U.S. House panel to cut recess short to consider gun measures
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said on Friday it will cut short its summer recess and meet on Sept. 4 to consider...
Senator Graham, close Trump ally, joins opponents to planned U.S. foreign aid cuts
Senator Lindsey Graham and Representative Hal Rogers urged President Donald Trump on Friday to drop planned “sweeping and indiscriminate” foreign aid cuts, joining a chorus...
Trump meets advisers on Afghan peace plan
U.S. President Donald Trump met with top advisers on Friday to review negotiations with the Taliban on a U.S. troop pullout from Afghanistan and the...
Republican Iowa senator says Trump EPA ‘screwed us’ with biofuel waivers
Iowa’s Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency has “screwed” the U.S. ethanol industry and farmers by granting waivers to 31...
Trump held conference call with big bank CEOs amid market turmoil: source
President Donald Trump held a conference call Wednesday with the heads of three large Wall Street banks as financial markets were in turmoil, one source...
House panel to return September 4 to consider gun measures
The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Friday that it will cut short its summer recess and meet on Sept 4 to consider new...
Trump meeting advisers on Afghan peace plan
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday was to meet U.S. top advisers about negotiations with the Taliban and the potential for a political settlement that...
U.S. Rep. Tlaib refuses Israel’s ‘oppressive conditions’ for West Bank visit
U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected an offer by Israel to let her travel to the West Bank, saying she would not visit her...
Democrat Elizabeth Warren floats plan to empower Native Americans
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday unveiled her latest policy plan, which aims to empower Native American tribes through land protection and law...
Democrat O’Rourke proposes domestic terrorism agencies to combat hate, gun massacres
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unveiled a plan on Friday to classify white supremacist violence as an organized crime problem and to create federal domestic...