U.S. airport-security head named as No. 2 Homeland Security official
The new chief of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) named the United States’ top airport-security official, David Pekoske, his acting deputy on Thursday, as President Donald Trump overhauls the leadership of the domestic-security agency.
Avenatti, lawyer known as Trump foe, indicted for financial crimes
Michael Avenatti, a high-profile lawyer and prominent critic of President Donald Trump, was indicted on charges of defrauding clients and the U.S. government out of millions of dollars, including allegations he embezzled from a paraplegic man, prosecut…
Senate set to confirm ex-lobbyist Bernhardt as Interior chief
The U.S. Senate is set to confirm former energy lobbyist David Bernhardt as the next Interior Secretary on Thursday, even as coastal state senators from both parties raise concerns about his plans to vastly expand offshore drilling.
Pelosi says infrastructure bill should be $1 trillion-$2 trillion
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she would meet Republican President Donald Trump soon to talk about a plan to rebuild the country’s infrastructure that she thinks should be worth at least $1 trillion, and maybe $2 trillion.
White House’s Kudlow says Jerome Powell can turn into good Fed chairman
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursday that he retains confidence in Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell but that President Donald Trump intends to proceed with plans to name a controversial partisan to the Fed’s Board of Governo…
U.S. presidential hopeful Warren proposes new corporate profits tax
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new 7 percent tax on corporate profits that exceed $100 million, her presidential campaign said on Thursday.
Explainer: What might be blacked out of Mueller’s Trump-Russia report?
Attorney General William Barr has pledged to release next week Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election and contacts between Moscow and President Donald Trump’s campaign, albeit with color-coded redactions.
Beto O’Rourke’s past support for charter schools scrutinized in 2020 White House bid
Democrat Beto O’Rourke has called for investment in a “world-class public school system” and says teachers make up the single biggest professional group contributing to his 2020 presidential campaign.
Ex-Obama White House Counsel expects to be charged over Ukraine work: statement
Gregory Craig, a former White House Counsel in the Obama administration, expects to be indicted this week on charges stemming from work for Ukraine in 2012, his lawyers said on Wednesday.
More U.S. states push ahead with near-bans on abortion for Supreme Court challenge
North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the fetus from the womb.
