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white house meeting help determine whether united states withdraw paris climate accord postponed, administration official said tuesday president donald trump top advisers, including energy secretary rick perry environmental protection agency head scott pruitt, scheduled meet tuesday discuss trump handle climate deal meeting canceled principals traveling today, white house official said meeting rescheduled, date set, official said white house spokeswoman sarah sanders told reporters air force one trump returning visit wisconsin meeting could soon tomorrow, know working trying find time works everybody accord, agreed nearly countries paris ratified , aims limit planetary warming part slashing carbon dioxide emissions burning fossil fuels pact, united states committed reducing emissions percent levels trump said united states cancel deal, mostly quiet issue since elected last november white house said would take position agreement summit group seven wealthy nations late may
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alabama governor kay ivey tuesday moved december election fill us senate seat vacated jeff sessions named attorney general, saying original plan hold election late soon enough meet state law ivey last week replaced fellow republican robert bentley governor resigned amid impeachment proceedings legislature bentley appointed republican luther strange february fill seat sessions held joining president donald trump cabinet citing concerns cost special election, bentley opted wait general election voters elect sessions replacement state new governor said alabama law required speedier timetable primary election held aug general vote dec , ivey office said promised steady ship state means following law, clearly states people vote replacement us senator soon possible, ivey said emailed statement following law trumps expense special election, said strange, previously alabama attorney general, said would run senate seat even appointed bentley said months, candidate ready run whether election next month next year, strange said emailed statement new date pleased alabama auditor jim zeigler, republican filed suit bentley last month seeking force quicker special election zeigler told reuters considered bentley appointment strange questionable alabama attorney general, strange november put hold state legislature impeachment proceedings bentley need people elected senator, senator appointed failed, disgraced former governor, zeigler said statement, strange said agreed people alabama decide represents us senate interview local media last week, bentley resigned, strange said asked legislature put impeachment process hold last november presidential election office conducting investigation bentley similar legislators efforts
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tax writing committee us house representatives begin holding hearings republican tax reform proposal next week, panel chairman said tuesday, even timeline overhauling tax code slips toward late house ways means committee chairman kevin brady told fox news would soon announce hearing schedule examine house tax reform blueprint proposal tax imports, plan appears lost ground white house works unveil approach investment consulting firm veda partners advised clients tuesday expect april hearing import tax proposal known border adjustment tax, bat brady committee could confirm date topic, told fox news committee soon announcing congressional hearings blueprint starting next week also acknowledged tax reform timeline could slip house republicans try reach agreement repeal replace affordable care act, known obamacare, following failed attempt pass healthcare legislation march treasury secretary steven mnuchin said week tax reform may get done august deadline probably ought focused month year happens, year, brady said moves little past august still lands year, going incredible achievement much debate focused house republican bat proposal, would impose percent tax imports, exempting exports taxation proposal opposed import dependent industries republicans worry could lead higher consumer prices tax experts say proposal future depends whether white house backs president donald trump, dislikes term border adjustment, said tuesday tax reform plan would create level playing field us industry
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first days presidency exposed total failure last eight years foreign policy true foxandfriends est
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republican senator said tuesday written us department health human services hhs raising questions reports troubling conduct psychiatric hospital operator universal health services inc inquiry, iowa senator chuck grassley, raises concerns reports buzzfeed news low nurse staffing, medication errors sexual misconduct uhs shadow mountain facility tulsa, oklahoma grassley said letter reports showed pattern conduct hospital operator casts dark cloud uhs ability properly care patients whether properly billing federal programs founded , pennsylvania based uhs operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities ambulatory centers grassley also sought response joint commission, accrediting organization, reportedly designated shadow mountain facility top performer key quality measures period grassley letter second inquiry uhs following similar query hhs december buzzfeed published first report psychiatric hospital operator dec report alleged uhs pressured patients unnecessary admittance prolonged hospitalizations, potentially defrauding government result bzfdit ojn jw uhs stock fell percent day report last week, massachusetts attorney general maura healey accused uhs employing unlicensed unsupervised personnel mental health centers, leading company submit false claims reimbursement state medicaid program reutrs pyi tj healy office filed complaint federal court boston intervening whistleblower lawsuit hospital operator parents woman died one facilities uhs shares percent afternoon trading new york stock exchange tuesday
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nonprofit watchdog expanded lawsuit accusing us president donald trump violating constitution letting hotels restaurants accept payments foreign governments amended complaint filed tuesday us district court manhattan adds restaurant trade group, whose members include nationally known chefs tom colicchio alice waters, hotel events booker washington, dc plaintiffs intended address concern whether watchdog, citizens responsibility ethics washington, harmed trump standing sue trump expected respond april , said original lawsuit filed jan merit spokesmen us department justice immediately respond requests comment tuesday amended complaint said trump violates constitution emoluments clause, bars accepting various gifts foreign governments without congressional approval, maintaining ownership business empire despite ceding day day control sons, eric donald jr said members restaurant opportunities centers roc united inc, represents restaurants nearly , workers, improperly lost business, wages tips trump competing businesses jill phaneuf, new plaintiff, works hospitality company books events hotels near washington embassy row, house foreign diplomats, claimed trump costing commissions complaint said plaintiffs injured foreign governments try curry favor trump favoring businesses said even occurred since trump took office, china granted trademark rights pledged honor one china policy white house predecessors asked defendant changed position one china policy, whether gotten something exchange china, white house press secretary sean spicer answered president always gets something, complaint said us district judge ronnie abrams, appointee former democratic president barack obama, oversees litigation lawsuit seeks uphold one basic aspects rule law one, including president, law, erwin chemerinsky, dean university california irvine law school one plaintiffs lawyers, said statement case citizens responsibility ethics washington et al v trump, us district court, southern district new york,
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us vice president mike pence tuesday put japan notice washington wants results near future talks hopes open markets us goods, adding dialogue could lead negotiations two way trade deal us president donald trump prime minister shinzo abe arranged economic dialogue deputies washington summit february, soon trump took office today beginning process economic dialogue, end may result bilateral trade negotiations future, pence told news conference deputy prime minister taro aso, counterpart tuesday talks point future, may decision made nations take learned dialogue commence formal negotiations free trade agreement, said leave future comments dash hopes japanese policymakers, said want avoid use economic dialogue forum discuss bilateral fta may put us pressure open highly protected areas like agriculture also echo us commerce secretary wilbur ross, told reporters washington eager increase trade ties tokyo two way pact trump campaigned office america first platform, saying would boost us manufacturing jobs shrink country trade deficit countries like japan trump also abandoned nation trans pacific partnership tpp backed predecessor barack obama abe, vowed revisit regional trade deals focus two way agreements pence said tpp thing past washington would wait forever results talks president trump agreed dialogue, envisioned mechanism enhancing bilateral commercial relations united states japan, achieving results near future share vision impatience, pence told aso start talks aso turn said us japan trade friction, soured ties s, distant past allies entering era cooperation past, us japan economic relations started friction, entering new area start cooperation, told news conference instead one side telling do, want start debate relationship mutual strategic statement talks, two sides said agreed dialogue produce concrete results near term agreed hold second round talks end year ross, seen hardline trade, also visiting tokyo met japan trade minister hiroshige seko, sign bilateral trade deal among washington top priorities little bit early say forms things take, certainly eager increase trade relationships japan, form agreement, ross said asked possible free trade pact pence arrived tokyo south korea, visited heavily fortified border separating north south described us japan alliance cornerstone regional security pence day tour asia aims emphasising us president donald trump wants boost us trade region, despite scrapping tpp japan billion trade surplus united states last year, us treasury department said, expressing concern called persistence imbalance japanese officials counter tokyo accounts much smaller chunk america deficit past, china imbalance much bigger trump complained japan keeps currency artificially low, although treasury department report last week label japan currency manipulator however, currencies figure tuesday talks, japanese government official said
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failed north korean missile test weekend attempt reclusive country provoke something, us defense secretary jim mattis said tuesday, pledging united states work china reduce tensions us president donald trump taken hard line north korean leader kim jong un, rebuffed admonitions china proceeded nuclear missile programmes seen washington others direct threat saturday north korea carried missile launch pentagon said failed, blowing almost immediately speaking reporters way middle east, mattis said recent test intercontinental ballistic missile still reckless move shows working closely right chinese try get control aim denuclearized korean peninsula, mattis said trump acknowledged sunday softer line taken china management currency linked help north korea united states, allies china working range responses north korea missile test, us officials said china spoken north weapons tests supported un sanctions banned imports north korean coal feb , cutting important export chinese media raised possibility restricting oil shipments north korea unleashed provocations monday us vice president mike pence put north korea notice, warning recent us strikes syria afghanistan showed trump administration resolve tested trump administration focusing strategy tougher economic sanctions, possibly including oil embargo, global ban airline, intercepting cargo ships punishing chinese banks business pyongyang north warned nuclear strike united states provoked said developed would launch missile strike mainland united states officials experts believe time away mastering necessary technology, including miniaturizing nuclear warhead
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political solution un brokered negotiations needed resolve conflict yemen, us defence secretary jim mattis said tuesday made first trip role saudi arabia time, officials said united states considering deepening role yemen conflict directly aiding gulf allies, fighting iranian supported houthi rebels least , people killed million displaced war, third year millions people also struggling feed houthis control capital sanaa large swathes territory united states backs saudi led coalition trying restore aden based government abd rabbu mansour hadi power, including devastating aeriel bombing campaign gone long time, see iranian supplied missiles fired houthis saudi arabia something, number innocent people dying inside yemen, simply got brought end, mattis told reporters way riyadh seven ceasefires brokered government rebel forces united nations failed un backed peace talks repeatedly broken work allies, partners try get un brokered negotiating table, mattis said gave details additional support, any, united states would provide saudi led coalition said looking deepen broaden relationship two countries trip mattis expected meet senior saudi officials including king salman deputy crown prince defence minister mohammed bin salman jon alterman, head middle east program center strategic international studies washington, said saudi arabia concerned strategically iran, main rival regional power struggle near term saudi concern send message iranians yemen, would like full throated american support, alterman said review possible us assistance, already includes intelligence support, would come amid evidence iran sending advanced weapons military advisers houthis congressional sources say trump administration verge notifying congress proposed sale precision guided munitions saudi arabia increased military support saudi led coalition could fuel controvesy air campaign, killed number civilians destroyed infrastructure, including hospitals united states involvement yemen also focused battling al qaeda, whose affiliate taken advantage chaos caused war mattis also visiting egypt, qatar israel trip may give clarity trump administration tactics fight islamic state militants willingness use military power former president barack obama one main questions allies syria whether washington formulated strategy prevent areas seized militants collapsing ethnic sectarian feuds succumbing new generation extremism, parts iraq afghanistan done since united states invaded us backed forces fighting retake islamic state strongholds mosul iraq raqqa syria, questions remain happen role allies saudi arabia, play administration officials said us strategy syria defeat islamic state still calling removal syrian president bashar al assad unchanged, message mattis expected reinforce
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illinois lawmaker monday introduced bill ban forcible removal travelers flights state local government employees united airlines passenger dragged aircraft last week airline passenger protection act, sponsored republican state representative peter breen, came dr david dao, , pulled united flight chicago hare international airport make space four crew members treatment dao sparked international outrage, well multiple apologies carrier, raised questions overbooking policies airlines breen measure, passengers could removed flights unless presenting danger others, emergency taking place passenger caused serious disturbance, according copy bill introduced state capital, springfield commercial airline removes validly seated customers without serious cause breaches sacred trust passengers airlines, bill said legislation would also bar state illinois making travel arrangements, business investments commercial airline maintained policy removing paying passengers make room employees traveling non revenue tickets dao, traveling louisville, kentucky, april , suffered broken nose, concussion lost two teeth pulled seat officers chicago department aviation make room four employees overbooked flight three officers, named, put paid leave last week, department said treatment passenger last week incident hare inexcusable must stopped, breen said statement reflected badly airline, city chicago, state illinois united chief executive oscar munoz monday apologized incident nl n hp hm united said friday changing policy booking flight crews onto planes company immediately respond request comment illinois bill lawyers dao moved preserve evidence flight, filing motion keep surveillance videos materials related united flight preparation possible lawsuit city united agreed preserve evidence, dao attorney said saturday
