McConnell: Trump has legitimate concerns about border
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he believed President Donald Trump has legitimate concerns about what is happening at the southern U.S. border and urged Republicans and Democrats to work together on a legislative solution.
More Trump firings of senior U.S. immigration officials seen likely
President Donald Trump’s administration stepped up pressure on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday, raising the likelihood that he might fire more senior officials as the agency struggles with a surge of immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico b…
Trump not interested in holding debt ceiling increase ‘hostage’ to fund wall: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is not interested in holding an increase of the debt ceiling as “hostage” in exchange for funding of a border wall with Mexico.
U.S. senators introduce social media bill to ban ‘dark patterns’ tricks
Two U.S. senators introduced a bill on Tuesday to ban online social media companies like Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc from tricking consumers into giving up their personal data.
Senate panel chair rejects Trump request for State Department budget cut
Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham flatly rejected on Tuesday President Donald Trump’s request to slash the budget for the U.S. State Department by more than 23 percent.
Moore ‘superbly underqualified’ for Fed, vice chair of joint congressional committee says
Stephen Moore, the economic commentator whom President Donald Trump plans to nominate to the Federal Reserve Board, lacks the expertise and political independence needed to help set interest rates for the U.S. economy, a top Congressional Democrat said…
Top U.S. Senate Democrat calls Trump’s Fed picks unqualified
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday that he did not think President Donald Trump’s picks for seats on the Federal Reserve’s board, Herman Cain and Stephen Moore, were qualified for the position.
Senate Republican leader calls net neutrality bill ‘dead on arrival’
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday a Democratic bid to restore the 2015 net neutrality rules is “dead on arrival in the Senate.”
Trump praises Egypt’s Sisi despite concerns about human rights, Russian arms
U.S. President Donald Trump praised his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as a “great president” on Tuesday, even as a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers raised concerns about Sisi’s record on human rights, efforts to keep him in office for …
Mueller report to be released within a week: attorney general
U.S. Attorney General William Barr told lawmakers on Tuesday that he intends to release within a week a redacted version of the long-awaited report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election from Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
