White House considering former PepsiCo CEO, Treasury official to lead World Bank: source
The White House is considering former PepsiCo Inc Chief Executive Indra Nooyi, Treasury Department official David Malpass and Overseas Private Investment Corp CEO Ray Washburne among candidates to head the World Bank, an administration official said o…
Barr: Mueller report confidential, will try to make much public
President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general said on Tuesday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe report is required to be confidential but he will try to make as much of it public as possible.
Trump AG pick concerned by Silicon Valley ‘behemoths’
President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general, William Barr, told lawmakers on Tuesday that he would focus attention on the “huge behemoths” in Silicon Valley at the center of a debate over antitrust enforcement.
Schumer: Treasury proposal to relax sanctions on Russian firms is a sham
The U.S. Senate’s most powerful Democrat on Tuesday said the Trump administration’s proposal to relax sanctions on companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is a sham and that the Republican majority should at least debate a resolution of disap…
U.S.-bound Honduran migrant caravan grows as Trump argues for wall
A new U.S.-bound caravan of Honduran migrants grew to nearly 1,000 people as it neared the Guatemalan border on Tuesday, a Honduran official said, while U.S. President Donald Trump seized on news of the group to try to drum up support for a border wall…
Senate will not be in recess next week if government is still closed: McConnell
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Tuesday the Senate would not close for a planned recess if the partial government shutdown stretches into next week.
Hundreds of FDA staff return to work amid shutdown: Commissioner
About 400 U.S. Food and Drug Administration staffers have returned to their posts from furlough, including some food inspectors and support professionals, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Impact on U.S. government widens on 25th day of shutdown
The longest shutdown in history affecting a quarter of U.S. government reached its 25th day on Tuesday, with most of the 800,000 employees who have been furloughed or who are working without pay having missed their first paychecks last week.
Shutdown bites economy, U.S. Coast Guard as Washington talks stall
The U.S. economy is taking a larger-than-expected hit from the partial government shutdown, White House estimates showed on Tuesday, as contractors and even the Coast Guard go without pay and talks to end the impasse seemed stalled.
U.S. homeland security chief seeks pay for Coast Guard amid shutdown
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said on Tuesday she was working with the White House and Congress to pass legislation to fund the Coast Guard so that its workers could get paid even amid the partial government shutdown.
