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Alien Donald Trump appears on Mexico City billboard
A massive image of U.S. President Donald Trump as an alien intruder now towers above one of the busiest roads in Mexico City urging motorists to “Make America Great Again.”
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A Dismayed Trump Thinks He’ll Still Get Obamacare Repealed
U.S. President Donald Trump expressed dismay on Friday that the Senate tried to repeal his predecessor’s healthcare program overnight but failed to do so, saying lawmakers had been working on it for seven years but “we’re going to get it done.”
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Exclusive: Majority of Americans support transgender military service
A majority of Americans believe that transgender individuals should be allowed to serve in the military, according to an exclusive Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday.
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Trump replaces chief of staff Reince Priebus after six-month run
President Donald Trump on Friday replaced his White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, installing retired General John Kelly in his place in a major shakeup of his top team.
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U.S. Senator Warren calls on Fed to remove Wells Fargo board members
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to remove members of Wells Fargo & Co’s <WFC.N> board after revelations the company improperly charged customers for auto insurance. In a letter sent Friday to Yellen, Warren, a Democrat, said the recent revelation of more improper charges at the bank…
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Exclusive: Congress asks U.S. agencies for Kaspersky Lab cyber documents
A U.S. congressional panel this week asked 22 government agencies to share documents on Moscow-based cyber firm Kaspersky Lab, saying its products could be used to carry out “nefarious activities against the United States,” according to letters seen by Reuters.
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Japan PM: North Korea launched missile, may have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday that North Korea had fired a missile that may have landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
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Russian Central Bank Braces For New U.S. Sanctions With Cautious No Change
The Russian central bank held its key interest rate unchanged at 9 percent on Friday, citing geopolitical risks and inflationary pressures, but it indicated rate cuts would follow in the coming months.
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Ryan disappointed on Senate healthcare vote, but ‘we should not give up’
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Friday he was disappointed with the Senate’s failure to pass healthcare legislation but urged Republican senators not to give up as their colleagues in the House moved on to tax reform.
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Russia orders out U.S. diplomats in sanctions retaliation
Russia on Friday ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff in retaliation for a new round of U.S. sanctions, and said it was seizing two U.S. diplomatic properties.
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U.S. will have to cut diplomatic staff in Russia by 200-300 people: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States will have to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia by 200 to 300 people after Moscow retaliated on Friday against Washington over new U.S. sanctions, the RIA news agency said, citing a source. Russia told the United States on Friday that some of its diplomats had to leave the…
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In blow to Trump, Republican bid to gut Obamacare crashes in Senate
A U.S. Senate led by Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans dealt the president a harsh blow on Friday, failing to move ahead with a major campaign promise to dismantle Obamacare as they fell one vote short of passing healthcare legislation.
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Ryan assures Republican senators House will not pass ‘skinny’ Obamacare repeal
As the U.S. Senate edged towards a late-night vote on a pared-down bill to repeal Obamacare, House Speaker Paul Ryan assured Senate Republicans that if they approve a bill that many do not want to become law, the House will help them craft different legislation.
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Senate passes measure that permanently repeals ‘Cadillac’ tax
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republicans passed a measure on Thursday that would permanently repeal Obamacare’s so-called Cadillac tax on high-cost employer-provided insurance without a single Democratic vote amid a broader debate to repeal the healthcare law. The measure passed along party lines by a 52-48 vote. To become law, it will need to be passed…
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Republican senators threaten to bolt from Obamacare repeal effort
As U.S. Senate Republican leaders feverishly tried to pass a slimmed-down Obamacare repeal, some senators threatened to bring the entire effort to a halt unless there were guarantees that the bill would be significantly changed during negotiations with the House of Representatives.
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Top Democrat Urges Feds To Investigate Trump Threats Of Retaliation Against The State Of Alaska
A leading Democratic lawmaker on Thursday said he would ask federal officials to investigate reported threats by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke regarding Alaska energy policy to retaliate against opposition from one of the state’s Republican senators to efforts to repeal Obamacare.
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‘What Happened’: Clinton memoir looks at 2016 election, Russia, sexism
Hillary Clinton’s memoir about her failed attempt to win last year’s U.S. presidential election will be called “What Happened,” a declaration rather than a question, her publisher said in the run-up to its September 12 release.
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Exclusive: Not Made in America – Wal-Mart looks overseas for online vendors
Walmart.com, trailing Amazon.com Inc in the number of goods for sale on its website, is recruiting vendors in China and other countries to boost its online offerings in a pivot away from Wal-Mart’s Made-in-America campaign.
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Trump On The Hot Seat As Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Russia Sanctions
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, despite President Donald Trump’s objections to the legislation.
