Tag: Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to condemn President Donald Trump for racially charged attacks against four minority Democratic congresswomen, a symbolic vote aimed at shaming Trump and his fellow Republicans who stood by him. Four Republicans joined every Democrat and one independent in voting to rebuke the president for his Sunday tweetstorm - in which he told the group of congresswomen to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s racially charged attacks on four Democratic congresswomen was headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, with Trump pressuring his fellow Republicans to oppose it. The measure, which would be symbolic and have no force of law, was expected to pass since Democrats have a majority in the House, with any Republican support for the resolution signaling that Trump’s attacks had crossed a line even with...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s nominee Mark Esper should not be confirmed as defense secretary because of ethical concerns related to his former job at defense contractor Raytheon Co. “Secretary Esper, the American people deserve to know that you are making decisions in our country’s security interests, not in your own financial interests,” Warren, who is seeking her party’s 2020 presidential nomination, said during a tense exchange at Esper’s...

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The crowded field of Democratic presidential hopefuls spent heavily on digital advertising, investing early in ads that can bring more name recognition and help raise money, according to disclosures filed late on Monday. Spending decisions for a presidential campaign can be critical early in the process. Candidates that spend too much can find themselves without enough cash to pay staff or purchase advertisements as voters head to the polls. However, a candidate who doesn’t...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration would investigate accusations that Google worked with the Chinese government, but gave no other details in his early morning tweet on Tuesday. Representatives for Google could not be immediately reached for comment on Trump’s comments, which follow accusations from one of his supporters, entrepreneur and Facebook Inc board member Peter Thiel. Source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump pressured fellow Republicans on Tuesday to stand with him and vote against a symbolic measure condemning his racially charged attacks on four Democratic congresswomen. Democrats, who have a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, were expected to pass the symbolic resolution of condemnation on Tuesday evening. But it is Republican lawmakers who will be in the spotlight as they will be forced to either vote against their party’s leader, who has strong...

Some Republicans who typically keep tight-lipped about President Donald Trump's tweeter habits spoke out on Monday about his incendiary comments attacking four Democratic congresswomen, saying he crossed a line. "There is no excuse for the president's spiteful comments — they were absolutely unacceptable and this needs to stop," Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, tweeted. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio also offered a tough but terse statement. "That's not something I would say, and I think it's divisive, unnecessary and wrong," Portman said. Trump had...

The legislation would also prohibit the U.S. Military from discriminating against service members who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.The amendment cleared the chamber on a mostly party-line vote of 242-187. Ten Republicans joined a united Democratic caucus in voting for the measure. Trump's ban on transgender military service went into effect roughly four months after the Supreme Court gave its okay as several cases challenging the ban's constitutionality move through the courts.California Representative Jackie Speier, a Democrat, introduced the amendment...

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday moved to bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the country’s southern border, requiring them to first pursue their claims in a third country they traveled through before seeking safe haven in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security, in a statement issued with the Department of Justice, said the interim rule would set a “new bar” for immigrants “by placing further restrictions or limitations on eligibility...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway defied a subpoena and failed to appear on Monday at a congressional hearing about allegations she violated the Hatch Act, a law that limits federal employees’ political activity. The top White House lawyer directed Conway not to appear at the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing, arguing that current and former White House officials were “absolutely immune” from being required to testify before Congress, according to a letter released...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most of U.S. President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans were silent on Monday as he intensified Twitter attacks on four Democratic congresswomen, prompting other Democrats to accuse Trump of racist rhetoric meant to further divide Americans. The president over the weekend said in a tweet that the four first-term minority congresswomen, known informally in the U.S. Congress as “the squad,” should “go back” to the “the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” On...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s order that all federal agencies provide citizenship data to the Commerce Department could open a new legal front over whether states can redraw their voting maps based on citizenship status. Trump dropped the effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census on Thursday following a recent defeat in the U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, he ordered other federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration, to provide relevant...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved on Monday to formally censure President Donald Trump’s attacks on four minority congresswomen as House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her party would introduce a resolution condemning his “xenophobic tweets.” The move could put Trump’s fellow Republicans in an awkward position, forcing them either to vote against their leader, who has strong support among conservative voters, or effectively defend his statements, widely described as racist. “Our Republican colleagues must...

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new rule to bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border, requiring them to first pursue safe haven in a third country through which they had traveled on the way to the United States. The Department of Homeland Security, in a statement issued with the Department of Justice, said the rule would set a “new bar” for immigrants “by placing further restrictions or limitations...