House Speaker Pelosi says she’s seeking budget, debt deal before August recess
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is seeking to finalize a deal to raise the debt ceiling and resolve an...
House Democrats seek briefing Acosta’s role in Epstein plea deal
Democratic members of a U.S. House subcommittee on Thursday asked the Justice Department for a briefing on financier Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 plea deal for a...
Trump rips tech firms at ‘social media’ event
President Donald Trump told prominent conservative social media figures on Thursday at a White House forum that he is being treated unfairly by big tech...
Apple reinstates OurPact parental control app removed over privacy concerns
Apple Inc this week restored a software application to its App Store that let parents control their children’s iPhone usage after removing it in February,...
Trump drops census citizenship question, vows to get data from government
U.S. President Donald Trump ended his quest on Thursday to add a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 census, but insisted he was not retreating...
June imports fall at top U.S. hub for China ocean trade
The Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex, the nation’s busiest and the No. 1 for ocean trade with China, – handled 5.1%fewer inbound containers...
Fed’s Powell affirms rate cut view; others see U.S. economy humming
As Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell kept the focus Thursday on global risks that could trigger a Fed rate cut in coming weeks, his colleagues...
‘I look after my health’: Merkel on shaking episodes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters in Berlin on Thursday that she takes care of her health when asked about three bouts of shaking on...
Anadarko shareholders to vote next month on Occidental deal
Anadarko Petroleum Corp shareholders will vote Aug. 8 on the oil and gas producer’s planned $38 billion sale to Occidental Petroleum Corp – the biggest...
Biden assails Trump in foreign policy speech
Former Vice President Joe Biden, in his first major foreign policy address as a Democratic presidential candidate, on Thursday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s performance...