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us supreme court set week hear closely watched case testing limits religious rights, new justice neil gorsuch judicial record indicates could tip court toward siding church challenging missouri ban state funding religious entities trinity lutheran church, located columbia, missouri runs preschool daycare center, said missouri unlawfully excluded grant program providing state funds nonprofit groups buy rubber playground surfaces missouri constitution prohibits church, sect denomination religion receiving state taxpayer money gorsuch, embraced expansive view religious rights colorado based federal appeals court judge, monday hears first arguments since becoming justice last week bench wednesday justices hear trinity lutheran case, one important current term gorsuch, appointed president donald trump, restored supreme court conservative majority trinity lutheran wanted public funds replace playground gravel rubber surface made recycled tires would safer children play us constitution calls separation church state guarantees free exercise religion least, victory trinity lutheran would help religious organizations nationwide win public dollars certain purposes, health safety also could bolster case using public money vouchers help pay children attend religious schools rather public schools school choice programs backed many conservatives example, colorado top court found douglas county voucher program violated state constitutional provision similar missouri trinity lutheran legal effort spearheaded alliance defending freedom conservative christian legal activist group, argues missouri policy violates us constitution guarantees free exercise religion equal protection law church wins, religious organizations cannot excluded general public welfare benefits apply everybody, said erik stanley, alliance lawyer representing church referring gorsuch, stanley said, definitely friend religious liberty hopeful continue court, grateful gets participate important case , gorsuch sided evangelical christian owners arts crafts retailer hobby lobby allowed owners private companies object religious grounds provision federal healthcare law requiring employers provide medical insurance pays women birth control gorsuch wrote concurring opinion hobby lobby owners faced choice exercising faith saving business supreme court later affirmed ruling missouri said nothing unconstitutional grant program trinity lutheran remains free, without public subsidy, worship, teach, pray practice aspect faith however wishes state merely declines offer financial support, state said legal papers church drawn support religious community including us conference catholic bishops, mormon church jewish groups groups filing legal papers opposing trinity lutheran, including american civil liberties union, said government funding churches precisely constitution forbids forcing states provide cash build church property could open floodgates programs coerce taxpayers underwrite religion, said daniel mach, director aclu program freedom religion belief mach said three quarters us states provisions like missouri alliance defending freedom, also opposes gay marriage, transgender protections abortion, another major case involving religion supreme court could take term beginning october represents colorado bakery christian owner argues constitution promise religious freedom means make wedding cake gay couple trinity lutheran sued federal court st louis based th us circuit court appeals upheld trial court dismissal suit appeals court said accepting church arguments would unprecedented, noting supreme court decision case locke v davey upheld bar washington state scholarships students preparing ministry justice gorsuch replaced, late fellow conservative antonin scalia, one two dissenters locke ruling state withholds generally available benefit solely religious grounds, like unconstitutional special tax religion, scalia said judicial observers described gorsuch much mold scalia missouri grant program meant keep tires landfills also fostering children safety church brief high court stated, rubber playground surface accomplishes state purposes whether cushions fall pious profane
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us vice president mike pence told business leaders seoul tuesday trump administration review reform five year old free trade agreement two countries pence said us trade deficit doubled five years since us south korea free trade agreement began many barriers us businesses country pence meeting seoul business leaders comes heads tokyo later tuesday, meet japan finance minister taro aso kick talks washington hopes open doors us made products us president donald trump vowed narrow big trade deficits nations like china japan, saying would boost us manufacturing jobs hard truth, pence told american chamber commerce meeting seoul honest trade relationship falling short , said pence, adding trump administration would work businesses reforms trump campaigned america first pledge, promising overhaul trade agreements said hurt us jobs free trade agreement two countries took effect , south korea trade surplus united states stood billion end , surplus measured billion, according official data james kim, ceo gm korea, said opportunities improve free trade deal washington seoul need minimize many unique korea standards would make easier buy american products made america, kim said meeting pence
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president donald trump appointee neil gorsuch monday showed frequent energetic questioner us supreme court arguments first day hearing cases justice, one point even apologizing talking much gorsuch, whose confirmation lifetime job restored court conservative majority, exhibited composure confidence, sitting far right bench ornate courtroom, alongside liberal justice sonia sotomayor appeared relaxed, gingerly sipping disposable coffee cup justices, exception usually silent clarence thomas, known aggressive questioning, gorsuch showed qualms jumping right eight times course three one hour arguments gorsuch peppered attorneys series pointed questions court full complement nine justices, five conservatives four liberals, arguments first time since justice antonin scalia death february gorsuch formally joined supreme court april confirmed three days earlier republican led senate broad democratic opposition coloradoan came across temperamentally different sometimes hard edged new yorker scalia, offering respectful firm questioning even lawyer facing queries seemed evasive sorry interrupting, counselor, gorsuch told one lawyers second case, property dispute new york state would answer question, would grateful first case, employment dispute, gorsuch grilled lawyer christopher landau, represented man claiming discriminated us census bureau, fine points law governing civil service employees sorry taking much time, apologize, gorsuch said first lengthy exchange, sitting back high backed chair smiling chief justice john roberts welcomed gorsuch court oral arguments began justice gorsuch, wish long happy career common calling, roberts said gorsuch responded thanking new colleagues warm welcome gorsuch asked string questions complicated federal law indicated senate confirmation hearing last month, line inquiry focused text statute, approach also embraced scalia conservative jurists lot easier followed plain text statute missing gorsuch asked government lawyer brian fletcher employment case fletcher responded could give reasons interpretation, gorsuch appeared unsatisfied reasons language asked, referring statute second case involved whether developer intervene lawsuit brought property owner town chester, new york refusal give permission build land one lawyers case, neal katyal, familiar face gorsuch, heartily endorsed nomination, even testifying senate judiciary committee confirmation hearing katyal, served acting solicitor general democratic former president barack obama justice department, represented town gorsuch sparred lawyer developer hoping build land directly engage katyal third case involved dispute whether certain securities class action lawsuits barred filed late gorsuch, could remain court decades, served decade denver based th us circuit court appeals trump nominated january trump able fill scalia vacancy senate republicans last year refused consider obama nominee merrick garland
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north korea used chinese made trucks display missiles massive military parade last week, according photographs released state media, underlining difficulty enforcing un sanctions isolated state saturday parade mark th birth anniversary founder president kim il sung, north korea displayed six pukkuksong submarine launched ballistic missiles slbm first time, towed behind trucks painted north korean navy camouflage photographs, logo chinese firm sinotruk seen vehicles last year, reuters reported north korea using sinotruk howo trucks display new mobile artillery system sinotruk sales official said tuesday aware company trucks used year parade understanding, business north korean market since last year north korea never major focus ours, said official, gave last name, gu may refitted china north korea maintain normal contacts, including normal business contacts , said chinese foreign ministry spokesman lu kang, asked trucks time, permanent member un security council, china strictly adheres international responsibilities, including security council resolutions, lu told daily news briefing since , united nations sanctions ship military hardware north korea control equipment vehicles dual use military civilian applications far less stringent also much harder track north korean state media past released images sinotruk chassis cabins propaganda related construction mining un report noted use trucks display mobile artillery last year name sinotruk, said chinese seller included clear clause deal north korean buyer trucks civilian use north korea also appeared reveal two new types intercontinental ballistic missiles icbms saturday parade one mounted large road truck identified earlier un report chinese origin statement sent china, north korea forestry ministry said trucks bought transport timber, according un report second two icbms mounted north korean branded taekpaeksan military truck used tyres made china based triangle group, according photos parade seen reuters triangle group, major tyre manufacturer headquartered weihai, port city eastern shandong province, said aware tyres used military parade possible resold somewhere else, official triangle export department said
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japanese deputy prime minister taro aso us vice president mike pence discuss currencies first round bilateral economic dialogue, senior government official said currencies discussed all, official told reporters economic dialogue
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japanese deputy prime minister taro aso said tuesday united states japan agreed combat unfair trade practices japan united states actively pursue three prolonged approach fiscal, monetary policies structural steps achieve balanced, powerful economic growth, aso told news conference talks visiting us vice president mike pence
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japan united states agreed structure bilateral economic talks along three policy pillars generate concrete results near term, deputy prime minister taro aso vice president mike pence said joint statement us vice president deputy prime minister look forward engaging dialogue end year , according statement, issued tuesday first round japan us economic dialogue
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us vice president mike pence japanese prime minister shinzo abe agreed tuesday two countries need persuade china play larger role dealing north korea, japanese government spokesman said two confirmed working lunch china role important dealing north korea, needed work china take bigger role, japanese deputy chief cabinet secretary koichi hagiuda told reporters north korea conducted series ballistic missile launches recent months defiance un sanctions concerns growing reclusive state could soon conduct sixth nuclear test us aircraft carrier group steaming area show force, fears confrontation rising
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us vice president mike pence said tuesday united states japan strengthen economies began economic talks two countries president trump agreed dialogue, envisioned mechanism enhancing bilateral commercial relations untied states japan, achieving results near future, pence told japanese deputy prime minister taro aso start talks white house hopes talks tokyo open doors japan us made products attract japanese investment infrastructure projects united states aso said us japan alliance involved military economic aspects aso said friction two countries thing past entering new era cooperation
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us vice president mike pence said tuesday options table dealing north korea, president donald trump determined work japan, china south korea find peaceful solution appreciate challenging time people japan live increasing provocation across sea japan, pence said tokyo lunch prime minister shinzo abe percent abe said supported trump stance strategic patience north korea run out, options table north korea conducted series missile launches nuclear tests defiance un sanctions, including failed missile launch sunday
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chinese foreign minister wang yi said tuesday diplomatic means must used resolve tensions korean peninsula, north korea vowed continue nuclear missile programs defiance un sanctions wang, speaking news conference beijing, urged sides find peaceful solution
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us commerce secretary wilbur ross said tuesday united states eager strengthen trade relations japan, meeting japanese counterpart tokyo asked possible free trade agreement, ross told reporters little bit early say forms things take, certainly eager increase trade relationships japan form agreement added made good progress terms establishing overall issues frame reference continuing dialogue japanese trade minister hiroshige seko, also speaking meeting, told reporters detailed, frank practical discussion ross separately, us vice president mike pence meet japanese deputy prime minister taro aso tuesday, kicking talks tokyo white house hopes open doors japan us products attract japanese investment us infrastructure projects
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japanese trade minister hiroshige seko said tuesday received request us commerce secretary wilbur ross particular topic discussed seko also told reporters would exchange information toshiba issue ross asks us vice president mike pence meet japan deputy prime minister taro aso tuesday, kicking talks tokyo white house hopes open doors japan us products attract japanese investment us infrastructure projects pence meet prime minister shinzo abe working lunch expected joined us commerce secretary wilbur ross tokyo talks seko
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japanese deputy prime minister taro aso said would discuss broad framework bilateral economic cooperation us vice president mike pence without going details first round talks tuesday speaking regular news conference, aso, also finance minister, said would discuss bilateral free trade agreement pence visits tokyo tuesday
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highlights us president donald trump administration friday trump promises big announcement tax reform next week orders administration review obama era tax rules written discourage us companies relocating overseas cut tax bills trump tells treasury department examine two powers given regulators police large financial companies following financial crisis south korea says heightened alert ahead another important anniversary north korea, large concentration military hardware amassed sides border amid concerns new nuclear test pyongyang trump, striving make good top campaign promise, pushing fellow republicans control congress pass revamped healthcare legislation intraparty squabbling torpedoed last month could defense secretary jim mattis says syria dispersed warplanes recent days retains chemical weapons, issue says taken diplomatically department justice threatens cut funding california well eight cities counties across united states, escalating trump administration crackdown called sanctuary cities cooperate federal immigration authorities united states make exception american companies, including oil major exxon mobil corp, seeking drill areas prohibited us sanctions russia, treasury secretary steven mnuchin says trump fellow republicans control congress face first major budget test next week, threat government shutdown potentially hinging proposed mexican border wall well obamacare funding house representatives intelligence committee says invited fbi, national security agency obama administration officials testify restarts investigation alleged russian meddling us election un secretary general antonio guterres meets trump white house first time since took office earlier year amid us push cut funding world body agencies united states offered help fund mexico efforts eradicate opium poppies, us official says, mexican heroin output increased last year
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advisers president donald trump meet tuesday discuss whether recommend withdraw united states paris climate accord, white house official said monday accord, agreed nearly countries paris , aims limit planetary warming part slashing carbon dioxide emissions burning fossil fuels pact, united states committed reducing emissions percent levels trump said united states cancel deal, mostly quiet issue since elected last november environmental groups want washington remain paris agreement, even new administration weakens us pledges white house official said trump aides would discuss options, goal providing recommendation president path forward meeting comes summit group seven wealthy nations late may, deadline white house take position white house officials, led national economic council, recently asking publicly traded energy companies advice whether stay agreement peabody energy consulted white house officials, cloud peak energy inc confirmed reuters told white house advisers interests united states remain agreement ensure global role high efficiency coal plants monday, liquified natural gas exporter cheniere energy sent letter george david banks, handles international energy issues nec, recommend remaining paris agreement united states leverage competitive advantages natural gas energy technology advisers expected attend tuesday meeting include energy secretary rick perry environmental protection agency administrator scott pruitt perry, former texas governor, confirmation hearings january softened previous position science behind climate change phony last week, pruitt, former oklahoma attorney general, said united states exit agreement bad deal country justin guay, climate program officer packard foundation, said countries like china india would continue shift toward clean energy even united states retreated, adding important us stays table
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us vice president mike pence warned north korea monday recent american military strikes syria afghanistan showed president donald trump resolve questioned, pyongyang vowed continue missile nuclear tests huge display missiles pyongyang failed north korean missile test weekend, us officials praised china stepping efforts rein north korea, beijing neighbor ally pence south korea acting president, hwang kyo ahn, said would proceed early deployment south korea us thaad missile defense system, spite chinese objections white house easter celebration monday, trump asked message north korean leader kim jong un, replied gotta behave senior north korean officials remained defiant north korea deputy representative united nations, kim ryong, accused washington creating situation nuclear war could break time said pyongyang next nuclear test would take place time place headquarters deems necessary graphic
