Year: 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump named on Tuesday two possible candidates to run the Federal Reserve over the next few years: current Fed Chair Janet Yellen and Trump’s economic adviser Gary Cohn, according to an interview with The Wall Street Journal. Yellen, whose four-year term expires in February, “is in the running, absolutely,” to be renominated,…

Millions of disabled Americans benefited from 1990 law, signed by President George H. Bush, barring discrimination in all aspects of public life, including employment. …

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has committed to build three big manufacturing plants in the United States, the Wall Street Journal quoted U.S. President Donald Trump as saying. “I spoke to [Cook], he’s promised me three big plants — big, big, big,” Trump told the Journal in an interview on Tuesday. Trump didn’t elaborate on…

Hours after the Republican-led U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on repealing former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, the chamber rejected a comprehensive bill aimed at that end. Lawmakers Tuesday night voted 43-57 on a measure drafted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would have ended the expansion of Medicaid, the program…

After days of enduring pointed criticism from President Donald Trump and calls from Congressional Democrats to testify over his contacts with Russian officials, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former colleagues in the Senate came to his defense on Tuesday. Senator Lindsey Graham, a prominent Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and former presidential candidate, and…

President Donald Trump surveyed the crowd of thousands of Boy Scouts at their summit Monday and assessed, “There’s a lot of love in this big, beautiful place. And a lot of love for our country.” He singled out for affection West Virginia, a state that gave him his largest margin of victory in November. “What…

The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to approve new sanctions Tuesday against Russia for its meddling in last year’s presidential election, at the same time giving Congress new powers to review any attempt by President Donald Trump to ease penalties imposed on Moscow. The Senate has already overwhelmingly approved its version of the legislation.…

Records show the head of the Environmental Protection Agency spent weekends in his home state during his first three months in office, frequently flying to and from Oklahoma at taxpayer’s expense. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s expense reports from March, April and May were released following a Freedom of Information request filed by Environmental Integrity Project,…

Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, faces questions in a closed-door interview Tuesday with the House Intelligence Committee as part of its probe into Russian meddling in last year’s election. As he entered the hearing room, Kusher smiled but did not speak to reporters. He spoke Monday to the Senate Intelligence…

Conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking to add an amendment this week to spending legislation that would slash the number of staff at the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The budget research office, known as the CBO, has drawn recent Republican criticism, including from the White House, after it concluded that Republican…

President Donald Trump’s commission investigating voter fraud may request voter roll data from U.S. states, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in a setback for groups that contend the effort could infringe on privacy rights. The judge said a lawsuit by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) watchdog did not have grounds for an injunction…

President Donald Trump is addressing thousands of Boy Scouts at a national gathering on Monday. That makes him the eighth president to attend the National Scout Jamboree, the organization says. WATCH: Trump speaks to thousands at Boy Scout Jamboree More than 40,000 Scouts, leaders and volunteers are at the 10-day event, typically held every four…

The U.S. Carrier factory where President Donald Trump says he saved 800 jobs from moving to Mexico notified 300 people last week that they were being laid off. The layoff notices began Thursday, exactly six months since Trump took office. The layoffs are part of a deal Trump made with the company in December to…

U.S. President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Republicans to pass a new health care law, saying there has been “enough talk and no action.” Speaking in the White House Blue Room on Monday, Trump scolded Senate Republicans, saying they have not kept their promise to repeal and replace the current health care law,…

Developments in Washington, D.C., over the weekend include upcoming congressional testimony from President Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and former campaign manager Paul Manafort; an upcoming vote in the Senate on its latest health care legislation; a tweet storm by the president early Saturday; and the resignation of former White House…

There are many reasons why the Senate will probably reject Republicans’ crowning bill razing much of former President Barack Obama’s health care law. There are fewer why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell might revive it and avert a GOP humiliation. Leaders say the Senate will vote Tuesday on their health care legislation. They’ve postponed votes…

President Donald Trump’s new communications adviser says it’s time to hit the “reset button.” Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci pledged to begin “an era of a new good feeling” and said he hopes to “create a more positive mojo.” He also promised to crack down on information leaks and pledged…

The probe into Russian meddling in the U.S. election crosses into new territory this week as congressional committees seek information from two of Donald Trump’s family members, including the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is expected to make the first of two appearances on Capitol Hill  Monday. A man often seen but rarely heard, Kushner…