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U.S. Senate upholds Treasury decision to ease Russian sanctions linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska
The Senate has narrowly upheld a Treasury Department decision to lift sanctions from three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. A vote to move forward on a Democratic resolution that would have reversed Treasury's decision failed Wednesday on a 57-42 vote, just short of ...
U.S. Democrats hit Andrew Wheeler's environmental rollbacks at EPA during hearing
Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler described himself as a champion of deregulation and the environment at his confirmation hearing Wednesday, even as a leading Democrat called him "just as extreme" as predecessor Scott Pruitt. The Republican-controlled Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was ...
Defying Trump, U.S. Senate advances measure critical of easing Russia sanctions
The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to move ahead with a resolution disapproving of a Trump administration plan to ease sanctions on Russian companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, clearing the way for debate and a vote on the plan. The vote marked a ...
President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general on Tuesday defended his decision to send an unsolicited memo to the Justice Department criticizing an aspect of the special counsel's Russia investigation, saying he was simply trying to warn senior Justice Department officials against "stretching a ...
Senate Judiciary Committee senators renew attempt to protect special counsel Robert Mueller
Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are renewing their attempt to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job, sending a signal to President Donald Trump as he keeps up his criticism of Mueller's Russia investigation. The legislation, sponsored by incoming Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman ...
Russian space agency bemoans sanctioned head's U.S.-canceled invite
Russia's space agency is complaining that the invitation for its head to visit the U.S. has been canceled without informing the organization. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told The Washington Post in a story Saturday that he has rescinded the invitation to Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin ...
Trump tweets return fire after incoming GOP Sen. Mitt Romney blasts his character
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday cautioned fellow Republican Mitt Romney to be a "team player" after the former presidential candidate and incoming U.S. senator sharply criticized the president's actions and questioned his character. In a Washington Post essay published late on Tuesday, Romney suggested ...
Departure of Trump's GOP critics in Senate leaves an agitator void
President Donald Trump's most prominent GOP critics on Capitol Hill are days away from completing their Senate careers, raising the question of who — if anyone — will take their place as willing to publicly criticize a president who remains popular with nearly 9 ...
GOP senator more upbeat on Syria troop pullout after Trump assures him Islamic State will fall first
A senior Republican U.S. senator said he emerged from a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Sunday reassured that Trump is committed to defeating Islamic State even as he plans to withdraw American troops from Syria. Sen. Lindsey Graham had warned that removing ...
Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee says he'll jump in his car next month when his term is finished and drive home from Washington. He insists he's got no idea what's next after that. That's despite lingering questions about whether the retiring senator will challenge ...
Senate to vote on funding bill, easing U.S. shutdown threat after Trump backs off on wall demands
The Senate is preparing to vote Wednesday on a short-term measure to fund the government through Feb. 8, a move that eases the risk of a shutdown and comes only after President Donald Trump backed off his demand for border wall funds. Senate Majority Leader ...
Russia social media interference efforts ongoing and Instagram looms as key conduit: U.S. report
A report compiled by private researchers and expected to be released Monday by the Senate intelligence committee says that "active and ongoing" Russian interference operations still exist on social media platforms, and that the Russian operation discovered after the 2016 presidential election was much ...
