House tax panel chair wants Treasury Secretary to testify on shutdown
The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives tax committee has asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to testify next week about the partial government shutdown’s impact on the upcoming federal tax filing season, the panel said on Thur…
U.S. House backs sanctions on Russia’s Rusal in symbolic vote
The U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday to keep sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including aluminum firm Rusal , but the Trump administration is expected to lift them as soon as Friday.
Teachers’ strike tests Los Angeles mayor’s White House hopes
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s White House hopes could hang on how he quickly he is able to resolve the city’s first teachers’ strike in three decades, which disrupted classes for nearly half a million students for a fourth day on Thursday.
Trump lawyer Giuliani says does not know if campaign colluded with Russia
Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who along with the president has repeatedly denied that any collusion occurred between Russia and other people in Trump’s 2016 campaign, retreated from those earlier broad statements, saying he had no idea whether a…
Trump lawyer Giuliani shifts on collusion, can’t say if campaign tied to Russia
Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who along with the president has repeatedly denied that any collusion occurred between Russia and other people in Trump’s 2016 campaign, retreated from those earlier broad statements, saying he had no idea whether a…
Ex-Trump lawyer: rigging polls ‘was at the direction of’ Trump
Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data “at the direction of and for the sole benefit of” Trump.
Trump lawyer shifts on collusion, can’t say if campaign tied to Russia
Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani distanced the U.S. president from any collusion that might have occurred between Russia and other people in his 2016 campaign, saying he had no idea whether any aides colluded with Moscow during that time.
Shutdown is starting to hurt Trump’s financial deregulation agenda
The U.S. government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s call for Congress to fund a wall he promised to build on the U.S.- Mexican border is threatening another campaign pledge to make rules easier to navigate for banks and corporations.
Factbox: Some rule changes now on go-slow due to U.S. shutdown
The ongoing federal government shutdown is impeding efforts to advance several rule changes that aim to make life easier for financial institutions.
U.S. legislation steps up pressure on Huawei and ZTE, China calls it ‘hysteria’
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced bills on Wednesday that would ban the sale of U.S. chips or other components to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], ZTE Corp or other Chinese telecommunications companies that violate U.S. sanctions or e…
