Trump to give speech on Venezuela on Monday in Miami
President Donald Trump will give a speech on Venezuela in Miami on Monday and voice support for Venezuela’s National Assembly President Juan Guaido, whom the United States considers the legitimate president of that country, a White House official said …
Senators vow urgent reform to correct ‘unacceptable’ military housing conditions
U.S. Senators scolded real estate executives and Pentagon leadership over “unacceptable” conditions in privatized military housing on Wednesday, vowing urgent reform to protect service families from widespread health and safety hazards in base homes.
U.S. judge rules ex-Trump campaign chief breached plea deal
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort breached his plea agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office by lying to prosecutors about matters which are material to its Russia probe, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
Wary of shutdown, Trump inches toward support for wall deal
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on government funding that would not meet his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall on the Mexican border but would avert a partial government shutdown.
House Democrats eye Mueller filings for Trump probe
Newly empowered Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to use court documents from Robert Mueller’s Russia probe to conduct hearings on President Donald Trump without waiting for the special counsel’s final report, according to lawmakers a…
House Democrat questions accuracy of Whitaker’s testimony
The top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Wednesday accused acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker of giving incomplete and contradictory testimony when he appeared before the panel last week, and ordered him to cla…
Republican senators pressure Trump’s EPA pick over biofuels
Five Republican senators are warning President Donald Trump’s new pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, that their support for his nomination may hinge on his biofuels policy.
U.S. House backs measure to end U.S. support for Saudis in Yemen war
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution that would end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, as many lawmakers sought to push President Donald Trump to toughen his policy toward…
U.S. Republican Senator Rubio pushes plan to tax stock buybacks
Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he will soon introduce legislation that would tax corporate stock buybacks like dividends, aiming to spur business investment, create more jobs and boost wages.
U.S. senators to try again to pass Russia sanctions bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that would impose stiff new sanctions on Russia over its meddling in U.S. elections and aggression against Ukraine, the latest congressional effort to push President Donald Trump to rat…