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 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 Lawrence Hurley and Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court's conservative majority and... by admin | Jan 31, 2017 | politicsNews
By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. government has granted waivers to let 872 refugees into the country this week, despite President Donald Trump's executive order on Friday temporarily banning entry of refugees from any country, according to an... by admin | Jan 30, 2017 | politicsNews
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said he will announce his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, two days earlier than previously planned, as he looks to quickly put his imprint on the court's ideological leaning by restoring its conservative majority. Trump,... 