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us treasury secretary steven mnuchin said trump administration timetable tax reform set falter following setbacks negotiations congress healthcare, financial times reported monday mnuchin told financial times interview target get tax reforms congress president donald trump desk august highly aggressive realistic point fair say probably delayed bit healthcare, mnuchin told newspaper onftcom opjltx mnuchin also told financial times agreed trump view dollar strength short term hurting exports, said saw currency strength long term positive world currency, primary reserve currency, think long periods time strength dollar good thing, financial times quoted mnuchin saying trump signaled wants streamline income tax system, cut federal regulations, reduce corporate income tax add new taxes prod companies keep move production united states trump republicans congress also trying overhaul affordable care act, commonly known obamacare efforts pass bill us house representatives repeal replace obamacare failed last month, dealing major setback administration
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north korea continue regularly test missiles military action united states would prompt war , senior north korean official told bbc monday north korea conducted several missile nuclear tests defiance un sanctions said developed missile strike us mainland latest missile test sunday failed seconds launch us vice president mike pence warned north korea monday recent us strikes syria, one pyongyang close allies, afghanistan showed resolve president donald trump tested conducting missile tests weekly, monthly yearly basis, bbc quoted vice foreign minister han song ryol saying interview us reckless enough use military means would mean day, war north korean state media last week warned nuclear attack united states sign american aggression, white house said evidence possessed capability bbc reported han also said north korea believed nuclear weapons protect threat military action united states
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white house marked infighting, top economic aide gary cohn, democrat former goldman sachs banker, muscling aside president donald trump hard right advisers push moderate, business friendly economic policies cohn, , work republican trump campaign got know november election, emerged one administration powerful players ascent rankles conservatives trump refers director national economic council nec , one geniuses, according one source close cohn half dozen sources wall street white house said cohn gained upper hand trump chief strategist, steve bannon, former head right wing website breitbart news champion protectionist trade opposed moderate republicans many big companies cohn key administration link business executives white house sources say lead charge trump top domestic priorities tax reform, infrastructure deregulation gary singular focus tax reform working try get done , said orin snyder, partner law firm gibson dunn long time friend cohn working implement president twin goals economic growth job creation tax plan also include reduction corporate rate, also tax relief middle low income americans conservatives fear cohn may push tax plan unnecessarily complicated argue including tax relief middle low income americans would spur economic growth much cuts focused entirely mostly businesses entrepreneurs adam brandon, president conservative group freedomworks, disappointed trump charging ahead plan unveiled last year campaign would slash taxes businesses wealthy individuals plan shaped heavily stephen moore, economic policy expert conservative heritage foundation think tank, advised trump campaign since shelved like idea scrapping starting again, brandon said senior administration official said white house started scratch tax plan and, setting business tax cuts highest priority, consulting lawmakers, economists business leaders taking republican led congress two administration officials said reports white house considering carbon tax value added tax incorrect, ideas table considering multitude options tax reform, white house official said sunday associates trump cohn say two developed bond people worked cohn say loyal, direct assertive, traits trump likes crucially, cohn also trust jared kushner, trump adviser son law, wife ivanka, trump daughter cohn hired staff quickly top officials, building reputation competence administration hurt early missteps healthcare reform travel ban, sources said gary huge asset trump administration great help eliminating unnecessary regulation, stimulating growth reforming tax code, said billionaire hedge fund manager john paulson, early backer trump knows cohn wall street circles son middle class parents cleveland, ohio, cohn overcame dyslexia worked sales elbowing way position wall street trader rising become president chief operating officer goldman sachs group inc gsn kushner goldman sachs intern first crossed paths cohn trump election victory, kushner paved way cohn meet president elect, spent much campaign blasting investment banks modern day robber barons trump soon named cohn nec director apparently paying heed cohn moderates team, trump last week said open reappointing janet yellen federal reserve chairman term also held back naming china currency manipulator stances marked reversal campaign trump criticized yellen vowed label china currency manipulator day one administration, move could lead punitive duties chinese goods sources close cohn inside white house said sharp policy differences cohn bannon reince priebus, white house chief staff white house spokesperson denied power struggle inside west wing cohn already put stamp regulatory policy working kushner successfully push wall street lawyer jay clayton head securities exchange commission billionaire investor carl icahn, early trump supporter, vetted candidates clayton nomination advanced senate vote vacant federal reserve vice chairman seat key regulatory role cohn colleagues economic team want fill soon cohn interviewed nearly two dozen candidates whittled list randal quarles, veteran george w bush administration one several candidates left, source familiar process said cohn also take leading role developing trump infrastructure plan rebuild airports, roads bridges biggest challenge may figuring pay initiative, trump estimated trillion conservatives concerned cohn, note bannon still part trump mercurial administration cohn could fall favor quickly risen whoever today, brandon said, could gone tomorrow
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russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said monday moscow could accept north korea reckless nuclear actions said hoped united states would take unilateral action pyongyang lavrov warned anyone responding north korea behavior breaking international law televised comments, also said russia ready restore relations washington would judge us president donald trump readiness statements
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japanese prime minister shinzo abe urged north korea monday refrain taking provocative actions, comply un resolutions abandon nuclear missile development tensions korean peninsula escalated us president donald trump takes hard rhetorical line north korean leader kim jong un, rebuffed admonitions china proceeded missile tests north korea launched ballistic missile sunday blew almost immediately, us pacific command said abe told parliament would exchange views north korea russian president vladimir putin hold summit meeting later month also said government considering measures respond contingencies stemming potential crisis korean peninsula, including floods refugees evacuate japanese citizens south korea assume series responses case evacuees japan, protecting them, process landing, housing facilities management, screening whether nation protect them, abe said japan national security council discussed evacuate nearly , citizens south korea event crisis, government official said friday amid rising concern north korea nuclear weapons program us vice president mike pence visited demilitarized border north south korea monday reiterated us era strategic patience pyongyang
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us vice president mike pence put north korea notice monday neither united states south korea would tolerate missile nuclear tests reclusive state, us attack syria showing resolve pence south korean acting president hwang kyo ahn expressed disappointment china retaliatory actions south korea response deployment us missile defense system thaad south, reaffirmed plan go ahead deployment
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china reiterated monday opposition deployment sophisticated us anti missile system south korea foreign ministry spokesman lu kang voiced china opposition terminal high altitude area defense thaad system regular briefing beijing, also urged parties work together maintain peace stability region south korean acting president hwang kyo ahn visiting us vice president mike pence monday reaffirmed plans go ahead deployment system china says system powerful radar threat security united states south korea say aimed defense north korean missiles
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tens thousands people marched midtown manhattan dozens us cities saturday demand president donald trump release tax returns dispute claim public care issue organizers tax march cities across country beyond wanted call attention trump refusal disclose tax history, white house predecessors done years marches coincide traditional april deadline us federal tax returns, though filing date pushed backed two days year reports violence arrests, contrast clash trump supporters opponents erupted rally berkeley, california, nine people arrested two biggest tax marches took place new york los angeles, drawing , people, according estimates reuters reporters official estimates immediately available manhattan, good natured crowd rallied bryant park marching sixth avenue central park among marchers oversized inflatable rooster, sporting angry expression sweeping metallic orange hairdo meant resemble trump signature style thanks trump, think releasing taxes run president law, said new yorker marni halasa, , arrived tutu leggings made fake dollar bills holding sign read show money washington, , protesters gathered front lawn us capitol, members congress addressed crowd marched lincoln memorial taking gloves say knock secrecy mr president, said senator ron wyden oregon, ranking democrat senate finance committee, would play leading role tax reform measures considered congress described trump refusal release taxes like teenager trying hide lousy report card among marchers melinda colwell, , stay home mother ledyard, connecticut said concerned conflicts interest trump tax returns might foreshadow selfish interests tax reform policies think important know could influence decisions could benefit decisions made, said candidate president, trump refused release tax returns, citing ongoing audit internal revenue service irs said trump release tax returns even audit white house could reached immediately comment marches events also planned cities europe, japan new zealand marches launched single tweet, organizers said day massive jan women march washington cities, comedy writer frank lesser tapped twitter, trump claims one cares taxes next mass protest tax day prove wrong retweeted , times los angeles, television director mike stutz turned march dressed costume russian general said called general bullshitski carried sign read tax returns putin paid cash trust oligarchs, referring allegations contacts trump campaign russia, led president vladimir putin joe dinkin, spokesman working families party, one groups organizing marches, said investigations trump campaign alleged connections russia underscore need disclose returns without seeing taxes, never really know working for, said dinkin, expects marches draw least , protesters glimpses trump tax history last month, msnbc host rachel maddow reported two pages trump return obtained investigative reporter david cay johnston released dcreportorg showed trump paid million taxes million income october, new york times reported trump declared million loss federal tax return, citing three pages documents return
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us president donald trump administration declined name major trading partner currency manipulator highly anticipated report friday, backing away key trump campaign promise slap label china semi annual us treasury currency report did, however, keep china currency monitoring list despite lower global current account surplus, citing china unusually large, bilateral trade surplus united states five trading partners last october monitoring list
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trump administration make public white house visitor logs, records detail visited president donald trump staff official business, office confirmed, departure practice established former president barack obama white house communications director michael dubke said statement friday grave national security risks privacy concerns hundreds thousands visitors annually reason keeping records secret transparency advocates praised obama decision release logs, although administration argued disclosure required law instead voluntary result, obama team frequently redacted names list visitors released public, including celebrities donors sighted white house grounds logs offer comprehensive look access president team examining logs provides insight interests lobbying white house may influence administration trump continued obama policy allowing administration staffers become lobbyists leaving government job, rule carries enforcement mechanism already waived one staffer announcement logs would remain secret quickly drew criticism watchdog groups elected officials work people deserve see government business conducted transparent daylight, faiz shakir, political director american civil liberties union, said statement reasonable conclusion believe trump administration many things trying hide obama administration, conservative watchdog groups sued secret service, maintains records, attempt make unredacted copies publicly available trump took office, liberal watchdog group taken fight, filing lawsuit monday demanding records separately, democrats congress filed legislation force administration release visitor logs mar largo, president palm beach estate spent weekends since becoming president legislation unlikely gain traction republicans control legislative body
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president donald trump nominated former republican lawmaker scott garrett president export import bank united states friday, completing face institution denounced featherbedding big business white house statement also named spencer bachus, another republican former congressman, member board directors bank named four year terms trump told wall street journal wednesday would fill two vacancies bank five member board prevented quorum able act loans million picks must gain approval senate, blocked nominees former president barack obama export import bank, independent government agency, provides loans foreign entities enable purchase american made goods example, used foreign airlines purchase planes boeing co ban farmers developing nations acquire equipment bank become popular target conservatives, worked congress kill institution, arguing perpetuates cronyism little create american jobs trump backing bank represents victory manufacturers like boeing general electric co gen , overseas customers use agency government backed loans purchase products trump told journal bank benefits small businesses creates jobs, reversal earlier criticism bank featherbedding wealthy corporations trump face followed meeting tuesday former boeing chief executive jim mcnerney, left company last year oversaw corporation aggressive lobbying effort support bank large american corporations significant amounts exports say countries similar agencies export bank levels playing field fight shutter bank led conservatives congress allowed bank charter expire five months overwhelming bipartisan support emerged renew bank charter, needed operate, conservatives blocked nominees board, preventing financing large exports like aircraft power turbines
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trump administration friday dropped lawsuit accusing north carolina discriminating lgbt residents state replaced bathroom bill , although key civil liberties group vowed keep fighting new law court two sentence court filing justice department said dropped lawsuit, filed last year obama administration, north carolina legislature replaced new law called house bill filing marks first significant move complicated legal battle challenging state nondiscrimination laws since replacement original law, known house bill commonly bathroom bill house bill controversial provision requirement state run buildings transgender people use bathrooms, changing rooms showers corresponded sex birth certificates rather gender identity number businesses sports leagues boycotted north carolina saw year old law discriminatory lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender lgbt community civil liberties groups also protested move american civil liberties union, aclu north carolina, lambda legal filed lawsuit challenging law march last year followed may justice department suit house bill james esseks, aclu lgbt project director said new law flawed keeps ban cities counties creating nondiscriminatory ordinaces relegates state legislature power regulate bathroom access legislature purposefully taken action define access, said house bill leaves transgender people limbo intentional, esseks said fix problem creates confusion esseks said group planned amend lawsuit soon challenge new bill
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california federal judge friday strongly questioned us justice department whether suspend order president donald trump withhold federal funds called sanctuary cities immigrants us district court judge william orrick iii questioned purpose president order heard arguments two large california counties justice department san francisco federal court counties asked nationwide preliminary injunction order part larger plan transform united states deals immigration national security, trump january signed order targeting cities counties limit cooperation federal immigration authorities sanctuary cities general offer safe harbor illegal immigrants often use municipal funds resources advance enforcement federal immigration laws sanctuary city official designation santa clara county, includes city san jose several smaller silicon valley communities, sued february, saying trump plan withhold federal funds unconstitutional san francisco filed similar lawsuit friday, counties described order weapon cancel funding jurisdictions, said john keker, attorney representing santa clara county around country, including here, people deal right santa clara county receives roughly billion federal federally dependent funds annually, percent total revenues county argued every day owed millions dollars federal funding, budgetary planning process thrown disarray order justice department said counties taken overly broad interpretation president order, would impact justice department department homeland security funds, fraction grant money received counties government also argued enforcement action date, unclear actions counties would entail judge orrick asked government purpose executive order, impacted small amount county funding attorneys government said order highlighted issues trump administration deeply cared national policy priority win nationwide injunction, local governments must demonstrate high level harm, justice department noted court filings last month
