Republicans urge U.S. Treasury to overhaul tax inversion proposals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers called on U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Monday to overhaul proposed regulations intended to crack down on American companies that try to reduce their U.S. taxes by rebasing abroad in a process known as …
Trump campaign signals possible shift on immigration stance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior aide to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump signaled a possible shift in his hardline immigration policies on Sunday, saying his plans to deport 11 million people who are in the country illegally were under…
Trump campaign manager Manafort quits after troubled stretch
(Reuters) – Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential campaign sealed a major staff reshuffle with the resignation on Friday of its campaign chairman, and the Republican nominee tried to end weeks of upheaval to focus on beating Democratic rival Hillary Clinton…
FBI probes possible U.S. ties to corruption by former Ukraine president: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI and U.S. Justice Department are investigating possible U.S. ties to alleged corruption involving the former president of Ukraine, including the work of firms headed by political operatives Paul Manafort and Tony Podesta, …
Trump tours flooded Louisiana, Obama to visit next week
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump toured flood-battered Louisiana on Friday, shrugging off the Democratic state governor’s plea for politicians not to stop in areas affected by deadly rains.
Democrats fear hackers targeted tight Florida races for latest data leaks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading Democrats are growing increasingly worried that the hackers who made public leaked documents this week were trying to sabotage the Democratic candidates in several central Florida congressional races, the first time such…
Clinton need not give sworn testimony over emails: U.S. judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton does not need to give sworn testimony in a lawsuit brought by a conservative watchdog group over her use of an unauthorized private email system while she was U.S. secretary o…
Clinton Foundation health project still mulling foreign donations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The largest program of the Clinton Foundation, the family philanthropy of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is still weighing whether to continue accepting foreign donations should Clinton be elected, a spokes…
Clinton leads Trump by eight points: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 8 percentage points among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday.
Trump team talks trade, labor with U.S. farm groups
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Advisers to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pledged to U.S. agricultural groups that he will give growers and states a say on national farm policy should he be elected, two association leaders said on Friday.