Senate leader McConnell says no chance of U.S. default on debt
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declined on Tuesday to predict when the U.S. Congress would act to approve a new U.S. debt ceiling, but said he saw no chance of default on debt payments.
Democrat overseeing U.S. Census funding would block form reprint for citizenship question
A U.S. House Democrat who oversees funding for the U.S. Census Bureau said on Tuesday he would not support money being spent to reprint forms if the Trump administration won court approval to include a contentious question on citizenship.
Trump backs Labor chief Acosta, says will look into matter amid Epstein case
U.S. President Donald Trump backed Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Tuesday but said he would look into how Acosta handled financier Jeffrey Epstein’s case during his tenure as a U.S. prosecutor in Florida.
Embattled Labor Secretary Acosta says Epstein crimes ‘horrific’
U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, under pressure from Democrats to resign over his handling of a decade-old sex abuse case against financier Jeffrey Epstein, on Tuesday defended his actions as a former federal prosecutor and called Epstein’s crime…
Trump’s blocking of Twitter critics unconstitutional: U.S. appeals court
U.S. President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by blocking people whose views he disliked from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
U.S. sanctions three Hezbollah leaders, including two members of Lebanon’s Parliament
The U.S. Treasury added three top Hezbollah figures to its list of sanctioned individuals on Tuesday, including two members of the Lebanese Parliament and a security official responsible for coordinating between Hezbollah and Lebanon’s security agencie…
Labor Secretary Acosta says Epstein crimes ‘horrific’
U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said on Tuesday that he was glad financier Jeffrey Epstein was being prosecuted on sex trafficking charges and defended himself against criticism over the way he handled the case as a former federal prosecutor.
Factbox: Two Republicans, 25 Democrats vie for U.S. presidential nomination
The largest Democratic field in the modern U.S. political era is competing for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, with another Democrat entering the race on Tuesday.
Obamacare’s future in play as U.S. appeals court weighs its constitutionality
The future of Obamacare could be at stake on Tuesday when a group of Democratic-led states and the House of Representatives urge a federal appeals court to overturn a Texas judge’s ruling that the U.S. healthcare reform law is unconstitutional.
Coal union invites Democratic presidential hopefuls to their ‘turf’
The head of the main U.S. mine workers’ union has invited all of the Democratic presidential candidates to visit its “turf” to demonstrate that the party still represents the working class.