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day trade talks announced sino american presidential summit last week aim deal decades thorny trade issues, leaving us business leaders wary short timeline might yield superficial results business executives also worried president donald trump focus curtailing north korea nuclear missile programs could undercut us commercial interests china days trump meeting president xi jinping, trump tweeted beijing would get better trade deal washington helped resolve us problem pyongyang us business community used bargaining chip , said james zimmerman, beijing based lawyer former chairman american chamber commerce china trump far better trade deal linkage north korea amateurish, illogical horse trading, best, zimmerman said white house said us chinese officials still early stages fleshing pledge trump xi develop day plan reduce us trade deficit china, last year reached billion among limited set public outcomes first meeting florida trump promised aggressively address trade imbalances open chinese market american goods services, william zarit, chamber current chairman, said talks need address structural impediments us companies face china rather talking trade war remember talking years gotten far, zarit said white house said issues including opening china financial services sector getting us beef exports china talks pleased hear issue elevated highest levels governments commitment resolve us beef access issue expedited fashion, ceo us meat export federation philip seng said others remain skeptical beef done years ago fact going long emblematic imbalance way negotiate deal other, said james mcgregor, chairman apco worldwide greater china china purchased hardly american beef since conditionally lifted import ban last year imposed due case mad cow disease washington state despite initial media reports suggesting xi may offered access us beef concession stave rising trade tensions, china premier li keqiang week appeared link progress issue us restrictions imports chinese poultry products food safety reasons china willing import market competitive us beef meets quality health standards, li told us congressional delegation beijing monday, according state run beijing news chinese chicken also competitive international market hope united states quickly lift ban chinese chicken imports way better embody fair trade, li said individual companies hesitant criticize china fear backlash, critics us business groups accuse beijing unfairly subsidizing domestic firms restricting foreign investment much world second biggest economy percent ownership cap foreign life insurers, example, despite china world trade organization commitments lift it, helped limit market share percent beijing repeatedly promised open financial services widely foreign firms, given details implementation jacob parker, vice president china operations us china business council, said concerns persist china would make commitments follow take incremental steps government could remove industries list sectors restricted foreign investment, businesses could still face red tape licensing hurdles restricted regional pilot zones lots ways china call something opening not, parker said xi proposed cooperation infrastructure development meetings trump, chinese state owned companies working major us public works politically fraught issue united states, trump campaigned creating jobs high tech industries china hopes funnel investment, semiconductors, virtual reality autonomous vehicles, considered sensitive partnerships would likely also clear national security hurdles skeptics also wonder chinese cooperation redressing trade imbalance limited areas serve chinese needs, increasing imports us gas, oil coking coal xi stopped alaska way home, meeting governor bill walker, touted state oil, gas, mineral resources market access side, lowering restrictions foreign investment chinese banking, securities, investment management, futures, insurance, credit ratings accounting sectors, beijing already promised, would help china improve quality financial instruments make markets stable professional, said mcgregor look things china talking opening, areas china needs help, mcgregor said
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highlights us president donald trump administration thursday united states drops massive gbu bomb, largest non nuclear bomb ever used combat, afghanistan series caves used islamic state militants, pentagon says trump says pyongyang problem taken care amid speculation north korea verge sixth nuclear test military force cannot resolve tension north korea, china warns, influential chinese newspaper urges pyongyang halt nuclear program exchange beijing protection trump administration focusing north korea strategy tougher economic sanctions, possibly including intercepting cargo ships punishing chinese banks business pyongyang, us officials say trump says things work fine united states russia, day declaring us russian relations may time low trump signals could moving closer mainstream monetary policy, saying ruled reappointment janet yellen federal reserve chair considers choices us central bank nl n hl b trump signs resolution allow us states restrict federal funds contraception reproductive health spent, move cheered anti abortion campaigners democratic senator chris van hollen presses deutsche bank release information issues including trump debt bank meetings trump administration officials, saying great concern possible conflicts interest export import bank trump office says plans revive hobbled export import bank united states, victory american manufacturers boeing co general electric co overseas customers use agency government backed loans purchase products top wall street bankers say positive discussions financial regulation washington, downplay idea us policymakers may force institutions split united states pushing trade key issue top level economic talks japan, source says, unwelcome development tokyo, seeking fend us pressure reduce bilateral trade imbalance trump administration focused one group illegal immigrants others women children, according eight department homeland security officials interviewed reuters agency planning
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trump administration thursday issued final rule shorten obamacare enrollment period give insurers say need individual insurance market, likely making harder consumers purchase insurance, healthcare experts said could also raise pocket medical expenses, experts said, gives insurers flexibility determining value coverage rule, takes effect later year, comes president donald trump republicans congress renewed efforts repeal replace affordable care act, commonly known obamacare, effort pass bill us house representatives failed last month issued division us department health human services first proposed february, rule aims aid insurers, lost hundreds millions dollars individual insurance markets set obamacare several major insurers, including humana inc aetna inc, announced plans exit state exchanges insurers welcomed rule said still much uncertainty market wednesday, trump told wall street journal may withhold obamacare payments insurers amount billion year force democrats back negotiating table marilyn tavenner, president chief executive america health insurance plans, said statement funding payments must continue uninterrupted otherwise, said premiums rise percent across market insurers would drop exchanges changes thursday final rule include shortened open enrollment period obamacare plans also make harder people enroll outside period, allowed certain circumstances pregnancy move rule could also allow insurers collect unpaid premium payments make tougher people move insurance plans, according healthcare industry experts insurers say gaming system created unprofitable mix healthy sick customers rule also gives states broader authority removing federal government role overseeing doctor hospital networks included insurance plans republicans said healthcare reform overhaul must give states flexibility affordable care act enabled million americans gain insurance, mostly individual insurance markets set law expansion medicaid, government health insurance program poor disabled
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new york police thursday arrested people lobby trump tower protesting us president donald trump immigration border policies demonstrators sat front elevators chanted ban, raids, wall led security forces close public accesses president signature property, commercial residential skyscraper first lady melania trump son barron trump stay president washington heavily armed police wearing ballistic vests stood guard blocking entrances, officers carried protesters police vans building heart fifth avenue shopping district also home trump campaign primary residence years lobby open public, though security tightened campaign progressed elected president charges pending, police said statement demonstrators wore shirts slogans wall, reference trump proposal build wall southern border mexico, raids, referring us arrests suspected undocumented immigrants ban refers trump executive orders seeking restrict immigration several muslim majority countries
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president donald j trump planning increase us defense spending billion next year series recent reports defense department inspector general government accountability office say pentagon accounting systems struggle track money spent reports found pentagon remains unable accurately track billion annual budget experiences billions dollars accounting gaps errors year despite two decades reform efforts taken together, reports show many endemic accounting problems exposed reuters investigative series remain place deficiencies affect department defense ability auditable financial statements, feb government accountability office gao report found, also affect ability make sound decisions missions operations spokesman white house office management budget omb said confident defense secretary james mattis would properly spend additional funds need replenish military bolster american security unquestioned important priority president, omb communications director john czwartacki said statement believe secretary mattis deploy resources effective efficient way possible critics wasteful pentagon spending say increasing defense department budget unwise department unable account already ludicrous, said mandy smithberger, director straus military reform project washington reform going happen long spigot turned pentagon continued accounting problems drawing particular scrutiny defense department faces congressionally mandated legal deadline sept , , become ready first audit ever unlike every us government department, pentagon never undergone audit financial records disarray spokesman defense department comptroller office said confident meet deadline department committed track ready undergo full financial statement audit fiscal year , lieutenant colonel eric badger said email time trump proposes boost defense spending, called deep cuts areas, white house summary proposed budget shows whether congress accept reject trump proposals unclear trump calls cutting state department budget billion, among things, us payments support united nations would cut environmental protection agency epa would take particularly big hit trump would cut billion, , budget white house document says budget would eliminate epa programs, cut epa research development budget million, budget grants states lead clean would cut million recent watchdog reports defense department found lacks unified, functioning accounting system reuters reported series, pentagon hundreds independent systems, built ad hoc dating s, riddled errors incapable sharing accurate data billions dollars disappear accounting records military spent large sums building new systems meant solve problem, far march defense department inspector general report said navy could find records back spent million first quarter us military operations afghanistan report said result, way know money actually used navy spokeswoman, lieutenant kara yingling, referred reuters navy official response report, said navy agreed inspector general conclusions said accounting problems fixed begins using new computer system yingling said navy track help pentagon meet sept audit deadline feb gao report said pentagon continued bookkeeping errors affect federal government whole defense spending makes large part federal budget department unreliable data skews accounting entire us government, gao said report noted defense department gao list high risk entities represent threats federal government financial well since report said pentagon remained list long standing deficiencies financial management systems gao report noted pentagon hired large independent accounting firms military services try help meet sept audit deadline report said firms found many problems ability pentagon meet deadline remains doubt separate defense department inspector general report issued march , , found army continues unable balance checkbook report concluded problem army grew worse report said october , army , discrepancies monthly numbers rose steadily , june report give dollar amounts months army spokesman wayne hall said number discrepancies continued increase planned fixes computer systems yet made said army working building reliable systems report said rules require army numbers exactly match monthly reports treasury, army defense finance accounting service must find way make match solution enter made numbers make appear falsely army numbers match report said march , billion forced balance entries hall said army must make numbers match federal rules separate reports, inspector general found military services also problems balancing financial numbers treasury accountants interviewed reuters said large discrepancies would considered accounting fraud corporate world badger, spokesman defense department comptroller office, said errors military services unintentional strongly oppose accusation intentionally misrepresenting books, badger said email many manual accounting adjustments often caused ineffective design legacy business financial systems trump said billion increased defense spending send message world dangerous times american strength, security resolve trump also vowed negotiate cheaper contracts defense contractors, problem also cited recent watchdog reports march report, inspector general found air force spent billions contract maintain one type jet engine, without first getting idea fair price open ended contract, guaranteed profit margin regardless cost, awarded report said signing contract air force obtained data actual cost repairs costs compared private sector rates exact amount contract redacted report inspector general ruled march freedom information act request filed reuters asked redacted information made public
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president donald trump thursday signed resolution allow us states restrict federal funds contraception reproductive health spent, move cheered anti abortion campaigners major pro life victory, said powerful republican house representatives, speaker paul ryan, adding regulation enacted democratic former president barack obama forced states fund planned parenthood, national non profit provides contraception, health screenings, abortions congressional review act, allows lawmakers repeal newly minted rules, house senate passed resolution killing obama regulation protected federal grants clinics states wanting block funding states texas recent years kept grants going clinics part country longstanding fight abortion broadly, many republicans seek restrict abortion make illegal democrats fought keep abortion legal resolution narrowly passed us congress, vice president mike pence called senate march break tie vote chamber, republicans hold slim majority federal government never create substantially similar regulation review law grants, known title x funds, already barred going directly abortion services null regulation planned parenthood clinics assured could receive money even face state objections allowing states withhold title x funding family planning clinics make anyone safer healthier instead place essential services reach, said diane horvath cosper, medical doctor fellow physicians reproductive health, adding many people clinics place receive affordable health services disease testing
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first glance, us president donald trump federal reserve chair janet yellen may little common yellen academic economist veteran democratic administrations committed open global economy, trump real estate mogul electoral base suspicious economic order yellen helped create yet two may interests common trump president want get many americans working possible since appointment fed chair february , yellen kept interest rates low currently pledges raise slowly even though unemployment, percent, lowest nearly ten years meanwhile, trump election campaign promises cut taxes, spend money infrastructure deregulate banking, helped propel surge us conference board consumer confidence index highest level since internet stocks crash years ago former fed staff colleagues know yellen said trump surprising remarks week wall street journal interview, rule yellen reappointment new four year term next year, outlandish may appear president vested interest keeping markets economy even keel staff colleagues say yellen may well accept reappointment, despite trump criticism last year election campaign many trump republican party called tighter monetary policy less activist fed, president would really find useful, said former fed vice chair donald kohn trump fills three existing federal reserve board vacancies people yellen thinks could work with, would really difficult turn reappointment term chair expires february continues well, nuts ditch unknown quantity, said university california, berkeley, economics professor andrew rose, long time colleague co author yellen oft cited study labor markets yellen took ben bernanke fed chair february us economic recovery financial crisis still shaky ground, made secret puts priority growth jobs wages broad recovery us household wealth slow return normal monetary policy, yellen stopped purchase additional financial securities fed december began raising short term interest rates first time years far policy shifts engineered little apparent impact job growth, mesh trump core election campaign promises restore employment earnings slow rise interest rates past year also happened us stock prices risen record highs, though trump claimed credit precedent trump stick former president fed chair appointment paul volcker, alan greenspan ben bernanke, three previous fed chairs, served least two four year terms nominated democratic republican presidents however may difficult step trump last year election campaign, trump accused yellen accepting orders president obama keep interest rates low political reasons, said would replace fed chair republican party member particularly biting moment last year, campaign video advertisement, labeled among global special interests ruined life middle america fed thursday said response trump comments published wednesday yellen whether yellen would consider second term trump advisers republican lawmakers want conservative fed chair less power would see yellen reappointment yet another step away promise drain swamp washington establishment also three current vacancies fed seven member board governors, unorthodox new members could make difficult yellen manage policy accept another four year term choice consensus style someone unproven ability manage public market expectations, wise reappoint her, said joseph gagnon, former fed staffer berkeley colleague yellen currently peterson institute international economics see interests appoint someone going jack interest rates
