On Day 28, no sign of end to U.S. partial government shutdown
As the partial U.S. government shutdown hit the four-week mark on Friday, tensions mounted in Washington on either side of the standoff over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to help fund a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Skadden law firm, linked to Manafort, settles U.S. case on Ukraine work
A prominent law firm whose work has come under scrutiny in U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe reached a settlement with federal prosecutors on Thursday, acknowledging it should have registered as a foreign agent for a 2012 report aimed …
Treasury’s Mnuchin declines to testify before House panel on shutdown
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday declined a request by the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives tax committee to testify next week about the partial government shutdown’s impact on the upcoming federal tax filing season…
Treasury’s Mnuchin declines to testify before House panel: chairman
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has declined a request from the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee to testify next week on the partial government shutdown’s impact on the upcoming tax-filing season, the panel’s chairman said on Th…
Trump blocks Pelosi trip as tensions mount over U.S. government shutdown
President Donald Trump’s conflict with Democrats over a partial U.S. government shutdown escalated on Thursday with Trump denying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi use of military aircraft for an overseas trip in apparent retaliation for her suggestion that h…
Trump cancels U.S. delegation to Davos forum: press secretary
President Donald Trump has canceled his delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week due to the partial U.S. government shutdown, according to a statement released by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday.
Trump administration moves to appeal census ruling
President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday took the first steps to appealing a lower court ruling that blocked its contentious plan to ask people taking part in the 2020 national census whether they are U.S. citizens.
U.S. State Department says may ask Trump to scrap another Obama climate order
(This January 17 story fixes attribution in 8th paragraph to GAO’s David Gootnick instead of anonymous GAO official)
Former Trump lawyer reconsidering plan to testify to Congress: adviser
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen is reconsidering his plan to testify publicly to the U.S. Congress next month because of intimidation by the president, an adviser to Cohen said on Thursday.
U.S. appeals court will not delay net neutrality case
A federal appeals court said on Thursday it would not delay oral arguments set for Feb. 1 on the Trump administration’s decision to repeal the 2015 landmark net neutrality rules governing internet providers.
