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Trump tells ex-White House counsel McGahn not to appear before Congress

Editorial Bureau May 22, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a subpoena to testify before Congress about the Russia investigation, deepening his fight with Democratic lawmakers. McGahn would “respect the President’s

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Hundreds rally at U.S. Supreme Court, calling state abortion bans as step backward

Editorial Bureau May 22, 2019

(Reuters) – Abortion-rights campaigners, including Democrats seeking their party’s 2020 presidential nomination, rallied at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by Republican-dominated legislatures in eight states. Many of the restrictions are intended to draw legal challenges, which religious conservatives hope will

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Trump loses lawsuit challenging subpoena for financial records

Editorial Bureau May 21, 2019

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday ruled in favour of a U.S. House of Representatives committee seeking President Donald Trump’s financial records from his accounting firm, dealing an early setback to the Trump administration in its legal battle with Congress. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington also denied a request by Trump to […]

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Trump tells Pennsylvania voters that trade war has helped economy

Editorial Bureau May 21, 2019

WASHINGTON/MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, facing a potentially difficult path to winning a second term in November 2020, on Monday told supporters in Pennsylvania that his trade war had strengthened the battleground state’s steel industry and jobs. Although Trump does not launch his re-election bid officially until next month, his

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With shelters at ‘max’ California border agents drop migrants at bus station

Editorial Bureau May 21, 2019

SAN BERNARDINO (Reuters) – A surge in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has pushed immigration detention facilities in California to capacity, forcing U.S. Border Patrol to release many at bus stations in the state for the first time, the agency said on Monday. U.S. Border Patrol in the El Centro area of southern California said […]

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Trump blasts Republican lawmaker Amash over impeachment remarks

Editorial Bureau May 20, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump lashed out on Sunday at the first Republican congressman to call the U.S. president’s behaviour impeachable, while Democrats warned Trump’s stonewalling of congressional probes is strengthening the case for an impeachment inquiry. Trump called Republican Representative Justin Amash “a total lightweight” and

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Trump threatens Iran in tweet as tension between two countries escalate

Editorial Bureau May 20, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran in a tweet on Sunday, raising concerns about a potential U.S.-Iran conflict at a time when tensions between Washington and Tehran have risen. “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again,” Trump said in a […]

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Schumer asks government to probe rail tech from China

Editorial Bureau May 20, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is asking the federal government to investigate if a plan for new subway cars in New York City, designed by a Chinese state-owned firm, could pose a threat to national security. The move comes after China’s CRRC Corp Ltd, the world’s top passenger train maker, was […]

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U.S. warship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions

Editorial Bureau May 20, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said one of its warships sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense ties between the world’s two biggest economies. The busy waterway is one of a growing number of […]

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U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin rejects subpoena for Trump tax returns

Editorial Bureau May 18, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defied a congressional subpoena seeking six years of President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Friday, all but guaranteeing a federal court battle with Congress over the records. In a widely expected move, Mnuchin rejected a demand for the documents from House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard