Tag: United States
Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly
After their humiliating loss on health care, Republicans in Congress could use a quick victory on a big issue. It won't be an overhaul...
House Freedom Caucus chairman says there’s ‘no deal’ on the GOP...
The Latest on the upcoming health care vote in the House (all times local):
1:35 p.m.
The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says there's...
Paul Manafort had plan to benefit Vladamir Putin government
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a...
Winners and losers in Donald Trump’s first budget plan
Military spending would get the biggest boost in President Donald Trump's proposed budget. Environmental programs, medical research, Amtrak and an array of international and...
House GOP health bill facing fresh House committee test
The White House and Republican leaders are talking to rank-and-file lawmakers about revising the GOP health care overhaul, hoping to keep a rebellion by...
Donald Trump embraces legacy of Andrew Jackson
It was an ugly, highly personal presidential election.
An unvarnished celebrity outsider who pledged to represent the forgotten laborer took on an intellectual member of...
Donald Trump nominee decried criticism of judges, senators agree
President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that comments by his Supreme Court nominee criticizing his own attacks on the judiciary were "misrepresented," even as Republican...
Dems force delays in votes on Jeff Sessions, Steve Mnuchin, Tom...
Democrats forced delays Tuesday in planned Senate committee votes on President Donald Trump's picks for Health and Treasury secretaries and attorney general, amid growing...
Promises, pomp and protests as Donald Trump sworn in
Pledging to empower America's "forgotten men and women," Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday, taking command...
Revelers bid adieu to a year of conflicts, celebrity deaths
As 2016 draws to a close, revelers around the world are bidding a weary adieu to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts...
