Politics

WASHINGTON/SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Thursday unveiled a $16.3 trillion climate change strategy on a tour of northern California that included meeting families displaced by deadly wildfires and a rally in the state capital Sacramento. The plan would “launch a decade of the Green New Deal”, a 10-year federal “mobilization” that

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will not move forward with plans to cut billions of dollars in foreign aid, U.S. officials said on Thursday, after an outcry from Congress about what was seen as an attempt to sidestep lawmakers’ authority over government spending. FILE PHOTO: A worker is seen as the first consignment of

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump returns after travelling to the AMVETS convention in Kentucky, at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Tasos Katopodis WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, faced with mounting anger in the farm belt over policies that allowed oil refineries to use less

U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he departs Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of noncitizens and people who immigrated to the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to appeal key preliminary rulings in a lawsuit accusing him of violating anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution with his private business dealings, likely freezing the case for months. U.S. President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office for travel to the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled new rules that would allow officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whether to grant them asylum in the United States. FILE PHOTO: A migrant, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, tries to look

FILE PHOTO: Children walk inside an enclosure, where they are being held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), after crossing the border between Mexico and the United States illegally and turning themselves in to request asylum, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo (Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Even as they reject talk of a looming recession, President Donald Trump and his advisers are examining ways to provide a boost to the U.S. economy should it be deemed necessary, officials said. “We’re very far from recession,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, echoing a theme from him and his

FILE PHOTO: A 3-D printed Facebook logo is seen in front of displayed binary code in this illustration picture, June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A year-long review by a former Republican U.S. senator says Facebook Inc has “significant work to be done to satisfy” concerns from conservatives that believe the social media

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans have spent the past three years debating what impact President Donald Trump’s racially charged remarks have had on society. FILE PHOTO: People embrace while holding placards during a rally against the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump after last weekend’s shooting at a Walmart store, in El Paso, Texas, U.S.,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Monday apologized again for her claims in the 1980s that she is Native American, speaking to a crowd of tribal leaders in Iowa. “Like anyone who’s been honest with themselves, I know that I have made mistakes. I am sorry for harm I have caused.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and focus on the grievances of white voters helped him win the 2016 election. But a Reuters analysis of public opinion over the last four years suggests that Trump’s brand of white identity politics may be less effective in the 2020 election campaign. FILE PHOTO:

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected an offer by Israel to let her travel to the West Bank, the latest twist in a dispute drawing Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu together against U.S. Democrats ahead of elections in both countries. Tlaib, a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives who has

By Steve Holland and Jonathan Landay U.S. President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire U.S. August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst BRIDGEWATER, N.J./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump was briefed on Friday by top national security advisers on the status of negotiations with the Taliban on a

FILE PHOTO: A Oregon District resident stands at a memorial for those killed during Sunday morning’s a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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 of lawmakers opposing what they consider a bid to sidestep Trump’s own budget deal. FILE PHOTO: Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks before

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he boards Air Force One for travel to Pennsylvania from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump held a conference call Wednesday with the heads of three large Wall Street banks as

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – 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 enforcement reforms and boost financial support for chronically underfunded health and education programs. 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) walks over to

U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib listens to a comment from a constituent during a Town Hall style meeting in Inkster, Michigan, U.S. August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib on Friday said she would not visit her family in the West Bank as planned despite a reprieve by the Israeli government

MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his handling of the U.S. economy and trade war with China as recession fears have suddenly cast doubt on his central claim for re-election – that he has made the economy great again. U.S. President Donald Trump rallies with supporters in Manchester, New Hampshire U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Trump administration plan to cut legal immigration by poor people will likely result in sicker children, more communicable diseases and greater homelessness in the United States, according to immigrant advocates and the federal government’s own analysis. People queue to apply for aid at the ECHOS center in Houston, Texas, U.S.,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Cory Booker on Thursday said he would create a White House office to combat white supremacy and hate crimes if elected, becoming the latest Democratic presidential candidate to call for action after a racially motivated massacre in Texas. FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. Presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker addresses the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A climate scientist for the Trump administration’s health protection agency who was ordered by his agency to drop work on climate issues will file a whistleblower complaint this week with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, his lawyers said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control

FILE PHOTO: Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) listens to testimony from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on “The Way Forward on Border Security” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee said

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is pictured during a news conference at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There is no chance that a trade agreement between the United States and Britain will pass Congress if Brexit undermines the Good Friday peace accord between Ireland

Exterior view of a 5-storey building on the Avenue Foch in 16th district, where according to local media an apartment belonging to Jeffrey Epstein is located in Paris, France, August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau PARIS (Reuters) – A French child protection group stepped up pressure on Tuesday for prosecutors to open an investigation into the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democrats sought to gain the upper hand in the gun debate with President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans on Tuesday, demanding quick action on background checks and suggesting that money for Trump’s border wall be used to fight domestic terrorism. FILE PHOTO: A member of the U.S. Congress wears a “Background

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of the U.S. president, said he was upbeat about two planned Trump-branded projects in Indonesia and dismissed any risk of conflict of interest over involvement in the luxury resorts in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization, Donald J. Trump Jr. talks

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled a sweeping rule on Monday that some experts say could cut legal immigration in half by denying visas and permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for being too poor. The long-anticipated rule, pushed by Trump’s leading aide on immigration, Stephen Miller, takes effect Oct. 15.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday criticized “serious irregularities” at the federal prison where Jeffrey Epstein died in an apparent suicide, adding that the sex-trafficking investigation involving the disgraced financier would continue. “Any co-conspirators should not rest easy,” Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official, said at an event in