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House of Representatives boosts military spending, gives Trump border wall money
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $68 billion increase in military spending next year with legislation that also provides money to start construction of President Donald Trump’s Mexican border wall.
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Chief of Staff for Army Says He Had No Advance Knowledge of Trump’s Ban on Trans People
The chief of staff of the U.S. Army, General Mark Milley, said on Thursday he had no advance knowledge of President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender individuals from the military
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Top U.S. general says no changes yet to transgender policy
The United States’ top general told the military on Thursday there had been no change yet to Pentagon policy on transgender personnel, after President Donald Trump’s announcement of his plans to ban them appeared to catch senior officers by surprise.
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Senate mulls bare-bones healthcare bill; marathon of voting expected
U.S. Senate Republicans embarked on Thursday on another push to unravel Obamacare, working on a stripped-down bill after failing to pass broader legislation and complete a seven-year campaign to gut a law that extended health coverage to millions.
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House Speaker Ryan defends Priebus, says has Trump’s confidence
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan defended White House chief of staff Reince Priebus on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s new communications director appeared to link Priebus to media leaks in a tweet.
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Trump to nominate Kansas Governor Brownback as religious freedom ambassador
U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Republican Kansas Governor Sam Brownback as ambassador at large for international religious freedom, the White House said on Wednesday.
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Attorney General Sessions to unveil leak probes soon
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to announce soon several criminal investigations into intelligence leaks, news outlets reported on Wednesday, as the nation’s top law enforcement official faced mounting criticism from President Donald Trump.
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GE, Invenergy build wind farm in Oklahoma, biggest in the U.S.
Power development company Invenergy LLC and General Electric Co on Wednesday announced plans to build the largest wind farm in the United States in Oklahoma, part of a $4.5 billion project to provide electricity to 1.1 million utility customers in the region.
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U.S. energy secretary duped into fake interview with Russian comedians
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry optimistically discussed expanding American coal exports to Ukraine and other energy matters during a lengthy phone call this month with a Russian prankster who Perry thought was Ukraine’s prime minister.
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Trump Could Trigger Political and Legal Backlash if He Escalates Against Sessions
President Donald Trump could trigger a political and legal backlash if he escalates his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions into an attempted purge of U.S. law enforcement officials, lawmakers and legal experts said on Tuesday.
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Democrats Ready to Shut Down Any Attempt by Trump to Replace Sessions with Recess Appointment
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate warned President Donald Trump on Tuesday against any attempt to bypass Congress to appoint a new attorney general and undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
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House seen passing Russia sanctions bill limiting Trump’s power
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote overwhelmingly on Tuesday for a bill that would slap new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, potentially complicating President Donald Trump’s hopes of pursuing improved relations with Moscow.
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Congressman proposes ban on Trump hotels use by U.S. government
A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives proposed legislation on Monday to bar the U.S. government from renting rooms at President Donald Trump’s hotels for official business.
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Trump son-in-law Kushner denies Russia collusion, as president lashes out
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, said on Monday he “did not collude” with Russia and had roughly four meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition.
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New Trump communications director promises crackdown on media leaks
Anthony Scaramucci, President Donald Trump’s new communications director, said on Sunday that one of his first tasks will be to halt leaks and that staff on his team would be fired if the leaks do not stop.
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Top General Claims Russia not reason for U.S. ending CIA arms to Syria rebels
A U.S. decision to halt a CIA program equipping and training certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not done as a concession to Assad ally Russia, a top U.S. general said on Friday.
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Flow of asylum seekers crossing into Canada from U.S. rises in June
The number of asylum seekers walking across the U.S. border into Canada rose in June after dropping in the previous two months, according to government figures released on Friday.
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Activists, executives tell Texas Senate to ditch bathroom bill
Hundreds of people, including LGBT activists and business leaders, are expected to urge a Texas Senate panel on Friday to scrap legislation they deem discriminatory because it would limit bathroom access for transgender people.
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Trump’s legal team weighs how to curtail special counsel: reports
U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers are reviewing ways to limit or undermine the special counsel investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including by examining the backgrounds of the investigators, according to newspaper reports.
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Tour operators say U.S. to ban citizens from travel to North Korea
Two tour agencies that arrange trips to North Korea said on Friday the U.S. government will soon ban its citizens from traveling there, after the death of a U.S. student arrested there while on a tour.
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Exclusive: Moscow lawyer who met Trump Jr. had Russian spy agency as client
The Russian lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr. after his father won the Republican nomination for the 2016 U.S. presidential election counted Russia’s FSB security service among her clients for years, Russian court documents seen by Reuters show.
