Senate Republicans trim tax bill to secure needed votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republicans rallied around a U.S. tax overhaul bill on Friday, with Maine moderate Susan Collins announcing her support for it after obtaining agreements for several...
View ArticleTrump says U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson not leaving post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is not leaving, President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday, after U.S. officials on Thursday said the White House had a plan for CIA Director...
View ArticleDisputed CFPB acting director plans to seek preliminary injunction: filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The disputed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a court filing on Friday that she plans to seek a preliminary injunction against rival acting...
View ArticleSenate approves Republicans’ tax overhaul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Saturday approved a sweeping tax overhaul, moving Republicans and President Donald Trump a major step closer to their goal of slashing taxes for businesses...
View ArticleSenate tax bill accomplishes major Obamacare repeal goal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sweeping tax overhaul that passed the U.S. Senate on Saturday contains the Republicans’ biggest blow yet to former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, repealing the...
View ArticleSenate approves major tax cuts in victory for Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate narrowly approved a tax overhaul on Saturday, moving Republicans and President Donald Trump a big step closer to their goal of slashing taxes for businesses and...
View ArticleHow McConnell kept Republicans in line to win Senate tax bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Republicans tried to repeal and replace Obamacare over the summer, they acted like “a bunch of free range chickens”, said Republican Senator John Kennedy. “Everybody was...
View ArticleTrump, asked about Flynn plea, says ‘absolutely no collusion’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, in his first comment on a guilty plea by his first national security adviser Michael Flynn to lying to the FBI, said on Saturday there was...
View ArticleTrump says no collusion between his campaign and Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday there was “absolutely no collusion” between his campaign and Russia, his first comment on a guilty plea by his first national...
View ArticleTrump says Flynn’s actions during presidential transition were lawful
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that actions by his disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition were lawful and said...
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