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us president donald trump said thursday pyongyang problem taken care of, speculation rose north korea might verge sixth nuclear test trump, responding question message north korea, said, north korea problem problem taken care said believed chinese president xi jinping would work hard help resolve challenge president said spent lot time xi last week florida really gotten like respect president xi special man think going try hard
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us secretary state rex tillerson maintained hiring freeze state department even though lifted rest federal government, spokesman said thursday, agency begins downsize congress approves funding cuts acting state department spokesman mark toner confirmed hiring freeze would remain plan downsize reorganize fully developed could give timeline reorganization onboarding people know reorganization going ultimately look like, toner told briefing reporters trump budget proposal fiscal year starting oct would cut percent budget us diplomacy foreign aid republicans democrats congress, approves budget, rejected prospect cuts known whether white house directed tillerson keep hiring freeze place state department whether agencies would also refuse lift hiring ban two state department officials said tillerson plans downsize staff period two three years tillerson informed state department employees decision wednesday, according internal memo seen reuters trump original hiring freeze notice jan excluded political appointees, stopped hiring rank file workers replacement others resigned retired william hoagland, senior vice president bipartisan policy center, washington based think tank, said trump administration may seek congressional approval hiring freeze changes function programs congress explicitly voted fund hoagland said administration would send known impoundment resolution state department jeopardizes agency begin filling positions vacated congress would approve resolution, hoagland said state department toner said tillerson breaking federal rule maintaining hiring freeze understanding tillerson jurisdiction keep freeze place go presidentially mandated reorganization, toner said office management budget, handles federal budgeting, respond request comment trump budget director mick mulvaney told reporters tuesday hiring freeze would lifted agencies asked remain mindful trump goal reduce federal work force tillerson said march state department current spending simply sustainable
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town hall conservative florida district week, us representative ted yoho drew applause defying republican party leaders help derail healthcare plan president donald trump first major legislative initiative far paying price back home, trump threatened would, yoho far right members house freedom caucus appear support standing ground, based reception several town halls two week congressional recess handful house freedom caucus lawmakers facing constituents first time since last month defeat trump effort repeal replace obamacare, also rejected republican moderates many supporters made clear expect work trump make good campaign promises reform nation health care system want done, said bob white, , questioning yoho issue town hall tuesday night rural putnam county, florida wield big stick rebellious faction conservatives house representatives instrumental toppling plan supported trump rewrite obamacare, president barack obama signature healthcare law trump singled group blame many caucus members refused back republican leadership bill considered parts similar obamacare said would done enough reduce insurance premiums town hall meetings, constituents pressed keep working address problems high healthcare costs reception yoho caucus members home could shape approach republican president leadership controlling chambers congress, said matthew green, associate professor politics catholic university america, studies congressional parties leaders freedom caucus members either going become recalcitrant hearing constituents good job, said hear that, might willing compromise michigan representative justin amash landed crosshairs feud white house adviser called twitter trump supporters defeat primary farming manufacturing area represents southwestern state, home cereal maker kellogg co, four term congressman heard cheers high school auditorium battle creek, michigan tuesday night, held town hall people attending choose justin trump, go justin sure, said construction worker eric smith, , voted both, far found trump lacking conservative principles point, give donald trump retiree cliff ward, , told amash pleased role blocking legislation, polls showed unpopular expected end health coverage millions need work trump republicans get done, added living georgetown, florida, community remote cell phone service chief concern, trump voter melvin shebester knew little house freedom caucus faction small government conservatives came together since thorn side mainstream republican leadership house, including attempt push former republican house speaker john boehner year old shebester impressed congressman, yoho, stood president bill saw rushed takes lot guts stand party, said shebester, attending yoho town hall tuesday night government center palatka, florida son grandson go tell trump wrong, added son, steven shebester, , lives nearby many republicans avoided public town halls, often open anyone interested, since meetings became staging ground liberal protests earlier year yoho, veterinarian first elected , held several event gainesville, college town, monday crowded left leaning activists times shouted tuesday night palatka, small town yoho sprawling district north central florida lined oaks spanish moss, took questions constituents politically mixed crowd told reporters office received , calls days leading healthcare plan showdown, support phone survey constituents found republican plan unpopular obamacare said constituents gave clear message stay course version story refiled fix dropped letter seventh paragraph
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connecticut governor dannel malloy said thursday seek election , choosing step end second term office focus attention energy
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president donald trump host italian prime minister paolo gentiloni official working visit april , white house said thursday leaders discuss upcoming g range issues mutual concern, white house spokesman sean spicer told reporters italy hosting summit leaders group seven biggest industrial economies sicily may
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us secretary state rex tillerson received compensation worth million last year chief executive exxon mobil corp, world largest publicly traded oil producer, regulatory filings showed thursday senior executives got raises even though exxon net income fell percent company, like many peers, tried cut costs weather period low oil prices value tillerson compensation package last year rose percent largely due percent boost salary million percent jump value stock awards million, exxon filing securities exchange commission showed value perquisites tillerson received exxon last year, including personal security life insurance policy, rose percent , tillerson, , nominated president elect donald trump secretary state december tillerson retired exxon end year confirmed us senate early february current post carries annual salary , , according federal office personnel management tables part ethics agreement tillerson assumed government post, tillerson forfeited unvested exxon stock worth million potential bonus million also waived right retiree health benefits tillerson vested exxon stock put trust worth million time, proceeds paid next decade, much way proceeds paid exxon retirees trust prohibited investing exxon tillerson allowed work anywhere oil gas industry next decade does, entire trust value would donated charity neither exxon chooses, according regulatory filings darren woods, exxon ceo january, saw compensation rise percent last year, exxon president, million woods saw base salary rise percent million value stock stock option awards, pension company perquisites, including cost home security system, rise well
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president donald trump first major battle war illegal immigration, without building wall victory announced last week department homeland security dhs , released figures showing percent drop since december parents children caught trying cross mexico border illegally december, , parents children apprehended march, month immigration typically increases temperate weather, number , remarkable decline
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italian prime minister paolo gentiloni fly washington ottawa meet us president donald trump canadian prime minister justin trudeau april, ahead group seven summit italy following month gentiloni meet trump white house april , trudeau next day, statement prime minister office said trip allow gentiloni discuss agenda annual group seven meeting major economies sicily may , mark trump first visit europe since taking office
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russian president vladimir putin used meeting visiting us secretary state rex tillerson wednesday give views us russian relations reached low point, kremlin spokesman said spokesman, dmitry peskov, told conference call reporters thursday tone meeting fairly constructive said russian hope putin message would passed us president donald trump said general agreement reached meeting need keep open lines communication moscow washington peskov also said putin given tillerson views situation syria, likely develop
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us president donald trump said thursday things work fine united states russia, day said us russian relations may time low things work fine usa russia right time everyone come senses lasting peace trump said note twitter
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presidents united states russia wednesday presented souring views relationship two countries, exchanging sharp words moscow extended icy welcome united states top diplomat face syria washington, president donald trump said united states relationship moscow may time low trump comments came made biggest foreign policy decision new presidency last week, firing missiles syria punish moscow ally suspected use poison gas russia condemned us action graphic battle control syria click tmsnrtrs nm h hours earlier wednesday, russian president vladimir putin equally pessimistic, saying interview broadcast russian television, level trust working level, especially military level, improved rather deteriorated rhetorical salvos came us secretary state rex tillerson received unusually hostile reception moscow, hope trump administration would herald less confrontational relations dashed week us missile strike syria tillerson met putin kremlin talking russian counterpart, sergei lavrov, three hours kremlin previously declined confirm putin would meet tillerson, reflecting renewed tensions trump frequently called us presidential election campaign warmer ties putin, despite criticism lawmakers republican party civil war syria driven wedge moscow washington, upending many russia hoped would transformation relations, reached post cold war low trump predecessor, barack obama tillerson sat talks lavrov wednesday, volley statements, including senior russian official, appeared timed maximize awkwardness first visit moscow member trump cabinet lavrov doubled russia support syrian president bashar al assad, repeating denials assad government blame gas attack last week adding new theory attack may faked assad enemies tillerson reiterated us position assad must eventually relinquish power syria discussed view russia closest ally conflict perhaps best means helping assad recognize reality, said asked whether assad could subject war crimes charges, tillerson said people working make case, though cautioned would require clearing high legal hurdle lavrov greeted tillerson unusually icy remarks, denouncing missile strike syria illegal accusing washington behaving unpredictably one lavrov deputies even undiplomatic general, primitiveness loutishness characteristic current rhetoric coming washington, deputy foreign minister sergei ryabkov told russia state owned ria news agency lavrov said progress made syria meeting working group would set examine poor state us russia ties also said putin agreed reactivate us russian air safety agreement syria moscow suspended us missile strikes tillerson noted low level trust two countries world two foremost nuclear powers cannot kind relationship, said moscow hostility trump administration figures sharp change last year, putin hailed trump strong figure russian state television often full effusive praise another possible setback thaw moscow, trump said wednesday nato obsolete, declared election campaign last year told news conference white house nato secretary general jens stoltenberg alliance members still need pay fair share european security umbrella trump said us relations russia going well right now, getting along russia may time low terms relationship russia built long period time going see happens, trump told news conference interview wall street journal, trump said administration policy demand assad step part peaceful resolution conflict, contrast tillerson remarks moscow insisting think going happen certain point, trump said wall street journal cited trump saying assad use chemical weapons would elicit another military response, also said would intervene depth conflict white house accused moscow trying cover assad use chemical weapons attack rebel held syrian town last week killed people trump responded gas attack firing cruise missiles syrian air base friday washington warned moscow, russian troops base hit moscow stood assad, saying poison gas belonged rebels, explanation washington dismisses beyond credible russia blocked western effort un security council wednesday condemn gas attack push assad cooperate international inquiries incident trump came presidency promising greater cooperation russia fighting two countries common enemy syria, islamic state militant group tillerson former oil executive awarded russia order friendship putin trump relations russia also domestic issue, us intelligence agencies accused moscow using computer hacking intervene us presidential election help trump win federal bureau investigation investigating whether trump campaign figures colluded moscow, white house denies
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less three months office, president donald trump abruptly shifted stance array foreign policy issues us relationship russia china value nato alliance trump, ran white house pledge shake status quo washington, repeatedly lashed china campaign, accusing beijing grand champion currency manipulation candidate trump also dismissed nato military alliance obsolete said hoped build warmer ties russia white house news conference newspaper interview wednesday, offered starkly different views issues, saying relationship moscow souring ties beijing improving also lavished praise nato, saying adapting changing global threats said obsolete longer obsolete, trump said stood news conference alongside nato secretary general jens stoltenberg white house east room wednesday reversals russia nato could reassure us allies europe rattled trump overtures toward moscow campaign president talk bonding chinese president xi jinping could sow confusion asia, us allies fearful rising china trump apparent shifts toward conventional foreign policy came amid infighting within administration lately seen decline influence political operatives, mainly chief strategist, steve bannon six months ago, candidate trump suggested eager alliance russian president vladimir putin says great things me, going say great things him, trump said last september time low wednesday, however, trump said growing concerns russia support syrian president bashar al assad may time low terms relationship russia, said trump, ordered firing us cruise missiles syrian airfield last week punish assad suspected use poison gas syria civil war criticizing russia wednesday, trump said xi bonded chinese president visit mar lago resort florida, dined together wives held talks ahead visit, trump predicted difficult discussions trade improving ties beijing underscored trump told wall street journal interview wednesday would declare china currency manipulator pledged first day office trump, former real estate developer, took office january government novice whose foreign policy mantra vow keep america safe build us military christine wormuth, former undersecretary defense obama administration, said trump steep learning curve foreign policy came office beginning even starting nuanced deeper understanding lot issues, said wormuth, senior adviser center strategic international studies evolving trump foreign policy appears reflect less influence campaign team views defense secretary james mattis, secretary state rex tillerson national security adviser hr mcmaster, deeply skeptical russia trump former national security adviser, retired general michael flynn, forced resign feb contacts russia ambassador united states trump took office new tone foreign policy comes trump trying settle palace intrigue inside white house, bannon, former chief conservative breitbart news organization, odds mainstream jared kushner, senior white house adviser trump son law interview new york post tuesday, trump offered lukewarm support bannon like steve, remember involved campaign late, trump said