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Trump’s legal team spokesman resigns amid reported shake-up
U.S. President Donald Trump’s outside legal team spokesman has resigned amid media reports the team is being reorganized as investigations continue into alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. election and possible collusion with Trump’s campaign.
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Senate Republicans complain of disarray in healthcare effort
U.S. Senate Republicans, scolded by President Donald Trump for failing to overturn Obamacare, tried to salvage their seven-year effort for a new healthcare law on Thursday, but leading senators indicated frustration over shifting goal posts.
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Senator McCain vows to fight cancer, return to Washington
U.S. Senator John McCain on Thursday vowed a quick return to Washington despite his newly diagnosed brain cancer in a show of the fighting spirit that has come to define the war hero and which prompted a wave of support across the political spectrum.
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Inside Trump’s last-gasp effort to save Senate healthcare overhaul
It is by no means clear if Trump’s pressure can help Republicans overcome sharp differences between moderates who want to preserve health insurance for their constituents and conservatives insisting on lower costs.
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O.J. Simpson makes case for freedom before Nevada parole board
A state parole board in Nevada convened on Thursday morning to consider O.J. Simpson’s bid for freedom after nine years in prison for a botched armed robbery of his own sports memorabilia in a Las Vegas hotel room.
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U.S. Attorney General Sessions brushes off Trump criticism
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday brushed off sharp criticism from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Justice Department’s Russia investigation, saying he loved his job and planned to continue serving.
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UAW head believes U.S. Nissan workers would vote for union now
United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams said on Thursday he feels “very strongly” that if Nissan Motor Co Ltd workers at the automaker’s plant in Canton, Mississippi voted now, they would vote in favor of union representation.
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One in eight people who voted for Trump having second thoughts – Reuters/Ipsos poll
About one in eight people who voted for President Donald Trump said they are not sure they would do so again after witnessing Trump’s tumultuous first six months in office, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll of 2016 voters.
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Trump chides Senate Republicans on healthcare, says it is time for action
U.S. President Donald Trump scolded Senate Republicans on Wednesday for failing to reach agreement on repealing or overhauling Obamacare, demanding they keep their campaign promises and find a new healthcare approach.
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Top Intel Dem Calls Trump’s Private Meeting with Putin “Deeply Troubling”
The top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Wednesday it was “deeply troubling” that President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany this month for talks not attended by any U.S. national security officials.
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Trump and Putin had a previously undisclosed visit at G20 dinner. Find out More:
Bremmer said Trump got up from his seat halfway through dinner and spent about an hour talking “privately and animatedly” with Putin, “joined only by Putin’s own translator.”
The lack of a U.S. translator raised eyebrows among other leaders at the dinner, said Bremmer, who called it a “breach of national security protocol.”
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Exclusive: Republicans could target Obamacare tax in wider tax overhaul – Brady
Republicans will consider using planned tax reform to eliminate one of the biggest taxes in Obamacare, if the Senate fails to overturn the healthcare law, a senior Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Wednesday.
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U.S. Supreme Court partly rejects Trump in latest travel ban fight
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by President Donald Trump to include grandparents and other relatives in his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries.
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Senior U.S. Republican questions Trump’s South Korea, Asia trade moves
A top U.S. Republican trade lawmaker on Wednesday questioned the Trump administration’s plans to renegotiate a trade deal with U.S. ally South Korea, as well as the White House’s focus on bilateral trade deals.
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Republican push to end Obamacare collapses in Senate
Republican efforts to overhaul or repeal Obamacare collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s seven-year quest to kill former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.
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Mueller says Trump Jr, Manafort can testify publicly in Senate: Feinstein
President Donald Trump’s eldest son and former campaign chairman can testify publicly before U.S. Senate committees, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein told CNN on Tuesday.
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Labor unions, Democrats pressure Trump ahead of NAFTA priorities statement
U.S. labor union leaders and Democratic lawmakers on Monday reminded U.S. President Donald Trump they expect him to keep election campaign promises to protect American workers in NAFTA talks, but they stopped short of demanding termination of the 1994 trade pact with Canada and Mexico.
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Major tech firms urge U.S. to retain net neutrality rules
A group representing major technology firms including Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Monday to abandon plans to reverse the landmark 2015 rules barring internet service providers from blocking or slowing consumer access to web content.
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Protesters tell US Golf Association to dump Trump
After three tranquil rounds at Trump National Golf Club, things heated up outside the ropes during Sunday’s final round of the U.S. Women’s Open as activist groups staged protests against U.S. President Donald Trump.
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U.S. Secret Service rejects suggestion it vetted Trump son’s meeting
The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday denied a suggestion from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer that it had vetted a meeting between the president’s son and Russian nationals during the 2016 campaign.
