What Mark Zuckerberg Will Be Grilled On at the Congressional Hearings Facebook’s chief executive, will testify at two congressional hearings this week: Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. before the combined Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees. Wednesday at 10 a.m. before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Times will have complete […]
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Mueller Investigating Ukrainian’s $150,000 Payment for a Trump Appearance The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump’s foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter, as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign […]
Trump Denounces F.B.I. Raid on His Lawyer’s Office as ‘Attack on Our Country’ Update: President Trump had attorney-client privilege on his mind early Tuesday, tweeting out his frustrations a day after the F.B.I. raided the office and hotel room of his personal attorney. “Attorney–client privilege is dead!” Mr. Trump wrote, […]
Support for Trump’s immigration stance slips among supporters: Reuters/Ipsos poll While people who voted for President Donald Trump are still largely supportive of his immigration policies, their approval has eroded somewhat since he took office, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling. As Trump plans to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, here […]
Allies, others question Trump’s response to spy’s poisoning After the brazen poisoning of a former spy, British Prime Minister Theresa May quickly pinned the blame on Russia. So did U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in what ultimately became one of his last public statements before being fired. But at […]
Florida lawmakers pass bill that would allow school staff to carry guns The Florida House on Wednesday passed legislation that would impose new restrictions on firearm sales and allow some teachers and staff to carry guns in school. Spurred by the February 14 school shooting in Parkland, the Marjory Stoneman […]
White House Prepares to Formalize Tariffs but Floats Exemptions More than 100 Republican lawmakers implored President Trump to drop plans for stiff and sweeping steel and aluminum tariffs as the White House prepared to formalize the measures on Thursday afternoon. Officials said late Wednesday that the plan would initially exempt […]
Supreme Court sounds wary of Microsoft’s shield for emails stored abroad Supreme Court justices sounded skeptical Tuesday about Microsoft’s refusal to turn over emails sought by U.S. law enforcement agents with a criminal search warrant but stored by the software giant in overseas servers. The case of the United States […]
Pennsylvania lawmakers face Friday deadline for new congressional map Pennsylvania lawmakers face a court-ordered deadline on Friday to submit a new congressional map, after the existing one was struck down for being illegally drawn to benefit Republicans in a ruling that could reshape the 2018 electoral battle for Congress. The […]
Russia meddled in U.S election, George W. Bush says Former U.S. president George W. Bush accused Russia on Thursday of meddling in the U.S. 2016 presidential election, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “brilliant tactician”. Bush, interviewed on stage at a business conference in the capital of the United Arab […]
