House passes Democrats’ campaign finance, ethics bill
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation that Democrats say will lessen the influence of big-money interests in federal elections, make voting easier and tackle “gerrymandering” that skews the makeup of congressional districts to …
Trump expected to tap former Delta exec to run FAA: officials
President Donald Trump is expected to soon nominate a former senior Delta Air Lines executive to head the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), administration and industry officials said on Friday.
Trump’s top communications aide Shine moves to re-election campaign
White House Communications Director Bill Shine has resigned as Donald Trump’s top White House communications aide and will move to work on the U.S. president’s 2020 re-election campaign, the White House said on Friday.
Trump associate Felix Sater’s testimony postponed to March 27
The congressional testimony of Felix Sater, a former business associate of U.S. President Donald Trump who worked on a plan to build a Trump-branded skyscraper in Moscow, has been pushed back by two weeks to March 27, a congressional aide said on Frida…
Trump says ex-lawyer Cohen asked him for a pardon, but he said no
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who has since turned against him and pleaded guilty to multiple crimes, had asked him directly for a pardon but was rejected.
Trump expected to tap former Delta executive to run FAA: officials
President Donald Trump is expected to soon nominate a former senior Delta Air Lines executive to head the Federal Aviation Administration, administration and industry officials said Friday.
Exclusive: U.S. Air Force Secretary Wilson to quit, eyes return to academia
U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, who was considered a top candidate to become the next secretary of defense, has decided to resign after almost two years leading a service at the heart of America’s campaigns in Syria and Afghanistan, a U.S. off…
Exclusive: U.S. Air Force Secretary Wilson to resign, eyes return to academia
U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, long considered a top candidate to become the next secretary of defense, has decided to resign after about two years leading a service at the heart of America’s campaigns in Syria and Afghanistan, a U.S. officia…
U.S. presidential hopeful Warren wants breakup of Google, Facebook and Amazon
Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Friday that if elected U.S. president she would seek to break up Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc as part of a structural change to the tech sector aimed at promoting competition.
Trump says he feels very badly for former campaign chairman Manafort
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he felt very badly for his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who was sentenced a day earlier to less than four years in prison for financial crimes uncovered as part of the U.S. special counsel’s Russia…