Republicans in the U. S. House of Representatives are considering possible changes to the design of their controversial border adjustment tax proposal to accommodate industries worried about being harmed by the provision, a top lawmaker said on Friday. The measure, a centerpiece of the House Republican tax reform blueprint backed by Speaker Paul Ryan, is … Read more
US security chiefs have admitted flaws in the way President Donald Trump’s bar on people from seven countries entering the US was implemented. The policy has caused uproar internationally and was challenged by the acting US attorney general, who Mr Trump then fired. Top Republican Paul Ryan said he regretted that some people with valid … Read more
Rights groups have filed a lawsuit in a New York court to demand the release of refugees in transit who have been detained at John F Kennedy airport. Entry to the US for nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries has been stopped for 90 days by Donald Trump. The exact implications of his order remain unclear. … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans from terrorist attacks. In the most sweeping use of his presidential powers since taking office a week ago, Trump paused the … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans from terrorist attacks. In the most sweeping use of his presidential powers since taking office a week ago, Trump paused the … Read more
Eventually seventy years old Donald John Trump is undoubtedly the President of the United States of America. No calls for vote recounting or blame on the Electoral College system, or indeed an accusation of a Putin-induced Russian cyber infiltration stopped the son of a German migrant and a Scottish maid from taking that solemn oath … Read more
US President Donald Trump plans an action-packed Monday of meetings and issuing of executive orders, as he launches his first full week in office. The Republican is hosting corporate and union leaders and is expected to sign a flurry of legally binding actions rolling back his predecessor’s agenda. He will also receive an intelligence briefing, … Read more
U. S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of repealing Democratic President Barack Obama’s landmark health insurance law. The House of Representatives voted 227-198 to instruct committees to draft legislation by a target … Read more
U. S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of repealing Democratic President Barack Obama’s landmark health insurance law. The House of Representatives voted 227-198 to instruct committees to draft legislation by a target … Read more
The House of Representatives have voted to pass a plan to begin demolishing Obamacare, despite mounting qualms among Republicans. The budget measure – approved by the Senate on Thursday – would create legislation to roll back the 2010 bill. But lawmakers in both parties are objecting to the lack of any apparent replacement for the … Read more
A man who survived cancer despite a grim diagnosis challenged House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on his efforts to repeal Obamacare. “Because of the Affordable Care Act, I’m standing here today,” Jeff Jeans told Ryan at a CNN town hall event on Thursday. Jeans, who identified himself as a longtime Republican who had worked on … Read more
The U. S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance program. The vote was 51-48. The resolution now goes to the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on it this week. Scrapping Obamacare is … Read more
U. S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan met late on Monday with top members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team to discuss their 2017 tax reform agenda. The high-level meeting, which took place over Italian food in Ryan’s Capitol Hill office, was described by Republican aides as the latest in a series of discussions … Read more
Britain will be in the “front seat” to negotiate a new trade deal with the incoming Trump administration, a top Republican in the US Senate has said. A US-UK trade deal would be a priority, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said after meeting Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Barack Obama warned in April that … Read more
President Barack Obama delivered a mandate to Democrats on Wednesday: “Don’t rescue” Republicans on Obamacare. Less than three weeks out from leaving the White House, Obama visited Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill with a mission to save his signature healthcare reform law as Republicans are moving quickly to unroll the Affordable Care Act. In the … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has made a fresh assault on America’s intelligence community. He said on Twitter that an intelligence briefing he was due to receive on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election – which is said to have benefited Mr Trump – had been delayed. “Perhaps more time needed to build a case. … Read more
Republicans have ditched a plan to gut the independent body that investigates political misconduct after a backlash. The lawmakers’ surprise vote to strip the Office of Congressional Ethics of its independence prompted public uproar and a dressing down from Donald Trump. “Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance!” … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has criticised Republicans who have voted to gut the independent body that investigates congressional misconduct. Republicans voted in secret to close the Office of Congressional Ethics, against the advice of party leaders. “Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance!” Mr Trump said in a tweet. … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has criticized Republicans who have voted to gut the independent body that investigates congressional misconduct. Republicans voted in secret to close the Office of Congressional Ethics, against the advice of party leaders. “Focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance!” Mr Trump said in a tweet. … Read more
I recently observed how the 2016 race reflects American conditions in the late 1970s — also stagnant — and how the political elites are echoing President Jimmy Carter’s feckless reaction in his notorious July 15, 1979 address to the nation in which he said, in part: The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It … Read more