WASHINGTON — Democrats ushered in their leadership on Wednesday for the 116th Congress, including more than 200 returning and incoming members signaling that come January, they want Representative Nancy Pelosi of California to reclaim the speaker’s gavel. Here are some of the takeaways from the caucus’s votes. The real test for Ms. Pelosi is in […]
Nancy Pelosi isn’t speaker of the House just yet, but her path back to the gavel is now firmly in sight. Pelosi was overwhelmingly nominated to become House speaker in an internal Democratic caucus vote Wednesday. The final tally, 203-32, puts her within range of the 218 threshold needed in January to be elected speaker […]
WASHINGTON — Some multinational companies may not see as much of a benefit from President Trump’s signature tax cuts as they had hoped, under proposed regulations that the administration issued on Wednesday. If they are made permanent, the rules, released late in the day by the Internal Revenue Service, will force some corporations that operate […]
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar insisted his Government was the “only people you can trust to keep the economy stable” despite a critical assessment of their financial planning. While saying he was not dismissing the warnings of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC), Mr Varadkar argued that Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe was keeping “a tight rein on […]
WASHINGTON — When President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China sit down to talk trade this week at the Group of 20 summit meeting, their negotiations are likely to be framed by a highly charged topic: the White House’s insistence that China routinely steals American technology and intellectual property. The Trump administration has repeatedly […]
He once expressed hope that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would be “my new best friend,” but with friends like him, President Trump hardly needs enemies. Russia’s armed seizure of three Ukrainian ships in the days before the two leaders are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meeting in […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House did not block CIA Director Gina Haspel from participating in a briefing on Wednesday for the U.S. Senate about the war in Yemen and U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia, a spokesman for the agency said. “The notion that anyone told Director Haspel not to attend today’s briefing is false,” […]
In an effort to fix the province’s finances, the Manitoba government has reduced positions and salaries at Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, and Manitoba Public Insurance. Crown services minister Colleen Mayer announced Wednesday that overall management positions and salaries at the three Crown corporations have been cut by 15 per cent. “Our government continues […]
Two Iranians were behind the ransomware attack that crippled Atlanta’s government for days this year, the Justice Department said in an indictment unsealed on Wednesday, detailing a sophisticated scheme of attacks on hospitals, government agencies and other organizations. The men, Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, chose targets with complex yet vulnerable systems […]
Theresa May’s attempt to show MPs her hasty tour of the UK to sell her Brexit deal to the public had been a roaring success quickly backfired. The Prime Minister has been frantically travelling to all four nations to try to win over key sectors. She proudly told the House of Commons: "Let me tell […]