Pence says U.S. to impose sanctions on Turkey unless pastor released: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday said the United States will impose sanctions on Turkey unless a detained American Christian pastor is released, the Associated Press reported. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits the...
Sessions defends deputy Rosenstein after impeachment move
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday defended his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, after some fellow Republicans in Congress moved to impeach Rosenstein, who oversees the federal probe of whether President Donald Trump’s campaign worked with...
CNN plays audio recording of conversation between Trump and Michael Cohen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lawyer for Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, released an audio recording of a conversation between Trump and Cohen in which they discussed paying for the rights to a Playboy model’s story about an alleged...
Trump says China is targeting U.S. farmers, being ‘vicious’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of targeting American farmers in a “vicious” way and using them as leverage to get concessions on trade. U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One as he returns from Kansas City,...
Putin won’t be invited to address Congress: House speaker Ryan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress if he visits Washington in autumn, the top Republican in the House of Representatives said on Tuesday, adding that privilege is reserved for...
Trump looms over Republican nominating contest for Georgia governor
(Reuters) - Republican voters in Georgia will choose their party’s nominee for governor on Tuesday in a two-man faceoff that has become a proxy battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and the state’s popular Republican governor, Nathan Deal. FILE PHOTO: Georgia...
Prince Harry joins Elton John to launch HIV campaign targeting men
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Harry joined pop star Elton John on Tuesday to launch a campaign to raise HIV awareness among men, warning that “dangerous complacency” about the virus threatened the quest to wipe it out. British musician Elton John looks on...
Gloria Estefan awarded Spain’s gold medal for the arts
MADRID (Reuters) - Gloria Estefan, the Cuban-American pop star who achieved worldwide fame in the 1980s, was honored by the Spanish government on Monday for her contribution to the arts. Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan waits to be awarded with Spain's Gold Medal...
Trump’s ex-aide Manafort due in court over bid to delay trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday will weigh President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s bid to delay a criminal trial scheduled to begin this week on more than two dozen financial charges, including bank and tax fraud. Manafort,...
Trump says he ‘gave up nothing’ at Putin meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he “gave up nothing” at last week’s private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin but remained elusive about their conversation as fellow Republicans and other critics questioned any potential...