by admin | Feb 3, 2017 | politicsNews
By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to free churches and other tax-exempt institutions of a 1954 U.S. law banning political activity, drawing fire from critics who accused him of rewarding his evangelical... by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | politicsNews
By David Ingram U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut funding to the University of California at Berkeley after protesters smashed windows and set fires at the liberal-leaning school, forcing the cancellation of an appearance by a far-right... by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | politicsNews
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The program, "Countering... by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | politicsNews
By Patricia Zengerle | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump's secretary of state on Wednesday, filling a key spot on the Republican's national security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N)... by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | politicsNews
By Lisa Lambert and Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Public refusals on Wednesday by two U.S. Senate Republicans to support Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump's pick for education secretary, raised the possibility of a rare congressional rejection of a Cabinet... by admin | Feb 1, 2017 | politicsNews
By Susan Cornwell | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday voted on a straight party line to confirm U.S. Representative Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services and banker Steven Mnuchin to be Treasury... 