Trump blocks Pelosi trip as shutdown tensions mount
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…
Judge blocks Republican-backed Wisconsin early-voting law
A U.S. federal judge in Wisconsin on Thursday blocked a Republican-backed law that would limit early voting across the state to two weeks, finding the new legislation was essentially the same as a previous statute he stopped 2-1/2 years ago.
U.S. Treasury says China trade talks ‘nowhere near completion’
A U.S. Treasury spokesman said on Thursday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer have not made any recommendations with respect to tariffs on Chinese goods after it was reported Mnuchin discussed lifting…
Supreme Court urged to toss Trump administration census question appeal
A group of states, cities and civil rights groups who challenged the decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to add a contentious citizenship question to the U.S. census asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to throw out a pending appeal by t…
Canceled Pelosi trip was to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan: spokesman
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had planned to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan and receive security and intelligence briefings, her spokesman said after President Donald Trump pulled the military plane that was to take her there.
Skadden law firm, linked to Manafort, settles U.S. foreign agent violations
A prominent New York 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 repo…
Trump pulls military plane from Pelosi overseas trip in shutdown fight
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday stopped House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi from using a military plane for an overseas trip, in a tit for tat after the Democratic leader’s suggestion he postpone the State of the Union address during …
U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin weighs lifting tariffs on China: WSJ
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed lifting some or all tariffs imposed on Chinese imports and suggested offering a tariff rollback during trade discussions scheduled for Jan. 30, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people…
In third year, U.S. women’s marches turn to 2020 elections
Two years after filling the streets of U.S. cities to protest the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, women will march again this weekend to try to build political pressure against him ahead of the 2020 elections.
U.S. State Department recalls furloughed employees amid shutdown
The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was calling its furloughed employees back to work next week as it takes steps to pay salaries despite a partial shutdown of the government.
