Trump Backs Down On Border Wall Funding
Donald Trump has indicated he will scrap plans to find cash for his border wall in this week’s spending bill. The president’s close adviser, Kellyanne Conway, said funding for the wall would be...
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Trump Seeks To Slash Tax For Businesses
President Donald Trump is to propose slashing the rate of corporation tax when he announces his tax plan later. White House officials say the centrepiece of Wednesday's announcement will be a sharp...
Trump Backs Down On Border Wall Funding
Donald Trump has indicated he will ditch plans to find cash for his border wall in this week's spending bill. The president's close adviser, Kellyanne Conway, said funding for the wall would be left...
US Judge Blocks Trump Order On Sanctuary Cities
A US judge on Tuesday blocked an executive order by President Donald Trump that could deny billions of dollars to so-called sanctuary cities as punishment for harboring illegal immigrants. Dealing a...
Eager For 100-Day Wins, Trump Eyes Govt Funding, Border, Taxes
Donald Trump appeared determined Tuesday to score key victories to mark his first 100 days as president, as he seeks to boost border security, unveil tax reform plans and avert a government shutdown....
Trump Asks French UN Envoy About Elections
US President Donald Trump on Monday asked France's envoy to the United Nations about the French presidential elections following a first round of voting at the weekend. Trump took Ambassador Francois...
Trump’s Grand Plans Collide With 100-Day Mark
President Donald Trump lives for superlatives, he wants the biggest, the best, the greatest. So it's no surprise he's already fuming about uncomplimentary reviews of his first 100 days in office....
Pence the Clean-Up Act In Trump’s First 100 Days
Mike Pence has spent many of his first 100 days as US vice president ironing out Trump-induced problems at home and abroad, but he's also been steadily building political capital of his own. Whether...
Obama Is Back For First Speech Since Leaving Office
After several months off largely out of the public eye, former US president Barack Obama returns to center stage Monday, giving a speech in his adopted hometown of Chicago that -- theoretically --...
Trump To Insist On Border Wall Funds As Budget Deadline Looms
High-powered aides to Donald Trump pressed for funding of a Mexico border wall Sunday as a looming spending showdown in Congress threatens to shut down the US government on the president's 100th day...
US Supercarrier Due In Sea of Japan ‘in Days’
The US supercarrier Carl Vinson will arrive in the Sea of Japan in days, Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday, after days of mixed messages from Washington over the warship's whereabouts. The...
Pence In Australia To Make Trump Phone Blow-Up ‘ancient History’
US Vice President Mike Pence will try make a disastrous first telephone call between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull ancient history when he meets the Australian prime minister on Saturday. After a...
Trump Plans His Own Asia Pivot With Attendance At Two November Summits
Donald Trump will attend a series of key summits in Asia in November, his vice president said Thursday, adding it was a sign of America's 'unwavering commitment' to the region. The U. S. president...
Trump To Attend Asia Summits
Donald Trump will attend a series of key summits in Asia in November, his vice president said Thursday, adding it was a sign of America's "unwavering commitment" to the region. The US president will...
Pence Praises Moderate Islam In Indonesia In Bid To Heal Divisions
US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as "an inspiration" at the start of a visit to the Muslim-majority country seen as a bid by his administration to heal...
Georgia Run-Off Sets Test For Trump, and Democrats
Republicans faced a sobering reminder of Donald Trump's unpopularity Wednesday after a young Democrat forced a run-off election in a conservative congressional district, highlighting the...
Pence To Tour Indonesia’s Largest Mosque In Outreach To Muslims
US Vice President Mike Pence will visit the largest mosque in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation -- Indonesia -- on Thursday, a symbolic gesture for the deputy in an administration...
VP Pence Thanks Corporate Japan For Boosting US Growth
Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday hailed Japanese companies for contributing to US economic prosperity, moving to ease fears over the protectionist agenda of President Donald Trump. Trump has...
North Korea Tension: US ‘armada’ Was Not Sailing To Korean Peninsula
A US aircraft carrier and other warships did not sail towards North Korea – but went in the opposite direction, it has emerged. The US Navy said on 8 April that the Carl Vinson strike group was...
Pence Vows ‘overwhelming’ Response To North Korea
The United States will counter any North Korean attack with an "overwhelming and effective" response, Vice President Mike Pence vowed Wednesday, as he stood on the deck of a massive American aircraft...