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russia blocked western led effort un security council wednesday condemn last week deadly gas attack syria push moscow ally president bashar al assad cooperate international inquiries incident eighth time syria six year old civil war moscow used veto power security council shield assad government latest veto, russia blocked draft resolution backed united states, france britain denounce attack town khan sheikhoun tell assad government provide access investigators information flight plans toxic gas attack april prompted united states launch missile strikes syrian air base widened rift united states russia russian president vladimir putin said wednesday trust eroded two countries us president donald trump us secretary state rex tillerson echoed comment meetings russian leaders moscow, saying relations low point low level trust tillerson called assad eventually relinquish power us ambassador united nations, nikki haley, called moscow stop protecting assad said united states wants work russia toward political solution syria russia chosen side assad, even rest world, including arab world, overwhelmingly comes together condemn murderous regime, haley told member security council regime innocent, russia claims, information requested resolution would vindicated russia deputy un envoy, vladimir safronkov, said draft resolution laid blame prior independent investigation amazed conclusion one yet visited site crime know said said us attack syrian air base carried violation international norms syria government denied responsibility gas attack rebel held area northern syria killed least people, many children fact finding mission organisation prohibition chemical weapons opcw investigating attack determines chemical weapons used, joint un opcw investigation look incident determine blame team already found syrian government forces responsible three chlorine gas attacks islamic state militants used mustard gas china, vetoed six resolutions syria since civil war began, abstained wednesday un vote, along ethiopia kazakhstan ten countries voted favor text, bolivia joined russia voting us president donald trump, speaking event white house, said surprised china abstention britain un ambassador matthew rycroft told security council samples taken site april attack analyzed british scientists tested positive nerve gas sarin said assad government responsible diplomats said russia put forward rival draft resolution expresses concern last week gas attack condemns us strike syria unclear moscow planned put text vote
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washington billed vice president mike pence visit indonesia next week booster strategic partnership world second third largest democracies, raft bilateral tensions could sap goodwill trip pence counterpart world populous muslim country voiced worries us president donald trump immigration policy, critics say biased muslims, america first mantra trade investment indonesia never change change asking now, policy economy, democracy, trump power , vice president jusuf kalla told reuters march mean, america first say, too, indonesia first say america first indonesia one countries united states runs trade deficit investigated trump administration possible trade abuses trump combative approach sit easily indonesia, economic nationalism protectionist tendencies flourished since slump commodity prices recent years slammed brakes economic growth unfortunately see hardening attitudes side, said senior indonesian government official, declined named particular concern list countries going investigated official said tougher stand indonesian authorities also contributed series disputes us companies, including alphabet inc google, miner freeport mcmoran inc financial services giant jp morgan chase co series face offs indonesia dueled google back taxes fines running hundreds millions dollars, freeport contract row crippled operations world second largest copper mine, grasberg also dropped jp morgan primary bond dealer bank research analysts issued negative report country november unfortunate series issues happen american, said official, expects come private pence visit indonesia third stop april tour includes south korea, japan australia google declined comment report, jpmorgan respond request comment freeport indonesia spokesman riza pratama said visit happening entirely independent current negotiations government indonesia however, billionaire investor carl icahn, freeport third biggest shareholder special adviser trump, described jakarta tactics mining contract disingenuous insulting , according new york times another potential irritant biodiesel us national biodiesel board nbb , producer group, petitioned us government impose anti dumping duties biodiesel indonesia argentina, claiming flooded us market one issues asked trade ministry bring meeting pence , paulus tjakrawan, director indonesia biofuel producers association, told reuters hope government firm otherwise taken advantage of, said act like thugs but, example, put barriers exports, stop importing goods despite strains, government official said indonesia would careful start relationship trump administration right foot indonesian president joko widodo approach foreign policy led economic interests geopolitical considerations pursued increased trade investment china keeps diplomatic distance beijing established strategic partnership washington former president barack obama us ambassador indonesia, joseph r donovan jr, said statement last week pence visit reflected continued commitment partnership, would deepen economic engagement boost regional security cooperation us embassy certainly going great lengths make visit success, said indonesian official impression pence going ruffle feathers public, going cause ruckus
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senior trump administration official said wednesday positive bond developed us president donald trump chinese president xi jinping last week florida helped lead china abstention un security council vote syria official, briefed reporters condition anonymity, would say whether trump personally asked xi china veto resolution official said xi decision veto resolution spoke china determination obstruct un ability sanction syria chemical weapons attack last week
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bharat r ramamurti, legislative aide democratic senator elizabeth warren, contender one vacancies us securities exchange commission, according people familiar matter ramamurti senior counsel warren banking economic policy staunchly backing sec job, one sources told reuters sources spoke anonymously deliberations candidates sec, primary regulator polices writes rules wall street, public ramamurti declined comment source said decision post imminent prior instances president donald trump administration, candidates running positions sometimes dropped names became public names mix include vermont law school professor jennifer taub, afl cio office investment director heather slavkin corzo andy green, managing director center american progress previously worked sec democratic commissioner kara stein, sources told reuters taub green declined comment slavkin corzo could immediately reached spokesperson white house declined comment, saying could discuss personnel matters trump must nominate three people fill five member panel, currently two commissioners
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highlights us president donald trump administration thursday united states drops massive gbu bomb, largest non nuclear bomb ever used combat, afghanistan series caves used islamic state militants, pentagon says trump says pyongyang problem taken care amid speculation north korea verge sixth nuclear test military force cannot resolve tension north korea, china warns, influential chinese newspaper urges pyongyang halt nuclear program exchange beijing protection trump administration focusing north korea strategy tougher economic sanctions, possibly including intercepting cargo ships punishing chinese banks business pyongyang, us officials say trump says things work fine united states russia, day declaring us russian relations may time low trump signals could moving closer mainstream monetary policy, saying ruled reappointment janet yellen federal reserve chair considers choices us central bank nl n hl b trump signs resolution allow us states restrict federal funds contraception reproductive health spent, move cheered anti abortion campaigners democratic senator chris van hollen presses deutsche bank release information issues including trump debt bank meetings trump administration officials, saying great concern possible conflicts interest export import bank trump office says plans revive hobbled export import bank united states, victory american manufacturers boeing co general electric co overseas customers use agency government backed loans purchase products top wall street bankers say positive discussions financial regulation washington, downplay idea us policymakers may force institutions split united states pushing trade key issue top level economic talks japan, source says, unwelcome development tokyo, seeking fend us pressure reduce bilateral trade imbalance trump administration focused one group illegal immigrants others women children, according eight department homeland security officials interviewed reuters agency planning
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us president donald trump said wednesday nato obsolete, declared campaign trail last year, said nato members still need pay fair share european security umbrella news conference nato secretary general jens stoltenberg, trump thanked nato members support decision last thursday launch cruise missiles syrian airfield retaliation chemical weapons attack civilians said time end syria civil war said obsolete longer obsolete, trump said, adding transatlantic alliance adapting broader mission islamic militants urged stoltenberg said excellent productive meeting oval office trump
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paul manafort, served last year us president donald trump campaign manager, planning register justice department foreign agent, spokesman said wednesday manafort lobbying foreign client ended began working trump presidential campaign conducted behalf russian government, spokesman jason maloni said statement manafort ties russia part probes underway federal bureau investigation congressional intelligence committees moscow interference presidential election, according reports new york times media manafort denied impropriety volunteered interviewed house intelligence committee russia denied interfering election since election, mr manafort discussions federal authorities advisability registering fara past political work, mr maloni said, referring foreign agents registration act mr manafort received formal guidance recently authorities taking appropriate steps response guidance work question widely known, maloni said declined specific manafort previously worked behalf political party viktor yanukovich, former kremlin backed leader ukraine manafort resigned trump campaign last august, days documents surfaced kiev suggesting received millions undisclosed payments yanukovich party associated press reported wednesday obtained financial records confirming least million payments received manafort consulting firm united states wire transactions received company legitimate payments political consulting work provided invoiced clients paid via wire transfer, received us bank, manafort told ap
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us president donald trump told wall street journal wednesday might consider withholding billions dollars obamacare payments health insurers force democrats back negotiating table healthcare insurers major medical groups warned funding payments, called cost sharing reduction subsidies, help cover pocket medical expenses low income americans, could wreak havoc individual insurance markets trump told wall street journal withholding payments, democrats call negotiate major medical insurance groups penned letter trump wednesday urging maintain funding subsidies, amount billion year paid directly insurers help cover premiums, deductibles medical expenses million people purchase health insurance individual health insurance market house representatives republicans sued obama administration funding subsidies, argue appropriated congress federal judge may ruled favor republicans, prompting appeal obama administration case pending us court appeals district columbia circuit major insurers, including humana inc aetna, left announced intention leave obamacare exchanges, citing multi million dollar losses patient populations far costlier sicker expected warned withholding subsidies would destabilize market leave millions consumers little choice picking health insurance plan
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democratic us senator pressed deutsche bank dbkgnde wednesday release information issues including president donald trump debt bank meetings trump administration officials, saying great concern possible conflicts interest write great concern regarding conflicts interest deutsche bank president united states conflicts may impact ongoing investigations regulatory oversight institution, senator chris van hollen wrote letter addressed chief executive deutsche bank usa, released public van hollen member senate banking committee spokeswoman deutsche bank declined comment white house officials respond request comment van hollen letter said prior financial disclosures listed two loans two mortgages deutsche bank lender trump borrower loans amounted million, another million extended venture trump owns percent stake, wrote letter also noted jared kushner, trump son law senior adviser, holds multimillion dollar line credit deutsche bank van hollen asked response may
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us house speaker paul ryan tax reform blueprint appears losing status likely framework first major tax overhaul since , rival approaches emerging white house, senate quarters congress congressional aides, lobbyists analysts say changing focus could delay passage tax bill late , potentially foiling republican efforts score legislative victory president donald trump august, following last month failed bill repeal replace obamacare health insurance like healthcare bill, house republican tax blueprint stems ryan better way legislative agenda launched election campaign house go want going formulate policies, white house budget director mick mulvaney told cnbc interview posted channel website wednesday white house, donald trump tax plan going take hill try sell meantime, senate republicans expected review tax package former house ways means committee chairman dave camp, starting point tax legislation members house freedom caucus, bloc conservative lawmakers helped derail ryan healthcare bill, also suggested expanding deficit stave adding new taxes could acceptable blueprint republican ideal, written campaign document dealing realities closely divided congress president wants win key, signature issue, said one business lobbyist, spoke condition anonymity ryan giving idea forging agreement white house senate leaders intention always continues coalesce around unified gop plan conversations continue, said spokeswoman, ashlee strong business lobbyists tax experts warn loss focus could prove fatal tax overhaul effort, house blueprint disappears political stage right blueprint plan great amount uncertainty would play without it, whether would play all, said john gimigliano, heads federal legislative regulatory services accounting consulting group kpmg llp lawmakers house ways means committee say blueprint viability could become clearer next month, committee expected hold series public hearings hopes see floor vote august congressional recess treasury secretary steven mnuchin met month bipartisan group house lawmakers possibly including infrastructure spending administration tax package, feature part blueprint house blueprint, ryan rolled last june, would bring sweeping change us tax code slashing business tax rates percentage points, allowing companies immediately write capital investments ending taxation foreign profits us based multinational corporations future become clouded mounting opposition two provisions would raise combined trillion pay tax changes border adjustment tax, bat, includes new percent import tax elimination business deductions interest payments advocates ryan plan say would generate revenues would help congress avoid paying tax cuts expanding national deficit
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us president donald trump said wednesday united states prepared tackle crisis surrounding north korea without china necessary president made comments joint news conference visiting nato secretary general jens stoltenberg trump met chinese president xi jinping last week spoke phone wednesday night president xi wants right thing good bonding, think good chemistry together, think wants help us north korea, trump said talked trade, talked lot things, said way going make good trade deal help us north korea, otherwise going go alone, right too, going alone means going lots nations
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major medical groups kept pressure us president donald trump wednesday maintain funding obamacare subsidies paid directly insurers, warning would destabilize individual insurance markets millions people use buy health insurance america health insurance plans, american medical association, blue cross blue shield association american academy family physicians among eight organizations penned letter trump urged remove uncertainty continued funding cost sharing reductions, billions dollars paid insurers help cover pocket medical expenses low income americans tuesday, trump administration said yet made decision whether would continue funding subsidies administration currently deciding position matter, said alleigh marr , national spokeswoman department health human services decisions made administration proceed, said house representatives republicans sued obama administration funding subsidies, argue appropriated congress federal judge may ruled favor republicans, prompting appeal obama administration case pending us court appeals district columbia circuit without subsidies, letter wednesday said, insurers could leave obamacare exchanges, premiums beyond would rise, providers would additional uncompensated care costs, would receive payments help cover costs low income patients insurers submit rates plans next several weeks grappling whether receive subsidies, amount billion year
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us president donald trump voiced caution wednesday relationship russian president vladimir putin, saying would wait see future ties moscow trump, white house news conference, said secretary state rex tillerson meetings moscow week, included meeting putin, went better expected
