Trump renews threat to scrap NAFTA going into next round of talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his threat to scrap NAFTA and ripped on trading partners Canada and Mexico in a tweet early on Sunday, days before the three countries were scheduled to hold a second round of negotiations on rewriting the...
Tillerson says U.S. will keep up ‘peaceful pressure’ on North Korea
Reuters Staff1 Min ReadWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday the firing of three ballistic missiles by North Korea this week was a provocative act but that the United States will continue to seek a peaceful resolution. "We do view...
Trump was wrong to pardon controversial sheriff, Ryan says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump should not have pardoned a former Arizona sheriff who was convicted of criminal contempt in a case of racial profiling, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, said on Saturday. Trump announced...
Trump signs memo directing Pentagon to implement transgender ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Friday that directs the U.S. military not to accept transgender men and women as recruits and halts the use of government funds for sex-reassignment surgeries for active personnel unless the...
Holding keys to debt limit, Democrats eye demands on taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress wield little clout nowadays, but they will likely have plenty of influence on the looming issue of the U.S. debt ceiling and party leaders are considering whether they should try to convert that advantage into...
Trump likely to rescind Obama ‘Dreamer’ program: media reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to rescind an Obama-era policy that protects nearly 600,000 immigrants who were brought into the country illegally by their parents and are known as "Dreamers," according to media reports on Friday. Trump's...
‘Caitlin’ gives voice to Dylan Thomas’ widow in violent UK dance drama
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - "Hello. I'm Caitlin, and I'm an alcoholic." A punchy dance performance at the Edinburgh Fringe shines a rare spotlight on Caitlin Thomas, whose husband Dylan was one of Britain's greatest 20th century writers, and the brutal self-inflicted...
Trump adviser Cohn criticizes administration’s Charlottesville response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn said in an interview published on Friday that the administration needs to be more unequivocal in condemning hate groups, but added he was "reluctant" to quit over its response to a recent...
Trump says criticism of him by Republican Senator Corker ‘strange’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump took Republican Senator Bob Corker to task on Twitter on Friday, apparently responding to the Foreign Relations Committee chair's comment that Trump did not understand the nation's character and had not demonstrated...
French singer Charles Aznavour gets Hollywood star at age 93
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - French singer Charles Aznavour finally got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, capping a more than 70-year career as one of his country's most popular entertainers. Aznavour, 93, who was born Shahnour Varinag Aznavourian in Paris...