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One more Republican defection would doom Senate healthcare bill
President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Friday on fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to pass a bill dismantling the Obamacare law, but with their retooled healthcare plan drawing fire within the party even one more defection would doom it.
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Jimmy Carter out of hospital after dehydration scare in Canada
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was discharged on Friday from a hospital in Canada where he received treatment after becoming dehydrated while working at a charity house-building project, the Carter Center said. Carter, 92, became unsteady while working on Thursday on the steps of a home at a building project for…
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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. Writing on Twitter from Paris, where he was a guest of honor in Bastille Day celebrations,…
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U.S. judge narrows travel ban in defeat for Trump
By Dan Levine and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries cannot stop grandparents and other relatives of United States citizens from entering the country, a U.S. judge said on Thursday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu also opens the door for more…
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Ex-Soviet agent at meeting between Trump Jr., Russian lawyer: NBC News
A meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer in June 2016 was also attended by a Russian-American lobbyist who was a former Soviet counter-intelligence officer, NBC News reported on Friday.
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New Senate Republicans healthcare bill already in trouble
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 showed the healthcare overhaul is already in jeopardy.
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Divide between financial regulators appointed by Trump, Obama widens
The political fissure between an Obama-appointed financial overseer and regulators hired by U.S. President Donald Trump is widening, with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray threatening to challenge in court any attempt to kill his agency’s new arbitration rule.
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Trump says he would invite Putin to White House, but not now
U.S. President Donald Trump, who is fighting off allegations of ties between his election campaign and Moscow, said he would invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House but that now was not the right time for that.
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Former President Carter hospitalized over dehydration in Canada
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was receiving hospital care on Thursday after becoming dehydrated at a charity house-building project in Canada, but he is doing “OK,” Habitat for Humanity said.
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Kid Rock hints online he will run for U.S. Senate
Recording star Kid Rock, an outspoken supporter of Republican President Donald Trump, hinted in website and social media messages on Wednesday that he intends to run for the U.S. Senate in 2018, promising a “major announcement” to come soon.
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SEC Chairman signals plans to scale back corporate disclosure rules
Wall Street’s top U.S. regulator on Wednesday signaled support for potentially scaling back the scope and breadth of disclosure rules and compliance costs imposed on public companies, in an effort to entice more companies to go public.
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Exclusive: Trump says he was unaware of son’s meeting with Russian lawyer
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unaware of his son Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting last year with a Russian lawyer at the heart of a White House controversy, telling Reuters he only learned of it a couple of days ago.
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Trump says son is ‘innocent’ over emails about Russian campaign help
President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his eldest son as “innocent” following emails that showed Donald Trump Jr. welcomed Russian help against his father’s rival in the 2016 presidential election, deepening the controversy over purported Russian meddling.
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Russian Foreign Minister says wild that Trump Jr. blamed for meeting Russian lawyer
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday it was preposterous that U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son was blamed for meeting a Russian lawyer who emails suggest might have had damaging information about Hillary Clinton last year.
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FBI director nominee Wray says he did not discuss Comey’s firing with White House
Wray is a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer who has prosecuted and defended white-collar crime cases and represented New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in a political scandal.
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British government declines to publish review on funding of extremism
The British government said on Wednesday it would not publish in full its report on the sources of funding of Islamist extremism in Britain, prompting opposition charges it was trying to protect its ally Saudi Arabia.
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Emails show Russian prosecutor offered Trump Jr. information on Clinton
U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son on Tuesday released an email chain which refers to a top Russian government prosecutor as offering the Trump campaign damaging information about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
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Trump’s healthcare push faces trouble as Congress returns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s effort to roll back Obamacare faced growing obstacles on Monday as Republicans who control the U.S. Senate remained divided over how to curb the costs of their proposed healthcare bill and prevent millions from losing coverage.
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Trump’s voter fraud panel to meet as U.S. states’ refusals mount
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s commission to investigate possible election fraud will convene this month, a government notice said on Friday, as more U.S. states have refused to hand over at least some voter data. Trump created the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in May, after claiming without evidence that millions of people…
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U.S., Japan, South Korea seek U.N. condemnation of North Korea
The United States, Japan and South Korea on Friday agreed to push for a quick U.N. Security Council resolution to apply new sanctions on North Korea after its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week.
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Trump calls first Putin meeting an ‘honor’, cites ‘very good’ talks
U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that it was an “honor” to meet him for the first time and said he looked forward to “positive things” in the relationship between the former Cold War rivals.
