U.S. lawmakers complain Trump taken ‘no meaningful action’ on China’s abuses of Muslims
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers complained to the Trump administration on Monday that its response to rights abuses against China’s Muslim minority was inadequate months after saying it was looking into imposing sanctions.
Marriott CEO to testify before U.S. Senate panel on data breach
Marriott International Inc Chief executive Arne Sorenson will testify before a U.S. Senate panel Thursday about a hacking incident it reported in December that exposed the records of up to 500 million customers in its Starwood hotels reservation system…
House Democrats target Trump-Putin talks, obstruction
Democrats in the U.S. Congress unleashed an unexpectedly sweeping series of demands in their investigations of President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking information about his communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin and documents from 81 so…
House panels seek details on Trump communications with Russia’s Putin
Three U.S. House of Representatives committees asked the White House and State Department on Monday for details on President Donald Trump’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, seeking to interview translators and other staff involved in their …
Ex-U.S. Attorney General Holder will not seek White House in 2020
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Monday he would not seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, but will work to help the party recapture the White House and make gains in state legislatures ahead of the next round of congress…
Whitaker, former acting U.S. attorney general, leaves Justice Department
Matthew Whitaker, whose brief tenure as acting U.S. attorney general was marred by accusations that he might try to interfere in a probe of President Donald Trump’s campaign, left his Justice Department job over the weekend, a department spokeswoman co…
Democrats to push to reinstate repealed ‘net neutrality’ rules
Democrats in the U.S. Congress plan to unveil legislation on Wednesday to reinstate “net neutrality” rules that were repealed by the Trump administration in December 2017, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
House panel casts wide net in Trump obstruction probe
A powerful U.S. congressional panel on Monday demanded documents from a who’s who of President Donald Trump’s turbulent world, targeting 81 people, government agencies and other groups as part of an investigation into possible obstruction of justice or abuse of power.
U.S. allows lawsuits against Cuban entities but shields foreign firms for now
The Trump administration said on Monday it would allow lawsuits by U.S. citizens against dozens of Cuban companies and other entities on Washington’s blacklist but will maintain, for now, a ban against suing foreign firms doing business on the communis…
Factbox: Targets of House panel’s Trump probe
The House Judiciary Committee on Monday requested documents from 81 people and organizations as part of an investigation into alleged obstruction of justice and other abuses by President Donald Trump and others.
