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The Media Line: Senate Defeats Measure To Limit President Trump’s Authority To Order Strikes by One Vote 

Senate Defeats Measure To Limit President Trump's Authority To Order Strikes by One Vote By The Media Line Staff A resolution that would have required President Donald Trump to halt military action against Iran that had not been authorized by Congress was ...
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Senate committee sets vote on Trump’s BLS chief nominee

June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee will vote next week on whether to advance the nomination of Brett Matsumoto, President Donald Trump's pick to head the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the agency that produces key economic data including monthly reports on ...
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Trump threatens to resume bombing campaign if Iran does not “behave”

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that an interim accord with Iran was not final, and that he could resume a bombing campaign if he did not like it or if Tehran did not "behave". "It's a memorandum ...
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Former Trump attorneys, aides plead not guilty to Wisconsin fake elector felony charges

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - President Donald Trump's attorney for the 2020 campaign in Wisconsin and two former aides all pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony forgery charges for their roles in a fake elector scheme designed to overturn Trump's loss in the swing state. Jim ...
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Trump administration further dismantles Education Department

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration said on Tuesday it was moving some oversight of special education and civil rights enforcement away from the U.S. Education Department as it further dismantled the agency. Here are some details: • The Education Department ...
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A look at presidential libraries as the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public June 19

NEW YORK (AP) - Whenever historian Geoffrey Ward visits the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum to do research, he finds himself caught up in the spirit of FDR himself, the sense of landed contentment and cheerful disarray that helped define his public ...
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US Senate narrowly blocks new bid to rein in Trump war powers

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly blocked the latest Democratic-led effort to end the Iran war until it is authorized by Congress, the ninth by Democrats since Israel and the United States began their air attacks on ...
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Trump administration challenges reparations for Black residents in Chicago suburb, city defends program

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was moving to challenge a reparations program for Black residents in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, while the city's mayor defended the program. Evanston had offered reparation money to Black residents ...
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About Mike DeWine, the Republican Ohio governor who has called for an end to the death penalty

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Mike DeWine on Tuesday used his bully pulpit to call for an end to the death penalty in Ohio. The 79-year-old Republican cited his expertise on the issue as a former county prosecutor, member of both chambers of Congress and ...
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Department of Education taking major step in dismantling itself: Sources

(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Education is expected to announce a major step in the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the agency -- moving special education services and civil rights responsibilities to the departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Justice (DOJ), respectively, ...
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The Latest: Primary elections in Alabama, Oklahoma and Georgia further test Trump’s influence

An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries. But is it worth more than $100 million in Georgia? Can it propel a congressman past an insurgent outsider in Alabama? Can it transform a candidate into a front-runner in Oklahoma? Trump ...
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As US nears 250th birthday, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows many Americans doubt it will last another 250 years

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday next month, two out of five Americans do not believe it will endure another 250 years beyond that, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that highlighted deep divisions over how the ...
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