WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) Chief Executive Mary Barra on Wednesday vowed to keep an “open mind” about the future of an Ohio plant that will lose vehicle production, but warned the Detroit automaker has excess capacity and did not suggest the company was reconsidering the plan. Barra came under pressure from Ohio’s […]
(Reuters) – A Democratic U.S. congressman on Wednesday called for an emergency hearing into claims of fraud in a North Carolina election where the state is probing alleged improper handling of ballots by political operatives. Almost a month after Republican Mark Harris declared victory in his North Carolina race for the U.S. House of Representatives, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January plan to send Special Counsel Robert Mueller the transcripts of testimony by some of President Donald Trump’s closest associates so they can be reviewed for evidence and possible falsehoods, said three sources familiar with the matter. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, son […]
HENRICO, Va. (Reuters) – Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger had a potent defense against attacks by President Donald Trump and other Republicans casting her party as weak on national security: her career as a covert CIA counter-terrorism officer. In November’s elections, she was one of five Democratic women with national security or military backgrounds who captured […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) Chief Executive Mary Barra on Wednesday vowed to keep an “open mind” about the future of an Ohio plant that will lose vehicle production, but warned the Detroit automaker has excess capacity and did not suggest the company was reconsidering the plan. Barra came under pressure from Ohio’s […]
Theresa May was desperately trying to win over Tory rebels to night by offering them a veto on the Irish backstop. With just five days to go until the crunch vote on her Brexit deal, the Prime Minister held private talks with sceptical Brexiteers to try and avert a crushing defeat. It came as the […]
HENRICO, Va. (Reuters) – Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger had a potent defense against attacks by President Donald Trump and other Republicans casting her party as weak on national security: her career as a covert CIA counter-terrorism officer. In November’s elections, she was one of five Democratic women with national security or military backgrounds who captured […]
President Trump tried to calm global markets and ease concerns that his trade truce with China was already floundering on Wednesday, declaring in a series of tweets that the Chinese government has sent “very strong signals” since Mr. Trump reached an accord with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Argentina last week. Confusion about what Mr. […]
(Reuters) – Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles with U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday he would not run for the White House in 2020, ending a months-long flirtation with a bid for the Democratic nomination. Avenatti, who has been a vocal critic of the Republican […]
Former Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone has snubbed a request from the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee for materials related to the Russia investigation. Sen. Diane Feinstein released a letter that she received from Stone’s lawyer, in which he said that the requests for documents were too broad, far-reaching and wide-ranging. Lawyer Grant […]