WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a Wednesday vote on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package, determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate while essentially daring members to defy their party’s leader and vote against it. “The American people gave us a clear mandate,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The stock market was soaring and the sun was shining when President Donald Trump stepped out of the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon. Less than two hours earlier, he had retreated from his plans to increase tariffs on many U.S. trading partners, and investors were rejoicing after bracing for a global economic…
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Senate bill that would require congressional approval for new tariffs gained more Republican support on Friday, in the second day of a stock market rout sparked by President Donald Trump’s move to impose sweeping new taxes on imports. Republican U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitch McConnell of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress have long been intent on countering America’s rivals and spreading U.S. influence abroad. But when President Donald Trump spelled out a sharp turn from that approach in his recent address to Congress, lawmakers in his party couldn’t help but stand and applaud. Moves toward a neutral position on the…