U.S. lawmakers struggle to draft digital privacy bill
Lawmakers drafting a bill to create rules governing online privacy hope to have a discussion draft complete by late May with a Senate committee vote during the summer, but disputes are likely to push that timetable back, according to sources knowledgea…
Turkey’s AK Party: U.S. move against Muslim Brotherhood would damage democracy in Middle East
The spokesman for Turkey’s ruling AK Party said on Tuesday that if the United States designated the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, it would hamper democratization efforts in the Middle East and serve militant groups like Islamic S…
Senators blast ‘insane’ Trump plan for aid cuts, seek Venezuela plan
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators blasted President Donald Trump’s proposal for a 23 percent cut in the U.S. budget for foreign aid and diplomacy as “insane” and “short-sighted” on Tuesday, and said it would not pass.
With Biden in, crowded 2020 Democratic field starts to get feisty
The 2020 Democratic White House race, until now a cordial affair with no personal attacks and few policy disputes, is starting to get scrappy.
As Fed meets, Trump calls for sharp rate cut, stimulus
President Donald Trump, in perhaps his most unorthodox statement yet on monetary policy, called for the U.S. Federal Reserve to act as if the country was back in the throes of recession, with sharp interest rate cuts and renewed “quantitative easing” t…
Oprah ‘quietly figuring out’ how to wield her political clout in 2020
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, whose opinions can get millions of fans to try a new diet or turn a book into an international best-seller, is figuring out which Democratic candidate she will endorse in the crowded 2020 U.S. presidential race.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood says it will continue ‘peaceful’ work regardless of Trump moves
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday it would continue to work in line with “our moderate and peaceful thinking” regardless of moves by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to designate it a foreign terrorist organization.
Republican Senator Ernst ‘unlikely’ to back Moore for Fed
U.S. Republican Senator Joni Ernst on Tuesday said she was “very unlikely” to back fellow Republican President Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the U.S. central bank, according to a CNN reporter on Twitter.
Five ways Trump’s moves to stem asylum seekers have hit hurdles
Grappling with a ballooning number of mostly Central American families seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump has suggested increasingly bold steps to limit protections for this group and stem their entry into the United State…
Trump says he is monitoring Venezuela situation
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is monitoring the situation in Venezuela very closely and reiterated U.S. support for its people as Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido moved further to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
