by admin | Apr 28, 2017 | peopleNews
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump downplayed the severity of a potential government shutdown on Thursday, just two days shy of a deadline for Congress to reach a spending deal to avert temporary layoffs of federal workers. "We'll see what happens. If there's a... by admin | Apr 28, 2017 | peopleNews
By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is set to debate legislation that would extend until May 5 the deadline for a deal on federal spending through September and head off a feared government shutdown at midnight on Friday. The... by admin | Apr 27, 2017 | peopleNews
WASHINGTON A Pentagon inspector general is launching its own investigation into whether President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn took payments from foreign entities without approval, according to a letter released by House Democrats on... by admin | Apr 27, 2017 | peopleNews
By Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress began moving to extend Friday's budget deadline until May 5 and is expected to pass legislation allowing more time to finalize a spending deal to fund the federal government through September and avoid a... by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | peopleNews
By Amanda Becker | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will release a tax plan on Wednesday that proposes to sharply slash business taxes and steeply discount the rate on corporate profits brought back into the United States, officials said. The... by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | peopleNews
By Julia Harte | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Public pension funds in at least seven U.S. states have invested millions of dollars in an investment fund that owns a New York hotel and pays one of President Donald Trump's companies to run it, according to a Reuters review of... 