Brother Love? Puff Daddy? Call me what you want, says Sean Combs
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two days after declaring he had changed his name again, this time to Brother Love, rapper and producer Sean Combs says it was all just a joke. 21st Annual Hollywood Film Awards – Photo Room - Beverly Hills, California, U.S., 05/11/2017 - Sean...
Trump to give major North Korea speech, then press China to do more
SEOUL (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will wrap up his visit to Seoul on Wednesday with a major speech on North Korea and then shift focus to China, where he is expected to press a reluctant President Xi Jinping to tighten the screws further on Pyongyang, U.S....
‘Open Sesame:’ Lobbyists cheer warmer welcome in Trump White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During the eight years of the Obama administration, business lobbyists often found the gates to the White House closed tight. The White House is pictured shortly after sunrise. REUTERS/Jason Reed They are open now under President Donald Trump....
Sony pulls Spacey film from festival, going ahead with December release
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Pictures on Monday withdrew a movie starring Kevin Spacey from a Los Angeles film festival following sexual misconduct allegations against the actor, but said it was going ahead with a planned U.S. movie theater release in December. “All...
House begins revising Republican tax bill to quell dissent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing pockets of discontent in their own Republican ranks, tax negotiators in the U.S. House of Representatives will seek this week to brook differences over their far-reaching tax bill and stick to a self-imposed deadline of passage this...
Trump says Japan would shoot North Korean missiles ‘out of sky’ if it bought U.S. weaponry
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Japan would shoot North Korean missiles “out of the sky” if it bought the U.S. weaponry needed for doing so, suggesting Tokyo take a stance it has avoided until now. North Korea is pursuing nuclear...
Multinationals grapple with Republican excise tax surprise
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The Republican tax bill unveiled last week in the U.S. Congress could disrupt the global supply chains of large, multinational companies by slapping a 20-percent tax on cross-border transactions they routinely make between related...
House Speaker Ryan says special counsel should not be fired: Fox News Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller should not be fired or step down, and needs to be allowed to follow his Russia investigation to its end. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan speaks during a ceremony to...
Manafort money laundering charge in Russia probe may face challenges
(Reuters) - When the lawyer for the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump attacked the money laundering charge brought against his client as flimsy, some legal experts say he may have pinpointed a potential weakness in the indictment by U.S. special...
Trump pitches NYSE for Saudi Aramco IPO listing
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he “would very much appreciate Saudi Arabia doing their IPO of Aramco with the New York Stock Exchange.” Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in...