Trump picks ex-Boeing executive Shanahan as defense secretary
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing Co executive, as his defense secretary, the White House said on Thursday, breaking with tradition by choosing someone who made a career at a top defense company as Pentagon chie…
Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein says farewell; Senate set to confirm his replacement
Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, wrapped up his high-profile tenure at the U.S. Justice Department as his likely replacement moved closer to confirmation in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.
Trump to nominate ex-Boeing executive Shanahan as defense secretary
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing Co executive, as his defense secretary, the White House said on Thursday, breaking with tradition by choosing someone who made a career at a top defense company as Pentagon chie…
Shanahan: honored by Trump’s nomination to be defense secretary
Patrick Shanahan said on Thursday he was honored by President Donald Trump’s plan to nominate him to be defense secretary, after more than four months performing the job in an acting capacity.
Americans’ support for impeaching Trump rises: Reuters/Ipsos poll
The number of Americans who said President Donald Trump should be impeached rose 5 percentage points to 45 percent since mid-April, while more than half said multiple congressional probes of Trump interfered with important government business, accordin…
Trump says Bolton doing a good job but has to temper him
U.S. President Donald Trump, facing the possibility of military confrontations with both Iran and Venezuela, said on Thursday that he sometimes serves as a counterbalance to his hard-charging national security adviser, John Bolton.
Donald Trump Jr. seen resisting Senate committee subpoena: sources
Donald Trump Jr. is unlikely to comply with a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena to testify about his contacts with Russia, two congressional sources said on Thursday as the president publicly defended his eldest son.
House seeks to restore Central American aid, defying Trump
A Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives committee moved on Thursday toward restoring hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to Central America that was cut off by President Donald Trump, setting up a potential showdown with the White House.
House Democrat weighs subpoena or court case for Trump’s taxes
U.S. House tax committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Thursday that he will decide by the end of the week whether to subpoena President Donald Trump’s tax returns or go to court to obtain the documents, which the administration refuses to hand over.
Trump says ‘surprised’ by Senate subpoena of his son Trump Jr
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the Senate Intelligence Committee’s subpoena of his son Donald Trump Jr. came as a surprise, one day after reports that the Republican-led panel had called on his son to again answer questions.
