Pompeo says Trump-Kim summit to be held somewhere in Asia
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was dispatching a team to make preparations for the next summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to be held somewhere in Asia late in February.
Senator Rand Paul gets $580,000 after neighbor broke his ribs
A Kentucky jury has awarded U.S. Senator Rand Paul more than $580,000 in damages against a next-door neighbor who broke six of the Republican lawmaker’s ribs in a gardening dispute.
Trump says he will let Justice Department decide handling of Mueller report
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would let the Justice Department decide how to handle the special counsel’s report on an investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Moscow….
U.S. Senate judiciary chair requests FBI briefing on arrest of Trump ally
The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate judiciary panel on Wednesday requested a briefing from the FBI on the arrest of Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump, in an inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
Ohio liberal Sherrod Brown ponders place in 2020 Democratic race
Ohio’s Sherrod Brown faces a vexing question: In a 2020 Democratic presidential race already crowded with some of the party’s biggest progressive stars, is there room for his perpetually rumpled brand of blue-collar populism?
Trump says unlikely to include ‘Dreamers’ in border negotiations: Daily Caller
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it was highly unlikely he would be willing to include the status of “Dreamer” immigrants in current negotiations over government funding and border security, the Daily Caller said.
Beyond Trump’s wall: Congress tackles border security
President Donald Trump’s planned “great, great wall” began morphing into a physical barrier and an array of high-tech gadgets in congressional talks launched on Wednesday to forge a compromise on security at the U.S. border with Mexico.
Senate hearings to probe unsafe housing of U.S. military families
Troubled by widespread health and safety hazards uncovered by a Reuters investigation into U.S. military housing, Congress will hold hearings next month to ensure that “what we’re seeing now can never happen again,” said Michigan Democrat Gary Peters, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
U.S. lawmakers urge Pentagon to revise climate change report
Three Democratic U.S. lawmakers, including the House armed services committee chairman, on Wednesday urged the Pentagon to revise a report on climate change, saying it omitted required items such as a list of the 10 most vulnerable bases.
U.S. lawmakers move to curtail president’s power to levy tariffs
U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation to limit the president’s power to levy import tariffs for national security reasons
