White House to fight ruling that blocks new asylum restrictions
The White House will fight a federal judge’s decision blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border, it said on Thursday.
Senate panel to vote next week on sanctions on Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline
A U.S. Senate committee is due to vote next week on a bill that would slap sanctions on companies and individuals involved in building the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany that the Trump administration says would strengthen Mos…
Pharma lobby group opposes senators’ proposal to lower drug prices
Representatives of PhRMA opposed a proposal from the Senate Finance Committee to lower prescription drug prices in a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the pharmaceutical industry lobby group said on Thursday.
U.S. sanctions target food subsidy scam in Venezuela
The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on 10 people and 13 groups in a Venezuelan food subsidy scheme that lined the pockets of President Nicolas Maduro, his stepsons and others while ordinary Venezuelans suffer food shortages, the U.S. Treasu…
U.S. Senate committee backs Trump nominee to be U.N. ambassador
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday backed Kelly Craft, currently the U.S. ambassador to Canada, as President Donald Trump’s envoy to the United Nations.
Trump urges House Republicans to back U.S. government spending deal
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives should vote for a two-year deal to fund the federal government and extend the nation’s borrowing authority, President Donald Trump said on Thursday before a vote on the agreement.
White House to fight ruling blocking asylum rule
The White House said on Thursday it would fight a federal judge’s decision blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. judge blocks Trump’s latest sweeping asylum rule
A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. lawmakers poised to hold top Trump adviser Conway in contempt
A U.S. House panel on Thursday prepared to hold Kellyanne Conway in contempt after the White House senior adviser last week defied a subpoena, the latest in a string of current and former Trump officials to spurn oversight by lawmakers.
U.S. Democrats and Republicans can’t even agree on the weather: Reuters/Ipsos
Only 200 miles separate Michael Tilden and Miranda Garcia in rain-soaked Iowa. But they are worlds apart when it comes to their opinion of the weather.
