Trump says may declare Islamic State defeated next week
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected a formal announcement as early as next week that the coalition fighting Islamic State militants has reclaimed all of the territory previously held by the extremist group.
U.S. might lift sanctions on Venezuelan military who back Guaido: Bolton
The United States would consider lifting sanctions on senior Venezuelan military officers if they recognize the government of self-declared interim president Juan Guaido, White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday.
Trump says expects announcement soon on recapturing Islamic State territory
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected a formal announcement as early as next week that the coalition fighting Islamic State rebels has reclaimed all of the territory previously held by the extremist group.
Democrat Schiff draws Trump ire with House intel probes
The House Intelligence Committee is set to pursue a wide investigation into attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, including a look at Donald Trump’s financial transactions, the panel’s Democratic chairman Adam Schiff said on Wednes…
Blackface, sex assault scandals shake top Virginia Democrats
Virginia’s attorney general on Wednesday admitted he wore blackface at a college party, becoming the state’s third high-ranking Democrat caught up in scandal since the release of a racist photo from Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook.
U.S. border officials don’t share Trump’s zeal for border wall: lawmakers
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials on Wednesday described a multi-pronged strategy for tightening the southern border with Mexico that did not focus mainly on a massive wall President Donald Trump demands, according to lawmakers who attended …
Trump: Democrat lawmaker Schiff has no grounds to probe his finances
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the Democratic chairman of the House intelligence committee has “no basis” to investigate his finances.
Trump nominates Treasury’s Malpass to lead World Bank
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the World Bank Group should be led by U.S. Treasury official David Malpass, a Trump loyalist and critic of multilateral institutions who has vowed to pursue “pro-growth” reforms at the global lender.
U.S. lawmakers criticize Saudi Arabia, ask about weapons restrictions
The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday he was troubled by a report that Saudi Arabia transferred weapons to extremist groups in Yemen and questioned whether Congress should consider more restrictions on weapons sales…
On abortion, Trump agenda likely leads to Supreme Court, not Congress
President Donald Trump urged lawmakers in his State of the Union address to put new limits on abortion, but partisan division in the U.S. Congress means the Supreme Court likely will set the agenda on the divisive issue, as it has for decades.
