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Trump contends U.S. Constitution does not cover birthright citizenship, despite 14th Amendment

World / Politics Nov 1, 2018

Trump contends U.S. Constitution does not cover birthright citizenship, despite 14th Amendment

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to citizenship to everyone born in the country, an assertion that runs counter to the long-established legal interpretation of the document. "So-called Birthright Citizenship, which costs our Country billions of dollars ...

Trump disputes Puerto Rico storm death toll, claims Democrats inflated figures to hurt him but GOP ranks disagree

World / Politics Sep 14, 2018

Trump disputes Puerto Rico storm death toll, claims Democrats inflated figures to hurt him but GOP ranks disagree

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday disputed Puerto Rico's official death toll of 3,000 from hurricanes last year and accused Democrats of inflating the figure, which actually came from an independent academic study. Trump bristled at criticism of his administration's handling of the Puerto Rico ...

Putin won't be invited to address U.S. Congress despite Trump invite: Paul Ryan

World / Politics Jul 25, 2018

Putin won't be invited to address U.S. Congress despite Trump invite: Paul Ryan

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to address the U.S. Congress if he accepts President Donald Trump's invitation to visit Washington, a senior Republican lawmaker said on Tuesday, calling that a privilege reserved for allies. The comments by House of Representatives Speaker Paul ...

U.S. lawmakers double down after Trump's embrace of Putin, look to uphold intel services and punish Russia

World / Politics Jul 18, 2018

U.S. lawmakers double down after Trump's embrace of Putin, look to uphold intel services and punish Russia

U.S. President Donald Trump faced outrage on Tuesday for his failure to hold Russia accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and some U.S. lawmakers threatened action in Congress to punish Moscow and show support for U.S. intelligence agencies. At a joint news conference ...

Damage control: Trump tries to calm political storm over Putin summit, claims he only misspoke

World / Politics Jul 18, 2018

Damage control: Trump tries to calm political storm over Putin summit, claims he only misspoke

U.S. President Donald Trump tried on Tuesday to calm a storm over his failure to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, saying he misspoke in a joint news conference in Helsinki on Monday. Trump stunned the world by ...

World / Politics Feb 28, 2018

GOP-led Congress to focus on gun-buyer background checks after Florida school massacre

Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they were focused on improving background checks for potential gun buyers, less than two weeks after 17 people were killed at a Florida high school by a teen with an AR-15 assault-style rifle. The second-deadliest shooting ...

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan mulling retirement after 2018 elections: Politico

World / Politics Dec 15, 2017

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan mulling retirement after 2018 elections: Politico

Paul Ryan, the Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, would like to retire after the November congressional elections, Politico said on Thursday, but he said he was not quitting. "Ryan has made it known to some of his closest confidants that this will ...

Trump cheers on House GOP ranks as they pass tax bill seen favoring rich and dooming vital deductions

World / Politics Nov 17, 2017

Trump cheers on House GOP ranks as they pass tax bill seen favoring rich and dooming vital deductions

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a broad package of tax cuts affecting businesses, individuals and families on Thursday, moving Republicans and President Donald Trump an important step closer to the biggest tax code overhaul in a generation. The largely party-line 227-205 vote shifted the ...

Republican tax plans, both seen favoring rich and cutting deductions, advance in Congress

World / Politics Nov 10, 2017

Republican tax plans, both seen favoring rich and cutting deductions, advance in Congress

U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a tax plan on Thursday that differed from the House of Representatives' version on several key fronts, including how they treat the corporate tax rate, the tax deduction for state and local taxes, and the estate tax. Complicating a Republican push ...

GOP-led U.S. House narrowly passes measure paving way for Trump's deep tax cuts seen favoring rich

Business Oct 27, 2017

GOP-led U.S. House narrowly passes measure paving way for Trump's deep tax cuts seen favoring rich

The U.S. House of Representatives helped pave the way on Thursday for deep tax cuts sought by President Donald Trump and Republican leaders, but barely overcame a revolt within party ranks that could foreshadow trouble ahead for the tax overhaul. The Republican-controlled House voted 216-212 ...

Shades of Obamacare repeal bid as secrecy also shrouds Republicans' tax overhaul and blanks aren't filled in

Business Oct 26, 2017

Shades of Obamacare repeal bid as secrecy also shrouds Republicans' tax overhaul and blanks aren't filled in

Congress is trying to ram through a bill that would reshape the U.S. economy in just a few short weeks, but its leaders have kept the plan shrouded in secrecy and released not a word of legislative text. Sound familiar? The GOP is handling its ...

Republicans could lose U.S. House in 2018 via 'civil war' over Dreamers: Steve Bannon

World / Politics Sep 11, 2017

Republicans could lose U.S. House in 2018 via 'civil war' over Dreamers: Steve Bannon

Republican infighting over the fate of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children could be so vitriolic that the party loses control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, said in an ...

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