There is a one-in-four chance of a U.S. recession in the next 12 months, a scenario that should keep the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates next month, according to a Reuters poll of economists who now expect only one rate hike this year.
The special master overseeing a U.S. government fund to compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Friday said future awards will be significantly reduced, typically by at least 50 percent, because the fund is running short of money.
(Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller disclosed for the first time on Friday that his office has evidence of communications between Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, and WikiLeaks related to the release of hacked Democratic Party emails. In a court filing on Friday, Mueller’s office said it had gathered that…
By Ginger Gibson and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will almost certainly face legal challenges over his decision to declare a national emergency to get additional funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, circumventing the power of Congress to set spending policy. Legal scholars say it is unclear how such a step would…
The state of California and the ACLU have each filed lawsuits against Trump for his national emergency border wall declaration.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said that the walls are closing in on Trump and the odds are that Sarah Sanders knows something.
The House Judiciary Committee has announced an immediate investigation into Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency to get his wall.
MSNBC’s John Heilemann put Trump’s cheap national emergency stunt in perspective by saying that the real emergency is guns, not the southern border.
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the fate of a fiercely contested plan by President Donald Trump‘s administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing on Friday to an expedited review of a judge’s ruling blocking the plan. The justices, in a brief order, granted the…
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday limited the ability of people involved in the criminal trial of Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, from speaking publicly about the case in a way that may influence the outcome. The order by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson prohibits…
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has been interviewed by the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, CNN reported on Friday.
By Roberta Rampton and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has gained weight over the past year and is now in the obese range, although he remains in “very good health overall,” according to results of an annual presidential physical examination conducted last week. Trump, known for his love of hamburgers and…
By Yeganeh Torbati and Kristina Cooke HOMESTEAD, Fla., SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Reuters) – For a growing number of migrant children, this is their first home in America: a sprawling campus dotted with beige buildings, massive white tents and metal trailers, next door to a U.S. Air Force base. The federal government is holding nearly 1,600…
“We will not stand for this abuse of power and will fight back with every legal tool at our disposal,” New York’s Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Friday said President Donald Trump was violating Congress’ constitutionally granted power of the purse by issuing an emergency declaration to obtain funds to build a border wall, and they threatened potential legal action. The Congress will defend our constitutional authorities in the Congress,…
CNN’s Jim Acosta delivered the facts about what’s going on at the border, and Trump melted down and called reality fake news.
NBC’s Chuck Todd seized on and called out a new lie that Trump was building that Obama wanted to go to war with North Korea.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released a joint statement Friday morning blasting President Trump for declaring a national emergency, threatening to seek every remedy in the Courts to defend their constitutional authorities.
In an unhinged and rambling White House appearance, Trump said that he is declaring a national emergency to build his wall while also ranting about a variety of other topics.
Trump’s threat to go around Congress’ constitutional authority isn’t going over as planned with conservative pundit Ann Coulter, who busted him for “Trump to scam the stupidest people in his base for two more years.”
Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld told an audience in New Hampshire this morning that he will take on President Trump in the 2020 Republican presidential primaries. “Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld looking to challenge President Trump in 2020 Republican primary” Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld looking to challenge President Trump in 2020 Republican primary https://t.co/1iC7CVbRVr…
Many people in Washington now believe that Republicans need to change their strategy in order to avoid losing control of the U.S. Senate after the 2020 elections. Conservative Jennifer Rubin sounded the alarm for Republicans in her Washington Post column, but she is not the only one who is aware of the problem. She says…
The Associated Press (AP) reports this morning that Donald Trump is planning to do two big things today: Sign into law the bill that Congress passed yesterday funding border security while also keeping the government open, and Declare a national emergency when he appears in the Rose Garden at 10 a.m. for remarks on “the…
Donald Trump’s crushing defeat in the U.S. Senate yesterday revealed that impeachment is now a very real possibility, according to MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell. The host of “The Last Word†said that the politics in Washington have changed, and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell may now be willing to allow the president to be impeached. “The president…
