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Democrats in Congress urge Trump to reverse FTC firings

By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -President Donald Trump should reinstate two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and use the agency to help consumers, 55 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives said in a letter to the White House on Thursday. Democratic U.S. ...
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Transgender influencer takes on Trump in legal battle over passports

By Nate Raymond, Omar Younis, Roselle Chen BOSTON (Reuters) -When Zaya Perysian received her new passport in the mail in late January, she knew exactly who to blame for why it listed her, a transgender woman, as male: U.S. President Donald Trump. First the California social ...
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Lawmakers seek details of USDOT ethics oversight of Elon Musk business probes

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers on Thursday asked the Transportation Department’s top ethics official to detail how the agency is addressing Elon Musk’s potential conflicts of interest given ongoing investigations of SpaceX and Tesla, ...
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Cornyn, Paxton trade early attacks in closely watched Texas GOP Senate primary

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A supercharged U.S. Senate GOP primary in Texas between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton is kicking off with personal attacks and expectations of a high-spending race in a year when Senate Republicans will be defending key ...
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House approves budget framework for Trump’s ‘big’ bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework on Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts. Johnson stood with ...
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Trump must face defamation lawsuit from ‘Central Park Five’ defendants

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements about five Black and Hispanic men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger ...
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US House approves Republican budget plan with Trump tax cuts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to pass a budget blueprint setting the stage for legislation later this year that could make expiring portions of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent. The 216-214 vote cleared the way for Republicans in ...
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Lawmakers probe USDOT ethics oversight of Elon Musk business probes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two House lawmakers asked the Transportation Department’s top ethics official to detail how the agency is addressing potential conflicts of interest regarding Trump adviser Elon Musk given ongoing investigations into SpaceX and Tesla. “Mr. Musk remains in charge ...
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House passes GOP bill requiring proof of US citizenship for voting, a Trump priority

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed one of Republicans’ signature issues for the year on Thursday, approving legislation to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections, one of President Donald Trump’s top election-related priorities. Nearly all Democrats lined up against ...
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House Republicans pass budget plan that clears the way for Trump tax cuts

By Bo Erickson and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a budget plan that lays the groundwork for extending President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, despite opposition from all Democrats and two Republicans who worried that it does not ...
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Democratic senators call for probe into possible insider trading over Trump tariff change

(WASHINGTON) -- Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from the White House over serious concerns that President Donald Trump's rollbacks on his tariffs and his social media posts earlier Wednesday may have been part of insider trading among White House allies.Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Ruben Gallego, ...
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House passes budget blueprint to fund Trumps agenda

(WASHINGTON) -- The House narrowly voted to approve the GOP budget blueprint Thursday by a vote of 216-214, delivering a major victory for President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.Trump congratulated the House on the bill's passage, saying in a post on his Truth Social platform ...
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