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U.S. job growth accelerates in June, but wages continue to lag
U.S. job growth surged more than expected in June and employers increased hours for workers, signs of labor market strength that could keep the Federal Reserve on course for a third interest rate increase this year despite benign inflation.
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Greeting for President Trump and Other Leaders: “Welcome to Hell”
“Welcome to Hell”. That’s the greeting for U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders from anti-capitalist protesters in Hamburg who aim to disrupt the G20 summit, already rife with tensions over trade and climate change.
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Dozens of police injured in G20 protests as Merkel seeks consensus
Dozens of police were injured in clashes with protesters before a G20 summit in Hamburg on Thursday, tarnishing the start of a meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes will cement her role as a stateswoman as she seeks re-election in September.
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Before Putin talks, Trump plays down interference in U.S. election
By Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason WARSAW (Reuters) – One day before his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that no one knows for sure whether Moscow intervened in the 2016 U.S. election but that he suspected Russian involvement. Speaking to reporters in Poland, Trump played down…
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Trump administration sued by 18 U.S. states over student loan relief
By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than one-third of U.S. states on Thursday sued the U.S. Education Department and Secretary Betsy DeVos over the recent suspension of rules that would have swiftly canceled student-loan debt of people defrauded by Corinthian Colleges Inc and other for-profit schools. Last month DeVos pressed pause on the rules,…
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Factbox: Trump talks tough on North Korea, but options limited
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has employed tough rhetoric in response to North Korea’s missile tests, but his options appear limited in dealing with a challenge that has vexed his Oval Office predecessors. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Pyongyang’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on the eve of Tuesday’s U.S….
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IMF urges G20 leaders to avoid ‘myopic’ trade policies
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged leaders of the Group of 20 major economies to avoid “myopic” nationalistic policies and to work together in agreed forums to resolve their trade and economic differences.
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Canada to compensate ex-Guantanamo inmate, apologize
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government will apologize to former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr and pay him around C$10 million ($7.7 million) to compensate him for the abuse he suffered in detention, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. A Canadian citizen, Khadr was captured in Afghanistan in 2002…
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Pressure builds on Trump at home over pledge for closer Moscow ties
During his presidential campaign, Republican Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “strong leader” with whom he would like to reset tense U.S.-Russian relations. But as Trump heads to his first face-to-face meeting as president with Putin on Friday at the G20 summit in Germany, he is under pressure at home to take a tough line with the Kremlin.
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Americans celebrate July 4 with leisure and gluttony
Americans will celebrate Independence Day on Tuesday with fireworks, acts of gluttony and escapes to the beach, even for people in New Jersey where legislators brokered a last-minute deal to reopen state parks.
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Trump considering lawyer for White House Russia role: sources
By Karen Freifeld and Jeff Mason (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is considering adding a veteran Washington lawyer to the White House counsel’s office to deal with Russia-related issues, people familiar with the matter said. Ty Cobb, a white-collar defense lawyer with the firm of Hogan Lovells and a former federal prosecutor, met with Trump…
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U.S. no longer a ‘friend’ in Merkel election program
In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have dropped the term “friend” in describing the relationship with the United States.
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New Jersey’s Christie enjoys closed beach amid budget standoff
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was caught on camera taking time out from dealing with a government shutdown to sunbathe on a state beach that had been closed to the public during the July Fourth holiday weekend.
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What happens in Vegas: Nevada puts pot on the menu for fun-seekers
Nevada, the only state where both gambling and prostitution are legal, is adding recreational marijuana to its list of sanctioned indulgences for adults, with sales kicking off at more than dozen shops beginning on Saturday.
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Trump Labor Dept wants salary to count in overtime eligibility
The U.S. Labor Department on Friday defended its authority to use salary levels to decide who was eligible for overtime pay but distanced itself from an Obama administration rule that greatly expanded the number of qualifying workers.
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NJ government shuts down over budget gridlock
New Jersey’s government shut down on Friday at midnight after legislators failed to pass a budget before the July 1 deadline amid a political standoff. Linda So reports.
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Moderate Republicans warn of trouble for tax reform
Twenty moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives warned on Friday that efforts to overhaul the federal tax code could be jeopardized by demands for including major spending cuts in a fiscal 2018 budget resolution.
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Gunman kills doctor, wounds six others in Bronx hospital rampage
A doctor who lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on Friday, killing another physician and wounding six other people before taking his own life in a burst of apparent workplace-related violence, officials said.
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Trump to Senate Republicans: kill Obamacare now
By Doina Chiacu and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican senators on Friday to repeal Obamacare immediately if they cannot agree on a new healthcare plan to replace it, potentially sowing confusion as congressional leaders struggle for a consensus on healthcare legislation. Senate Republican leaders had set Friday as the…
