Senate passes $618.7 billion annual defense bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a compromise version of an annual defense policy bill on Thursday without controversial provisions such as requiring women to register for the draft or allowing contractors to make religion-b…
Guatemalans burn Trump effigies to scatter evil spirits
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Revelers in Guatemala set ablaze cardboard representations of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump wearing devil horns during a traditional ceremony, “La Quema del Diablo”, or the Burning of the Devil, held ahead of Christmas e…
Trump picks opponent of higher minimum wage for Labor Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump named fast-food executive Andy Puzder to head the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday, drawing criticism from labor advocates worried about his opposition to a higher minimum wage and government regu…
Figures show Trump spent $66 million of his own cash on election campaign
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pumped a total of $66 million of his own money into his campaign – far from the $100 million he frequently boasted he was going to spend, according to campaign finance disclosures filed …
Trump says U.S.-China relationship must improve
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States needed to improve its relationship with China, which he criticized for its economic policies and failure to rein in North Korea.
U.S. derivatives regulator to move on from Dodd-Frank under Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. derivatives regulator will move on from reforms created in the wake of the 2007-09 financial crisis to a new focus on U.S. competitiveness and the potential for shocks to the global $710 trillion swaps markets under Pres…
Clinton calls ‘fake news’ a threat to U.S. democracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called “fake news” a danger that must be addressed quickly, in a rare public appearance on Thursday, a month after she lost the presidential election in a campaign marked by a flood of su…
Temporary U.S. government funding bill hits snag in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation to keep federal agencies funded until April 28 and avert government shutdowns at the end of this week when existing appropriations expire.
U.S. senators urge Trump to take tough line on Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 27 U.S. senators sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday urging him to take a tough line against Russia over what they termed its “military land grab” in Ukraine.
U.S. Congress votes to apply Magnitsky human rights act globally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation expanding the 2012 U.S. Magnitsky human rights act from Russian citizens to cover abusers in any country passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday as part of an annual defense policy bill, leaving the landmark measure on the…
