Israel’s Netanyahu to speak with Trump on Sunday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would later in the day hold his first conversation with Donald Trump since his inauguration as U.S. president.
UK PM May promises frank talk with Trump after women protest
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Sunday to challenge any “unacceptable” talk when she meets President Donald Trump later this week, as she tries to secure Britain’s “special relationship” with the new U.S. administration.
White House accuses media of playing down inauguration crowds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Saturday accused the media of framing photographs to understate the crowd that attended Donald Trump’s inauguration, a new jab in a long-running fight between the new president and the news organizations who co…
Denying feud over Russia hacking, Trump vows support to CIA
LANGLEY, Va./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump tried to ease tensions with the CIA on Saturday, telling officers he had their back after he had leveled unprecedented criticism against spy agencies for their investigation into Russian h…
Trump order paves way for agencies to weaken health law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is ordering federal agencies to undermine Obamacare through regulatory action, a move that could weaken enforcement of the requirement for Americans to buy health coverage and give insurers leeway to drop …
Trump son-in-law Kushner can serve as White House adviser: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump can hire his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser without breaking federal anti-nepotism laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Senate confirms retired generals as first two Trump cabinet members
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate confirmed the first two members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet on Friday, voting overwhelmingly to approve two retired four-star Marine generals as his secretaries of defense and homeland security hours after…
Trump is now president, but he still sees himself as leading an insurgency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump took over as U.S. president on Friday in the same way he conducted his upstart campaign, with a mixture of blustery salesmanship and naked contempt for the established political order.
Violence flares in Washington during Trump inauguration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Black-clad activists among hundreds of demonstrators protesting Donald Trump’s swearing-in on Friday clashed with police a few blocks from the White House, in an outburst of violence rare for an inauguration.
Trump, in Oval Office, signs first order on Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump directed government agencies on Friday to freeze regulations and take steps to weaken Obamacare, using his first hours in the White House to make good on a campaign promise to start dismantling his predeces…