Deep budget cuts put University of Alaska in crisis mode; ‘grappling with survival’
The University of Alaska board of regents, facing deep budget cuts exacted by the governor that will eliminate about 40% of the university’s state funding, voted at an emergency meeting on Monday to declare the academic equivalent of bankruptcy reorgan…
Trump says deal reached on spending, debt limit
President Donald Trump said on Monday a two-year deal had been reached with congressional leaders to raise the Treasury Department’s borrowing authority and to set budget spending caps.
Trump expected to attend White House tech meeting where Huawei will be discussed: sources
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to drop in on a Monday meeting of top technology companies, including the chief executives of Intel Corp and Broadcom Inc, held to discuss blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and other topics, two people brief…
As Mueller testimony approaches, Trump can’t look away
President Donald Trump said on Monday he will watch only “a little bit” of Robert Mueller’s long-awaited congressional testimony on the results of his 22-month inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and renewed his attacks on the f…
Explainer: What it would take for Congress to impeach Trump
A dark cloud of impeachment has threatened President Donald Trump for many months, with Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, where any such effort to remove him from office would begin, divided about whether to proceed.
U.S. Congress, White House near deal on spending, debt limit: source
U.S. congressional and White House negotiators are close to a deal to extend the Treasury Department’s borrowing authority until July 31, 2021 and establish spending caps on a range of federal programs, a source close to the talks said on Monday.
Trump expected to drop in on White House tech meeting with Broadcom, Intel CEOs: sources
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to drop in on a Monday meeting of top technology companies, including the CEOs of Intel Corp and Broadcom Inc, to discuss blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and other topics, two people briefed on the matter …
Trump cites very good talks with Congress on debt ceiling
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Democrats and Republicans on raising the debt ceiling were going well and that it was important to take care of the military in any spending legislation.
Trump, justices pay respects to late U.S. jurist Stevens
President Donald Trump, members of the U.S. Supreme Court and others paid their respects on Monday to liberal Justice John Paul Stevens, who died last week, as his body lay in repose in the courthouse’s stately great hall.
Congress, White House near deal on spending, debt limit: source
U.S. congressional and White House negotiators are close to a deal to extend the Treasury Department’s borrowing authority until July 31, 2021 and enact spending caps on a wide range of federal programs, a source close to the talks said on Monday.
