Less than one in three Americans support U.S. pullout from Iran deal The poll, conducted May 4-8, ahead of the Republican president’s announcement to end the deal, found that 29 percent of adults wanted to end the deal with Iran and five other world powers to ease sanctions and limit […]
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Trump complains of biased courts, but they often support his policies Pointing to courtroom losses on policies such as the travel ban, the Trump administration and its supporters have repeatedly complained of a politicized judiciary they say is determined to thwart the Republican president’s agenda. Reuters analyzed 41 major rulings […]
Republicans in key election races turn down volume on Trump’s tax cuts. Surrounded by jubilant fellow Republicans, he told reporters, “If we can’t sell this to the American people, we ought to go into another line of work.” Four months later, McConnell’s attempt at levity could prove prophetic. The most […]
Trump push for conservative judges intensifies, to Democrats’ dismay As President Donald Trump pursues his goal of making the federal judiciary more conservative, his fellow Republicans who control the Senate are poised to confirm another batch of his picks for influential U.S. appeals courts to the dismay of some Democrats. […]
U.S. lawmakers set $717 billion defense bill with eye on China, Russia, Turkey The House Armed Services Committee is due to debate next week the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes the level of defense spending and sets policies controlling how the funding is used. One of the […]
Trump back in step with NRA after doubts over Parkland shooting At the NRA’s annual convention in Dallas, Trump called again for arming teachers and increasing school security to head off future mass shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida in February that killed 17 people. Such measures are supported […]
Spy agency NSA triples collection of U.S. phone records: official report The sharp increase from 151 million occurred during the second full year of a new surveillance system established at the spy agency after U.S. lawmakers passed a law in 2015 that sought to limit its ability to collect such […]
Trump administration moves to expel some 57,000 Hondurans The Trump administration said on Friday it will end temporary protections for immigrants in the United States from Honduras on Jan. 5, 2020, leaving potentially 57,000 people vulnerable to deportation. It is the latest in a series of decisions by President Donald […]
Iowa passes ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban, most restrictive in U.S. Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the United States on Wednesday, outlawing the procedure after a fetal heartbeat is detected, often at six weeks and before a woman realizes she is pregnant. The Senate voted 29-17 […]
U.S. transfers inmate from Guantanamo even as Trump hints at refilling it The United States announced on Wednesday the first transfer of a prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay detention center under U.S. President Donald Trump, lowering the prisoner population at a facility Trump has signaled he would like to repopulate. […]
