President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to undo his predecessor Barack Obama’s plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fueled power plants, according to the new environmental chief. Speaking on ABC’s Sunday talk show “This Week,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said rolling back Obama’s 2015 Clean Power Plan would bring … Read more
US President Donald Trump says he will turn to tax reform, following his failure to get his healthcare bill through Congress on Friday. The draft bill would have scrapped the Affordable Care Act of his predecessor Barack Obama, which was opposed by Mr Trump’s Republican party for years. Obamacare requires all Americans to have healthcare … Read more
Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office on Friday evening in an unfamiliar position — having to own failure. His health care reform, his very first significant legislative proposal, had fallen at the first hurdle in a friendly Congress. For sure, the 70-year-old businessman had faltered before — from bankrupt casinos to shuttered hotels. But … Read more
US President Donald Trump has blamed Democrats for the failure of his healthcare bill. The bill was withdrawn on Friday because it did not have enough support to pass in Congress. Speaking to the Washington Post, Mr Trump said “We couldn’t get one Democratic vote, and we were a little bit shy, very little, but … Read more
A vote on US President Donald Trump’s healthcare bill has been withdrawn at the last minute after it failed to gain enough support to pass in Congress. Mr Trump told House Speaker Paul Ryan to pull the bill after it became apparent it would not get the minimum of 215 Republican votes needed. The withdrawal … Read more
US President Donald Trump has demanded a make-or-break vote in the House of Representatives on Friday on his troubled healthcare bill. The American Health Care Act is meant to replace parts of President Barack Obama’s signature “Obamacare” law. A vote on Thursday was delayed because of opposition from some Republicans. Mr Trump reportedly told fellow … Read more
Former president Barack Obama warned Thursday against approving a Republican bill that would repeal his signature health care reform law unless the measure improves coverage for Americans. “We should start from the baseline that any changes will make our health care system better, not worse for hardworking Americans. That should always be our priority,” Obama … Read more
President Donald Trump went to Congress Tuesday to win support for a bill to dismantle Obamacare, warning Republican lawmakers that they risk losing their majority in the US legislature next year if they fail to pass the measure. House Speaker Paul Ryan — one of the bill’s architects and chief champions — has scheduled a … Read more
The art world is voicing horror at President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate US cultural funding entirely, saying that poor and rural Americans will be hardest hit. In his first budget outline Thursday, Trump called for the complete end of federal support to public broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts as part of … Read more
Donald Trump wants to act swiftly, but 55 days after moving into the White House the president has little to show for his hustle, hamstrung by Congress, the courts and his own unorthodox style. Two of his flagship campaign promises have yet to be fulfilled. Judges have blocked both versions of the billionaire tycoon’s executive … Read more
President Donald Trump moved to freeze future vehicle emission targets Wednesday, during a trip to the faded US automotive hub in Michigan. Insisting higher environmental standards hurt trade, Trump announced that targets for 2022-2025 will be put on hold pending review. “We’re going to help the companies, and they’re going to help you,” Trump said … Read more
President Donald Trump is set to announce steps Wednesday to halt his predecessor Barack Obama’s future vehicle emissions limits for manufacturers, a senior administration official said. During a visit to auto manufacturing hub Detroit, Trump is set to announce that the Environmental Protection Agency’s objectives for 2022-2025 will be put on hold during a new … Read more
President Trump has not chosen a cause to donate his salary to, and wants the media to pick one US President Donald Trump will donate his $400,000 (£329,620) salary to charity at the end of 2017, his spokesman has confirmed. And in an unexpected twist, he wants the White House press corps to decide where … Read more
President Donald Trump, facing mounting concern that millions of Americans could lose their health insurance, met Monday with “victims of Obamacare” to highlight the Republican replacement for his Democratic predecessor’s plan. The White House has spent the past week grappling with maintaining party unity as conservatives and moderates alike bashed the new initiative, for likely … Read more
President Donald Trump is open to adapting a proposed replacement for Barack Obama’s health care law, his political allies said Sunday, insisting that the measure — which is facing serious Republican pushback — is merely a “framework.” Uprooting Obamacare — the Democratic president’s crowning domestic achievement — has been at the top of the agenda … Read more
For better or worse, this tiny town at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains has survived the decline of US manufacturing as the home to a clutch of companies and the only baseball bat factory in the country. Last year, two-thirds of those living in Dolgeville, an isolated community 220 miles (350 kilometers) from the … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s love-hate attitude towards predecessor Barack Obama goes back a decade, a volatile mixture of admiration and scurrilous disrespect that helped launch the provocative billionaire’s own political career. Trump was a main purveyor of the “birther” conspiracy theory that the nation’s first African-American president was not born in the United States — … Read more
US President Donald Trump has been urged to provide evidence to back his allegation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, ordered his phones to be tapped during the election campaign. Republican Senator Ben Sasse said Mr Trump’s comments were “serious” and he should explain the alleged wire-tapping and how he came to know about it. The … Read more
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised travel ban on Monday, just over a month after his original decree sowed controversy across the United States and chaos at airports, US media reported. The president will sign the new executive order at the Department of Homeland Security, according to Politico, which cited senior government … Read more
The White House budget director confirmed Saturday that the Trump administration will propose “fairly dramatic reductions” in the U. S. foreign aid budget later this month. Reuters and other news outlets reported earlier this week that the administration plans to propose to Congress cuts in the budgets for the U.S. State Department and Agency for … Read more