U.S., Brazilian vice presidents discuss Venezuela pressure at White House
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with his Brazilian counterpart Hamilton Mourao at the White House on Monday to discuss sanctions and diplomatic efforts aimed at increasing the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to exit.
Trump seen leaning hard on new DHS chief over border
President Donald Trump’s new acting chief of Homeland Security will be under pressure to implement legally dubious solutions to an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border – policies that his predecessor either could not, or would not, deliver.
Chinese woman arrested at Trump’s Florida resort to remain in custody
A Chinese woman charged with bluffing her way into President Donald Trump’s Florida resort will remain in custody at least another week, a federal magistrate ruled on Monday.
U.S. House to vote on net neutrality bill on Tuesday
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules repealed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Donald Trump.
U.S. advertising groups create privacy bill coalition
Four U.S. advertising trade groups have banded together to lobby Congress to ensure federal online privacy legislation is less strict than a law scheduled to go into effect in California in 2020.
U.S. prosecutors seek leniency for political consultant tied to Russia probe
A veteran political consultant who pleaded guilty in August in a case spun out of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe should get a lenient sentence to account for his “substantial” assistance in other criminal investigations, U.S. prosec…
Chinese woman arrested at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to remain in custody
A Chinese woman charged with bluffing her way into President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida resort last month, renewing concerns about security at the club, will spend at least another week in custody, a federal magistrate ruled on Monday.
Trump fires U.S. Secret Service chief in another high-level ouster
President Donald Trump is removing the director of the U.S. Secret Service, the agency that provides protection for him and other top U.S. officials, the White House said on Monday, a day after the ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen…
Trump picks career Secret Service agent to lead agency: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump is replacing the U.S. Secret Service director with career agent James Murray, the White House said on Monday, in what media reports described as a top leadership shuffle at the Department of Homeland Security.
Trump orders firing of U.S. Secret Service chief: CNN
President Donald Trump is firing the director of the U.S. Secret Service director, the agency that provides protection for him and other top U.S. officials, CNN reported on Monday, one day after the resignation of another top national security official…
