax idea
PHILADELPHIA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The White House on Thursday floated the idea of imposing a 20 percent tax on goods from Mexico to pay for a wall at the southern U.S. border, sending the peso tumbling and deepening a crisis between the two neighbor…
Putin and Trump likely to discuss Ukraine sanctions: White House aide
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are likely to discuss the sanctions that Washington imposed on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine when the two leaders speak by telephone on Saturday, a sen…
U.N. tiptoes around Trump stance on torture, refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations reaffirmed on Friday that torture is illegal and that refugees deserve protection, while ducking any direct criticism of remarks made by new U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump to speak with leaders of Russia, Germany, France: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will hold telephone calls with the leaders of Russia, Germany, and France on Saturday, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said in a tweet on Friday.
