Young girl who tweeted from Aleppo asks Trump to help Syrian children
LONDON (Reuters) – The seven-year-old Syrian girl who gained a global following last year with her Twitter updates from Aleppo has written an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump asking him to help other children her war-torn country.
Trump summit with Mexico’s Pena Nieto still on, ‘for now’
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto next week is still on “for now”, Mexico’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, despite pressure at home to scrap it over objections to a…
In Trump era, Democrats and Republicans switch sides on states’ rights
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Five years ago, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, now President Donald Trump’s nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, sat in the front row as the U.S. Supreme Court debated the contentious Affo…
Republicans lay out plans for Obamacare repeal
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – U.S. Republican leaders on Wednesday laid out plans for repealing Obamacare by spring, followed by funding the building of a border wall and reforming the tax code by late summer, as lawmakers launched an effort to unify behind…
Trump says he will order ‘safe zones’ for Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he “will absolutely do safe zones in Syria” for refugees fleeing violence in the war-torn country.
Trump nominates businessman with Asia background as Navy secretary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Philip Bilden, a former military intelligence officer and private equity executive with broad experience of Asia, particularly China, as the civilian head of the U.S. Navy.
Mexican official widens tax-dodge complaint against Trump
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican official widened a tax evasion complaint against U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the same day the new American leader signed a decree to speed up construction of a border wall between the two countries.
Rights advocates slam Trump plans on Muslim immigrants, refugees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Immigrant and refugee advocates on Wednesday denounced White House plans to temporarily stop receiving refugees and suspend visas for people from seven Middle Eastern and North African countries, saying they target Muslims and will…
Trump’s voter fraud probe could pave way for tougher voting rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s plans to investigate the possibility of voter fraud in the 2016 election could pave the way for tough voting rules including stringent ID requirements that Democrats and rights groups say would amount to …
Trump may reinstate secret CIA ‘black site’ prisons: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump may order a review that could lead to bringing back a CIA program for holding terrorism suspects in secret overseas “black site” prisons where interrogation techniques often condemned as torture were used, …