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president donald trump, proposed cuts array government agencies, asking department heads offer plans operate efficiently trump budget director, mick mulvaney, told reporters tuesday would instructing agencies outline comply president budget, slashed spending foreign aid many domestic programs federal hiring freeze imposed shortly trump entered office lifted wednesday, agencies asked remain mindful trump goal reduce federal workforce, mulvaney said briefing mulvaney acknowledged president budget would approved republican controlled congress, lawmakers parties balked drastic reductions one reasons difficult wave magic wand oval office things, mulvaney said certain things need legislative authority bare bones budget issued last month, white house offer many specific details budget cuts would achieved mulvaney ask departments fill blanks preliminary plans due departments june, final versions expected september every department gets cut trump plan mulvaney stressed agencies including department defense veterans affairs department able beef workforce
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russia united states agreed set working group try mend battered ties wednesday us secretary state rex tillerson held lengthy talks moscow president vladimir putin russian foreign minister clear last minute whether putin would grant tillerson audience, fact likely seen sign moscow given new us administration wants try improve ties sides agree languishing post cold war low joint news conference sergei lavrov, russian foreign minister, tillerson showed much work though russian used many speaking opportunities lambast washington actions syria said unhelpful foreign interference past tillerson, first visit russia current role, struck conciliatory stance, said ties trust levels low point restated washington position syrian president bashar al assad must eventually relinquish power, position starkly odds russia low level trust two countries, tillerson said world two foremost nuclear powers cannot kind relationship lavrov said russia placing hopes assad individual syria, toppling syrian government option political process allowed play discussed assad today, said lavrov remember positive examples dictator overthrown everything fine afterwards differences us missile strike syrian air base last week also bubbled surface washington says acted punish syrian government said devastating nerve gas attack damascus launched people killed scores russia said us strike illegal though lavrov repeated moscow stance wednesday, saying international investigation left determine blame happened wrong blame assad without knowing facts, said tillerson said united states confident assad forces behind gas attack, said firm information indicate russian forces involved attack move slightly softened atmosphere, lavrov said putin agreed restore us russia air safety agreement covering syria moscow suspended retaliation us missile strikes agreement would reactivated immediate effect, viktor ozerov, head russian upper house parliament defense committee told ria news agency
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united states told russia united nations wednesday isolating continuing support syrian president bashar al assad, britain said scientists found sarin used deadly toxic gas attack syrian civilians last week russia set block push western powers united nations later wednesday bolster support international inquiries april toxic gas attack syria moscow eighth veto support assad government since syrian war began six years ago colleagues russia
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civil liberties groups wednesday said filing series lawsuits us government seeking details federal agencies enforced president donald trump ban travelers seven muslim majority countries lawsuits filed local chapters american civil liberties union us customs border protection department homeland security cover operations cities stretching portland, maine, san diego suits attempt enforce requests filed freedom information act foia days trump signed first executive order limiting travel jan order, intended fulfill campaign promise take tough stance immigration, first temporarily barred travelers iran, iraq, libya, somalia, sudan, syria yemen order, also temporarily barred refugees, led weekend chaos us airports travelers barred entering country upon landing thousands people turned protest measures federal judge ordered halt enforcement ban trump followed march less sweeping order limit travelers iraq, also challenged courts opponents said orders violated us constitution prohibitions religious discrimination, citing trump campaign promises impose muslim ban trump administration said restrictions legal necessary protect us national security suits, filed federal courts, seek disclosure many people detained subjected additional screening since first executive order well guidance provided dhs staff enforce order customs border protection long, rich history ignoring obligations freedom information act lawsuits effort enforce obligations, said zachary heiden, legal director aclu maine, phone interview noted aclu filed foia requests information feb officials cbp dhs immediately respond requests comment suits addition portland san diego, suits cover cbp operations atlanta, baltimore, boston, chicago, detroit, houston, los angeles, san francisco, seattle, tucson, miami tampa one suit filed florida covers two cities state
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russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said wednesday holding talks us secretary state rex tillerson progress made syria working group would set examine poor state us russia ties lavrov, addressing news conference, said president vladimir putin said moscow ready restore air safety agreement covering syria suspended last week us missile strikes syria moscow washington also agreed continue cooperating try find political solution syria, said
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us president donald trump like border adjustment tax cooked us house speaker paul ryan republicans house representatives least, like term like word adjustment , country gets taken advantage of, use nice term, every country world, trump told fox business news interview aired wednesday adjustment means lose lose let call import tax let call reciprocal tax, added nobody gets angry say reciprocal tax trump talking provision ryan house republican tax blueprint polarized tax reform debate, white house tries score much needed legislative victory overhauling us tax code first time since reagan era proposal would exempt us corporate export revenues federal taxes, requiring us companies shoulder flat percent tax rate supplies purchased products, whether produced overseas domestically president appeared favor import tax could adjusted reflect country origin tax rate us products said approach could take form trade policy rather tax policy certain reciprocal nature it, president said countries, charging percent tax, say ok, whatever charge, charging house border adjustment tax, bat, would help trump keep campaign pledge create manufacturing jobs, advocates say, exempting us export revenue tax subjecting imports percent corporate tax imposed domestic products measure angrily denounced import dependent industries rejected enough senate republicans call political viability question fox interview, trump lamented inequalities international tax system, saying us products face high tax rates overseas foreign made goods enter us market tax free treasury secretary steven mnuchin floated idea reciprocal tax february, administration officials offered details lobbyists suggested could strongly resemble house bat proposal love idea reciprocal, trump said call reciprocal matching tax mirror tax numerous terms reciprocal tax important
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russian foreign ministry said wednesday anti russian forces west trying destroy progress made syrian peace talks moscow help russia, along iran turkey, promoted separate track syrian peace talks kazakhstan
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russia veto draft un resolution pushed united states, britain france aims bolster support international inquiries deadly toxic gas attack syria, interfax news agency reported wednesday un security council could vote draft resolution later wednesday similar text circulated member council last week condemns april attack pushes syria government cooperate investigators interfax cited russian deputy foreign minister gennady gatilov saying russia would veto current form
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samples taken site deadly toxic gas attack syria analyzed british scientists tested positive sarin sarin like substance, britain un ambassador matthew rycroft told un security council wednesday united kingdom therefore shares us assessment highly likely regime responsible sarin attack khan sheikhoun april, rycroft said
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russian president vladimir putin started meeting kremlin us secretary state rex tillerson, spokeswoman us embassy moscow said wednesday, citing kremlin officials kremlin previously declined confirm meeting would take place tillerson visit, reflecting tensions us missile strike syria, staunch russian ally, last week
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britain daily mail agreed wednesday pay melania trump undisclosed sum issue apology published article saying us first lady offered services beyond simply modeling former job president donald trump wife, , sued publisher daily mail britain also filed million million pound lawsuit new york, claiming article cost millions dollars potential business person familiar situation said settlement worth less million, including legal costs damages daily mail, runs calls world largest english language newspaper website, apologized article wednesday issued retraction home page article th august melania trump questioned nature work professional model, republished allegations provided services beyond simply modeling, publisher associated newspapers said accept allegations mrs trump true retract withdraw agreed pay damages costs high court london, trump lawyer said article, headlined racy photos troubling questions wife past could derail trump , published two page spread accompanied old photo melania trump standing naked front wall looking back camera readers newspaper day could fail miss article , john kelly told court article included false defamatory claims claimant questioned nature work professional model suggestion allegations even merit investigation deeply offensive caused great deal upset distress claimant, said
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kansas republican state treasurer ron estes tuesday defeated democrat civil rights attorney james thompson win congressional seat race became unlikely testing ground early backlash president donald trump estes got percent vote, preliminary results showed, win kansas th congressional district seat held republican mike pompeo vacated year, become director central intelligence agency even though heard lot national media people outside state going able win race, showed still republican seat, estes told supporters rally wichita going make sure change things washington democrats hoped capitalize trump poor approval rating dissatisfaction among moderates republican governor sam brownback win back one seats need nationwide reclaim house seat, pompeo nearly percent vote november, looked recently like lock estes, state treasurer since race became surprisingly competitive drove republican leaders last minute push estes texas sen ted cruz, kansas caucus republican presidential primary, campaigned estes weekend president trump, carried th district percent general election vote , also pushed estes, message social media network twitter expressing support fellow republican earlier day last democrat hold kansas th congressional district seat dan glickman, served nine terms becoming agriculture secretary thompson made race lot closer people would expected earlier year, said campaign manager chris pumpelly people writing us whole time, said said go, proved wrong made race absolutely competitive proud
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president donald trump administration accused russia tuesday trying shield syria government blame deadly gas attack, secretary state rex tillerson brought western message moscow condemning support president bashar al assad trump, faced criticism lacking broader strategy deal syria crisis, insisted plans go war torn country senior white house officials, briefing reporters condition anonymity, said assad government carried april sarin nerve gas attack civilians syria idlib province killed people, including many children, put pressure rebels making advances area russia defended syrian leader us allegations forces carried attack, saying evidence russia blamed syrian rebels commentary assad used chemical weapons reutrs fmev commentary worrying lessons syria chemical attack reutrs r r clear russians trying cover happened there, one white house official said white house spokesman sean spicer later told reporters facts backed us version events russia island comes support syria lack of, frankly, acknowledgment happened, told reporters however, briefing, spicer drew criticism sought underscore ghastliness gas attack saying someone despicable hitler even sink using chemical weapons nazi germany used gas chambers kill millions jews holocaust spicer later apologized said made comparison mistake done again, spicer told cnn interview inappropriate insensitive white house officials said russia frequently offered multiple, conflicting accounts syrian government aggression including incident village khan sheikhoun sow doubt within international community united states launched cruise missiles syrian airfield thursday retaliate attack strikes thrust trump, came power january calling warmer ties russia, administration confrontation moscow chinese president xi jinping told trump telephone call wednesday use chemical weapons unacceptable urged political solution syria, chinese state broadcaster cctv said telephone exchange must persevere moving towards political solution syria issue important united nations security council maintains unity syria issue hope security council speak single voice, cctv cited xi saying trump ambassador united nations, nikki haley, said tuesday thought russia knew chemical attack advance look shocked look surprised quick defend evidence comes out, see exactly know exactly environment realize, said cnn us intelligence indicates chemical agent attack delivered syrian su aircraft took shayrat airfield, according white house report given reporters four page document, white house sought rebut many moscow claims circumstances attack said syrian planes vicinity khan sheikhoun minutes attack left shortly afterward additionally, information indicates personnel historically associated syria chemical weapons program shayrat airfield late march making preparations upcoming attack northern syria, present airfield day attack, report said washington wants russia stop supporting assad, fighting six year long civil war mostly sunni muslim rebels, also backing shi ite muslim iran tillerson carried message world powers moscow denouncing russian support assad, trump administration took america traditional mantle leader unified west tillerson earlier met foreign ministers group seven advanced economies middle eastern allies italy endorsed joint call russia abandon assad clear us reign assad family coming end, tillerson told reporters italy hope russian government concludes aligned unreliable partner bashar al assad said russia failed role sponsor deal assad promised give chemical weapons russia says chemicals killed civilians last week belonged rebels, assad government, accused united states illegal aggression false pretext russian president vladimir putin said tuesday believed washington planned missile strikes, rebels planning stage chemical weapons attacks provoke information similar provocation prepared parts syria including southern damascus suburbs planning plant substance accuse syrian authorities using chemical weapons, putin said trump denied plans syria going syria, said interview new york post policy changed going syria senior trump administration official called putin remarks part russian disinformation campaign united states, britain france proposed revised draft resolution member un security council similar text circulated last week pushing syria government cooperate investigators secretary state role messenger united g position turning point trump, past alarmed allies voicing skepticism value us support traditional friends, calling closer ties moscow tillerson former chairman oil company exxon mobil corp, gigantic projects russia putin awarded russia order friendship due meet russian foreign minister sergei lavrov moscow wednesday kremlin said tillerson meeting scheduled putin trip, although russian media reported meeting could take place western countries calling assad departure since , start civil war killed least , people created world worst refugee crisis assad position battlefield became far stronger russia joined war support united states allies conducting air strikes syria islamic state, last week washington avoided targeting forces assad government directly us defense secretary jim mattis said tuesday united states military policy syria changed remains focused defeating islamic state
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white house spokesman sean spicer said wednesday let president donald trump inexcusable reprehensible comments comparing use poison gas syria president atrocities adolf hitler made mistake way say got topic screwed up, spicer said event museum washington personal level professional level definitely go good day history, added spicer triggered uproar white house briefing tuesday discussing chemical weapons use government syrian president bashar al assad, saying even hitler use chemical weapons world war two comments drew sharp criticism social media elsewhere overlooking fact nazis killed millions jews others gas chambers eighty seven people, including children, killed last week chemical weapons attack syria offered chance clarify remarks tuesday briefing, spicer attempted draw distinction two different uses deadly chemicals later tuesday, apologized handling topic, came jewish holiday passover christians prepare celebrate easter wednesday, spicer said comments inexcusable reprehensible painful made time sacred jews christians said also disappointing professional standpoint, especially said unbelievable couple weeks trump presidency noted trump bombed syrian air base forceful response chemical weapons use assad government said trump hosting chinese president xi jinping last week produced tremendous progress job spokesperson help amplify president actions accomplishments, spicer said distracting message accomplishment disappointing think let president
