Trump asks Supreme Court to block travel ban ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block a judge's ruling that prevented President Donald Trump's travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens and refugees already being processed by resettlement...
Upgrade with a dab of TPP may be U.S. recipe for NAFTA revamp
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership President Donald Trump quit as part of his pledge to protect American workers from "bad trade deals" may still serve to shape a revised NAFTA trade pact, U.S. officials and trade experts say....
Trump to ask Supreme Court to block travel ban ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Friday that the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to block a judge's ruling that prevented President Donald Trump's travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S. citizens and...
Trump prods Republican senators to work harder on healthcare reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump prodded Republican Senators on Friday to work harder to make good on their promise to repeal Obamacare after the latest Republican healthcare plan ran into significant opposition that threatened to doom the proposal....
U.S. farm lobby turns up heat on Trump team as NAFTA talks near
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With talks to renegotiate the NAFTA trade pact just weeks away, U.S. farm groups and lawmakers from rural states are intensifying lobbying of President Donald Trump's administration with one central message: leave farming out of it. Trump blames...
Pop star Beyonce posts first pictures of twins on Instagram
(Reuters) - Pop star Beyonce posted the pictures of her twins, Sir Carter and Rumi, in an Instagram post on Friday, in her first public acknowledgement of their birth. "Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today," Beyonce wrote in the post, which showed her holding her two...
Exclusive: U.S. asks nations to provide more traveler data or face sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department will require all nations to provide extensive data to help it vet visa applicants and determine whether a traveler poses a terrorist threat, according to a cable obtained by Reuters. Countries that fail to comply with...
New Senate Republicans healthcare bill already in trouble
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leaders released on Thursday a revised plan to dismantle the Obamacare law, playing to the party's disparate factions by letting insurers sell cheap, bare-bones policies while retaining taxes on the wealthy, but quick criticism...
Portugal’s cork-to-oil mogul Amorim dies at 82
LISBON (Reuters) - Americo Amorim, Portugal's richest man with business interests ranging from energy and finance to the world's largest cork producer, Corticeira Amorim (CORA.LS), died on Thursday aged 82, a company spokesman said. He could not say what was the cause...
Exclusive: Trump says he does not fault son for meeting Russian lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not fault his son Donald Trump Jr. for meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign and that he was unaware of the meeting until a few days ago. Asked if he...