Repealing Obamacare to be first on Senate agenda in 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Repealing Obamacare will be the first order of business in the U.S. Senate in January, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, said on Tuesday.
U.S. courts look ahead to Trump as Obama cases fizzle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s legal defense of some key initiatives including his signature healthcare law is collapsing as courts put cases on hold until after President-elect Donald Trump, hostile to the policies, assumes office on …
Cuba, U.S. to discuss detente in wake of Trump election
HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States will draw up a roadmap for deepening their detente on Wednesday in a first meeting since the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and the death of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
Obama to deliver speech defending his counterterrorism fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will make the case on Tuesday that his counterterrorism policies have helped protect Americans from evolving international threats as he prepares to hand over the White House to a successor who has been cri…
Trump sold all his shares in companies in June: spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump sold all of his shares in companies in June, aides said on Tuesday, a move that likely raised substantial cash ahead of the presidential election and could now ease some concerns about potential …
NYC Congress members urge federal funding for Trump security in city
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of New York City’s congressional delegation on Tuesday said they were pressing Republican congressional leaders to add $35 million to a year-end federal spending bill to reimburse the city for President-elect Donald Trump…
Blackstone’s Schwarzman sees historic regulatory overhaul from Trump
(Reuters) – Blackstone Group LP Chairman and CEO Steve Schwarzman said on Tuesday he expected to see a “very substantial reversal of regulations of all types,” for the financial sector, following Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory.
Senate leader pushes for extension of coal miner healthcare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he is pushing to extend expiring healthcare benefits for retired coal miners by including a provision in a spending bill Congress hopes to pass this week.
Release of CIA torture details unlikely: senior Democrat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is unlikely to release a massive report on the CIA’s use of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques” widely considered torture, a top Democrat on the congressional intelligence committe…
Ex-U.S. attorney from California top candidate to head SEC: CNBC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang is a top contender to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Republican President-elect Donald Trump, CNBC said on Tuesday.