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us position syria remains mystery moscow washington rhetoric tends primitive loutish, russian news agencies quoted deputy foreign minister sergei ryabkov saying wednesday ryabkov remarks released minutes us secretary state rex tillerson, highest level representative trump administration visit russia, due start talks russian counterpart assad used chemical weapons reutrs fmev worrying lessons syria chemical attack reutrs r r ryabkov said talks russia expected discuss fly zones syria, north korea ukraine would also agenda whole, administration stance regard syria remains mystery inconsistency comes mind first all, ria news agency quoted rybakov telling reporters general, primitiveness loutishness characteristic current rhetoric coming washington hope become substance american policy, ria quoted ryabkov saying
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fbi secured court order secretly surveil communications carter page, foreign policy adviser donald trump presidential campaign, agency investigates possible ties campaign russia, washington post reported tuesday citing law enforcement us officials post reported warrant page obtained last summer federal bureau investigation justice department foreign intelligence surveillance court wapost p l xi judge convinced probable cause believe page acting agent russia, post said page denied media interviews worked russians influence election statement reuters tuesday, page said court order evidence administration former president barack obama wanted suppress dissidents opposed foreign policy interesting see comes unjustified basis fisa requests fully disclosed time , said justice department immediately respond requests comment reuters, could independently confirm post story white house fbi declined comment fbi congressional committees investigating whether russia tried influence election trump favor, mostly hacking democratic operatives emails releasing embarrassing information, possibly colluding trump associates russia denies allegations, trump also dismisses
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france rest europe must use last week us missile strike syria tool revive peace negotiations warring parties, french president francois hollande said newspaper interview published wednesday interview le monde, hollande said intelligence suggested nerve gas attack prompted us missile strike tactical nature launched aircraft major western powers middle eastern allies blame syrian president bashar al assad attack pushing week try isolate attack rebel held town last week killed people including children pressure also building russian president vladimir putin break ties assad
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tensions united states russia spiral control following last week us cruise missile strikes syrian air base, defense secretary jim mattis said tuesday, describing one response syria use banned chemical weapons president donald trump, biggest foreign policy decision since taking office january, ordered strikes concluding syria waged nerve gas attack rebel held territory killed people, many children russia, advisers ground aiding syrian president bashar al assad, warned us strike could serious consequences syria denies involvement spiral control, mattis told reporters pentagon confident russians act best interest nothing best interest say want situation go control mattis repeatedly warned us military remained ready act assad use chemical weapons, saying tuesday assad would pay very, stiff price time, acknowledged trump authorized single attack, meaning us military would automatically authority strike washington determine another case chemical weapons use mattis also sought downplay concerns pentagon mission creep, saying us military focus syria still fighting islamic state militants, becoming entangled syria messy civil war assad opponents rest campaign stays track exactly assad violation, mattis said incident chilled us relations moscow presidential campaign trump frequently called alliance russia fight islamic state militants syria iraq also led trump administration harden attitude assad weeks top us officials said concerned defeating islamic state militants getting assad power see peaceful, stable syria future assad charge, white house spokesman sean spicer said tuesday see future syria assad leader government us secretary state rex tillerson denounced russian support assad prepared fly moscow tuesday clear us reign assad family coming end, tillerson told reporters italy us intelligence indicates syrian su aircraft taking shayrat airfield delivered nerve agent sarin, according white house report given reporters mattis said doubt damascus responsible although us officials strongly hinted suspect russia, presence shayrat, may known something planned attack, none conclusively linked moscow incident mattis suggested united states firm evidence russia foreknowledge complicit chemical attack clear assad regime planned it, orchestrated executed beyond say right know told you, know anything beyond that, mattis said, asked whether russia role
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russia foreign minister sergei lavrov said meeting us secretary state rex tillerson moscow wednesday important allow repeat us strikes syria lavrov said strikes carried united states syrian airbase last week unlawful added expected hold frank honest discussions tillerson forming broad anti terrorism coalition
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us secretary state rex tillerson told russian counterpart wednesday wanted use talks moscow understand russia washington sharp differences find way bridge differences speaking opening remarks start negotiations russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, tillerson said looked forward open candid discussion, washington lines communication moscow would always remain open
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senior member israel government welcomed wednesday white house spokesman sean spicer apology saying adolf hitler use chemical weapons, comments overlooked killing millions jews nazi gas chambers since apologized retracted remarks, far concerned, matter over, intelligence transport minister israel katz said statement, citing tremendous importance historical truth remembrance victims holocaust spicer made assertion daily news briefing, discussion april chemical weapons attack syria killed people washington blamed attack government syrian president bashar al assad someone despicable hitler even sink using chemical weapons, spicer said asked russia alliance syrian government nazis murdered six million jews world war two many jews well others killed gas chambers european concentration camps reporter asked spicer wanted clarify comments, said think come sarin gas, no, using gas people way assad later tuesday, spicer apologized said made comparison mistake done again, spicer told cnn interview inappropriate insensitive spicer assertion, made jewish holiday passover, sparked instant outrage social media holocaust memorial groups accused minimizing hitler crimes katz, member prime minister benjamin netanyahu party, tweeted late tuesday spicer comments news briefing grave outrageous , said white house spokesman apologize resign immediate comment israeli leaders, passover holiday period government business largely standstill many country vacation first time white house answer questions holocaust critics january noted administration statement marking international holocaust remembrance day, omitted mention jewish victims time, spicer defended statement saying written part jewish staff member whose family members survived holocaust despite difficulties, relations trump administration israeli government cordial obama presidency, although differences remain scope israeli settlement building
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democrats thought hard stop president donald trump first us supreme court nominee, promises even tougher gets fill another vacancy, potentially replace influential justice, anthony kennedy kennedy, conservative sometimes sides court liberals key cases gay rights abortion, one three justices older justice stephen breyer fellow liberal ruth bader ginsburg former kennedy supreme court clerks said justice, turns july, may pondering retirement either year would give trump chance shape court first nominee, neil gorsuch, sworn monday lifetime job replace late conservative justice antonin scalia overcoming fierce democratic opposition senate confirmation process kennedy administered gorsuch judicial oath white house ceremony, trump heaped praise justice spent nearly three decades america top court, calling great man outstanding accomplishment gorsuch one kennedy former clerks kennedy planning reunion clerks june rather next year expected kennedy, court spokesman, declined comment plans implications court kennedy step enormous past decade swing vote major cases gorsuch confirmation restored court conservative majority whenever kennedy leaves bench replaced stalwart conservative, would move court right republicans possess majority senate order secure gorsuch confirmation, voted prohibit procedural roadblock called filibuster required super majority votes allow confirmation vote supreme court nominees, leaving minority democrats little ammunition next nomination fight think hard democrats get much traction derail future trump nominee without threat filibuster, george washington university political scientist sarah binder said democrats republicans still predicting fierce fight next court vacancy life understand democrats made fuss one look stupid, republican senator orrin hatch said last week gorsuch nomination expect armageddon next one going change, assuming trump gets another one, direction court would certainly keep court conservative mode long time democratic congressional aide added, opposition gorsuch could look weak compared similarly conservative nominee would face, would tip balance court kennedy longest serving nine justices nominated republican president ronald reagan confirmed senate democrats thwarted reagan first choice, outspoken conservative robert bork, second pick, douglas ginsburg, withdrew consideration although sided conservative colleagues many issues, kennedy supported liberal causes gay rights, culminating writing landmark ruling legalizing sex marriage nationwide also joined liberals upholding abortion rights , kennedy joined court four liberal justices ruling striking texas abortion law imposing strict regulations doctors facilities strongest endorsement us abortion rights two decades also authored ruling upholding consideration race college admissions, joined court liberals university georgia school law professor lori ringhand said republicans may wary defending extremely conservative court nominee midterm congressional elections coming , another vacancy arises clear would electoral advantage republicans hotly contested supreme court nomination right midterms highlighted nominee extremely conservative positions social issues majority public actually accepted, ringhand said
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president donald trump plans nominate attorney john j sullivan maryland deputy secretary state, white house said tuesday said statement would also serve deputy secretary state management resources sullivan, , served bush administration deputy secretary commerce department deputy general counsel defense department
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white house spokesman sean spicer triggered uproar tuesday saying adolf hitler use chemical weapons apologized comments drew immediate criticism social media elsewhere overlooking fact millions jews killed nazi gas chambers spicer made assertion daily news briefing, discussion april chemical weapons attack syria killed people washington blamed attack government syrian president bashar al assad someone despicable hitler even sink using chemical weapons, spicer said asked russia alliance syrian government nazis murdered six million jews world war two many jews well others killed gas chambers european concentration camps reporter asked spicer wanted clarify comments, said think come sarin gas, no, using gas people way assad later tuesday, spicer apologized said made comparison mistake done again, spicer told cnn interview inappropriate insensitive spicer assertion, made jewish holiday passover, sparked instant outrage social media holocaust memorial groups accused minimizing hitler crimes sean spicer lacks integrity serve white house press secretary, president trump must fire once, said steven goldstein, executive director anne frank center mutual respect shortly white house briefing, spicer emailed statement reporters response queries, stopped short offering explicit apology way trying lessen horrendous nature holocaust trying draw distinction tactic using airplanes drop chemical weapons population centers attack innocent people reprehensible inexcusable, spicer said statement us holocaust museum mention spicer comments directly, sent tweet shortly briefing showed graphic footage dead bodies us forces found liberating buchenwald concentration camp video retweeted thousand times, many twitter users referencing spicer comments us house democratic leader nancy pelosi called republican president donald trump reject spicer assertion sean spicer must fired, president must immediately disavow spokesman statements, pelosi said statement white house immediately respond asked comment pelosi statement first time white house answer questions holocaust critics january noted administration statement marking international holocaust remembrance day, omitted mention jewish victims time, spicer defended statement saying written part jewish staff member whose family members survived holocaust
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us attorney general jeff sessions traveled us mexico border tuesday make case increased prosecutions illegal immigrants, pressuring us attorneys prioritize cases criminal migrants sessions, long time proponent tougher immigration enforcement, told us customs border protection agents port nogales, arizona, illegal migrants prosecuted criminals normally role secretary homeland security meet border agents sessions made visit highlight focus enforcing federal laws dozens us cities try shield illegal immigrants stepped prosecution deportation efforts former us senator said duly enacted laws united states require sessions said us attorney would required designate point person border security prosecutions april person position, known border security coordinator, would directed coordinate department homeland security, according sessions memo directive go beyond existing laws, sessions said order mandates prioritizations enforcement us attorneys trump administration threatened cut us justice department grants called sanctuary cities fail assist federal immigration authorities police cities argued targeting illegal migrants improper use law enforcement resources sessions said failure deport aliens convicted criminal offenses puts whole communities risk us law, anyone harbors transports undocumented immigrant, crossed border illegally two times, resists immigration officer arrest commits travel document fraud subject criminal prosecution immigrants apprehended crossing border illegally face civil procedures, deportation penalty sessions announcement latest move trump administration deter illegal immigration president donald trump also called releasing migrants pending court cases, targeting people immigration raids building wall southwest border speaking yards border fence arizona mexico border, sessions said adding fencing border force multiplier illegal migration also said justice department plans add immigration judges immigration judges oversee civil immigration cases, backlog , pending cases due shortage judges
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highlights us president donald trump administration thursday united states drops massive gbu bomb, largest non nuclear bomb ever used combat, afghanistan series caves used islamic state militants, pentagon says trump says pyongyang problem taken care amid speculation north korea verge sixth nuclear test military force cannot resolve tension north korea, china warns, influential chinese newspaper urges pyongyang halt nuclear program exchange beijing protection trump administration focusing north korea strategy tougher economic sanctions, possibly including intercepting cargo ships punishing chinese banks business pyongyang, us officials say trump says things work fine united states russia, day declaring us russian relations may time low trump signals could moving closer mainstream monetary policy, saying ruled reappointment janet yellen federal reserve chair considers choices us central bank nl n hl b trump signs resolution allow us states restrict federal funds contraception reproductive health spent, move cheered anti abortion campaigners democratic senator chris van hollen presses deutsche bank release information issues including trump debt bank meetings trump administration officials, saying great concern possible conflicts interest export import bank trump office says plans revive hobbled export import bank united states, victory american manufacturers boeing co general electric co overseas customers use agency government backed loans purchase products top wall street bankers say positive discussions financial regulation washington, downplay idea us policymakers may force institutions split united states pushing trade key issue top level economic talks japan, source says, unwelcome development tokyo, seeking fend us pressure reduce bilateral trade imbalance trump administration focused one group illegal immigrants others women children, according eight department homeland security officials interviewed reuters agency planning
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head us house representatives committee polices wall street plans unveil new draft sweeping legislation month end would give dodd frank wall street reform law major facelift statement released reporters, spokeswoman house financial services chairman jeb hensarling said looking forward working president donald trump enact financial choice act
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un security council could vote early wednesday push united states, britain france bolster support international inquiries deadly toxic gas attack syria, diplomats said, move russia deemed unacceptable unwarranted three countries proposed revised draft resolution, diplomats said, similar text circulated member council last week condemns april attack pushes syria government cooperate investigators western powers blame sarin gas attack, killed scores civilians
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