Key Trump Economy Adviser Cohn Resigns
US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said. It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump’s team. There has...
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Trump’s Hand Forced By Senate Vote
The United States Senate has voted 98-2 to impose new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, despite objections from the White House. The House of Representatives approved the bill earlier this...
Three US Senators Balk At Health Bill, Putting Reforms In Peril
US Republican efforts to reform health care neared collapse Thursday as three senators threatened to oppose a partial repeal of Obamacare unless House leaders pledged to negotiate further -- the...
US Republicans Abandon Border Adjustment Tax Proposal
The White House on Thursday abandoned a proposal to create a border adjustment tax which it had touted as a way of dealing with unfair competition from imports, but was strongly opposed by US...
US Congressman Leaves Hospital Six Weeks After Being Shot
Steve Scalise, the US congressman shot last month by a gunman angry about President Donald Trump, has been released from the hospital and will undergo extended rehabilitation, the hospital announced...
US Moves One Step Closer To Imposing Fresh Russia Sanctions
The US House of Representatives has voted to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, despite President Donald Trump objecting to the legislation. Senior officials will be targeted in retaliation for...
Trump Fumes As US Health Care Reform Bid Collapses
An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to dismantle Barack Obama's landmark health care law. Trump fired off a series of...
Trump, South Korean President Hold Post-Dinner Talks On NKorea Policy
US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart held talks Thursday on how to halt North Korea's nuclear drive, but remained at odds over whether to isolate or engage the Pyongyang regime....
US Sanctions Chinese Bank For Laundering N.Korean Cash
The United States slapped unprecedented sanctions Thursday on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean cash after President Donald Trump said Beijing's efforts to put the brakes on...
South Korean President Lobbies US Leaders On North Korea Policy
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In lobbied US leaders on Thursday to back his policy of engagement with North Korea, as the Trump administration vowed to increase pressure on Pyongyang over its...
McConnell, Republican Leader ‘boxed In’ On Health Care
Mitch McConnell may be Washington's master political tactician, but the Senate majority leader's failure to bring an "Obamacare" repeal bill across the finish line appears as a rare and costly...
US Republicans, Facing Health Care Revolt, Delay Senate Vote
US Republicans eager to repeal "Obamacare" suffered a deeply embarrassing setback Tuesday when shrinking support forced them to postpone votes on their controversial health care overhaul, one of...
US Republicans Struggle To Deliver On Obamacare Repeal Vow
Frantic closed-door negotiations intensified at the US Congress on Tuesday to try to salvage President Donald Trump's key campaign pledge to repeal Barack Obama's health law, as the number of...
Attack On US Lawmakers
A rifle-toting US man opened fire Wednesday at about two dozen Republican lawmakers and staff holding a baseball practice ahead of a charity game, wounding a top congressman and four others. The...
Attack On US Lawmakers
A rifle-toting US man opened fire Wednesday at about two dozen Republican lawmakers and staff holding a baseball practice ahead of a charity game, wounding a top congressman and four others. The...
Trump’s Attorney General Sessions Faces Russia Grilling
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before Congress Tuesday in another point of high drama regarding the Russia election meddling probe, under pressure to explain his role in the scandal...
Trump Goes On the Attack After Comey Testimony
US President Donald Trump went on the attack Friday after ousted FBI director James Comey's dramatic Capitol Hill testimony, claiming "complete vindication" and slamming him for leaking documents...
Kofi Annan, Patrick Awuah Among 100 Most Reputable People
Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been named among the 100 most reputable people on earth for the year 2017. South African...
An Increasingly Isolated Trump Joins the Battle of His Life
Donald Trump has faced down a litany of scandals in his nearly 71 years, surviving bankruptcy, divorce, lawsuits and vulgar exposes. But less than six months into his White House tenure, he finds...
US Congress Calls For Charges Over Turkey Embassy Brawl
The violence took place outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington DC, last month The Congress has called for criminal charges against those involved in a brawl outside the Turkish...