Trump plan to sell arms to Saudis faces Senate vote
The U.S. Senate will vote on Thursday on legislation seeking to block President Donald Trump’s plan to complete $8 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, lawmakers said, making clear they want a harder line against what the…
U.S. Congress-White House budget, debt limit talks sputter: congressional leaders
Negotiations on Wednesday between the Trump administration and top officials in the U.S. Congress failed to produce a deal on overall federal spending levels for the fiscal year starting on Oct. 1 and the need to raise Washington’s borrowing authority,…
Senate to vote Thursday on whether to block Trump Saudi arms sale plan
The U.S. Senate will vote on Thursday on legislation seeking to block President Donald Trump’s plan to sidestep congressional review and go ahead with more than $8 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Explainer: Can Trump block ex-aide Hicks from talking to Congress by citing immunity?
A White House lawyer cited “testimonial immunity” in instructing Hope Hicks, a former top aide to President Donald Trump, not to answer questions about her White House tenure in a closed-door congressional interview on Wednesday.
‘OBJECTION!’ Ex-Trump aide Hicks tight-lipped in U.S. House interview
Hope Hicks, formerly one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, repeatedly declined to answer questions on Wednesday in an interview with U.S. congressional investigators, with lawyers at her side carefully orchestrating her responses.
Facebook called before Senate panel over digital currency project
Facebook Inc’s plans to create a global cryptocurrency will face scrutiny from the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on July 16, the latest sign that policymakers around the globe are casting a wary eye on the project.
Trump’s big show on July 4: patriotic speech or campaign rally?
President Donald Trump plans a speech at the Lincoln Memorial and a possible Air Force One flyover for an amped-up Independence Day celebration in Washington, drawing criticism that he wants to transform a traditionally nonpartisan, national event into…
Senate panel to examine Facebook digital currency project
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee will discuss Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency at a July 16 hearing, the panel announced Wednesday.
Trump U.N. pick Craft says climate change a threat to planet
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to be United Nations ambassador acknowledged on Wednesday that climate change is a threat and pledged to recuse herself from any U.N. talks on the issue involving coal because her husband is a coal billionaire.
U.S. targets families for deportation to discourage migrants
U.S. immigration authorities want to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally to discourage the surging numbers of Central Americans arriving from Mexico, a government official leading the effort said on Wednesday.
