U.S. judge restores nationwide block on Trump administration’s asylum ban
A federal judge in California on Monday reinstated a nationwide bar on a new Trump administration rule that aimed to block almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. House panel to consider formalizing Trump impeachment probe
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said on Monday it will consider steps this week to formalize an investigation that could lead to the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Trump says he had ‘nothing to do’ with Pence’s stay at Trump’s Irish resort
President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed Democrats’ allegations of impropriety over Vice President Mike Pence’s stay at Trump’s Irish resort and over the U.S. military’s use of a Scottish airport near a Trump-owned golf course.
U.S. eyeing sanctions over Turkey’s S-400 buy: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday that the Trump administration was considering imposing sanctions on related to Turkey’s purchase of the Russian-made S-400 air defense missile system, but no decisions have been made.
Trump, with eye on 2020, seeks to bolster North Carolina Republican
U.S. President Donald Trump is going all-out to try to keep a district of North Carolina in the Republican column in a special congressional election on Tuesday that may serve as a bellwether for his own fortunes in 2020.
Mnuchin hopes for congressional support for U.S. housing reforms within six months
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday the Trump administration would take administrative measures to overhaul mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if it failed to secure congressional support for its plan within six months.
As China trade war escalates, 2020 U.S. Democrats scramble over their message
The growing economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s drawn-out trade war with China would appear to be a ready-made opportunity for Democratic presidential contenders seeking to blunt his central 2020 re-election pitch: That he has made the economy great again.
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Harris addresses police shootings in criminal justice plan
If elected president, Kamala Harris would restrict the legal use of deadly force by police, end the incarceration of juveniles in adult prisons and legalize marijuana at the federal level, the Democratic U.S. senator said in a plan set for release on M…
Billionaire Tom Steyer clears hurdle to join U.S. Democratic debate in October
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmentalist and political donor, said on Sunday he has qualified to participate in the fourth Democratic debate in October, putting him on stage alongside the leading contenders for th…
Four Republicans, 20 Democrats vie for U.S. presidential nominations
Former South Carolina Congressman Mark Sanford on Sunday became the third Republican challenger to U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination.
