Pentagon defeats U.S. cities’ appeal over gun check flaws: court
A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected an effort by New York City, Philadelphia and San Francisco to require the Pentagon to do a better job of reporting service members who were disqualified from owning weapons to a national background check sy…
Russia sanctions measure stalls in U.S. Senate, fate uncertain
Legislation to keep sanctions in place on companies that have been controlled by the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including the giant aluminum firm Rusal , stalled in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, a victory for President Donald Trump.
U.S. lawmakers introduce bipartisan bills targeting China’s Huawei and ZTE
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…
Russia, U.S. fail to save missile treaty, Washington to pull out
The United States on Wednesday rejected a Russian offer to save a landmark treaty that keeps nuclear missiles out of Europe because it could not be properly verified, setting the stage for Washington to withdraw from the pact next month.
On Prohibition milestone’s anniversary, U.S. top court hears booze case
A case testing the constitutionality of state regulations on the sale of alcohol enacted after the Prohibition era brewed before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, with the justices appearing sympathetic toward a challenge to Tennessee’s residency re…
Trump meeting with lawmaker group was ‘constructive’: White House
President Donald Trump and a bipartisan group of lawmakers dubbed the Problem Solvers Caucus held a “constructive” meeting on Wednesday, the White House said, as a partial shutdown of the U.S. government stretched into its 26th day.
As shutdown lingers, Pelosi asks Trump to delay State of Union address
With the partial U.S. government shutdown dragging into its 26th day, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump to reschedule his State of the Union address – a move that could deny the president the opportunity to use the pa…
State of the Union address is off: No 2 House Democrat Hoyer
The No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s planned annual address to Congress is off, citing the partial government shutdown.
Hoyer was wrong when he said Trump address was off: statement
U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer was mistaken when he said the president’s State of the Union address was off, his office said in a statement.
USDA recalls workers for three days to help with farm loans, taxes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reopen about 980 Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices for three days starting on Thursday to help process farm loans and tax documents during the partial government shutdown, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
