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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to temporarily halt all contracts, grants and interagency agreements pending a review, according to sources. The White House sent a letter to the EPA's Office of Administration and Resources Management ordering the freeze on Monday, an EPA staffer told Reuters.
Senate Democrats are offering President Donald Trump a $1 trillion proposal to upgrade the nation's aging infrastructure - but he'd have to split with Republicans to get it. In their first major bid to force Trump's hand on a policy issue where the President's populism is at odds with spendthrift congressional GOP leadership, top Democrats unveiled their infrastructure package Tuesday.
President Donald Trump is expected to take executive action Tuesday to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. That's according to a person with knowledge of the action.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday will propose spending $1 trillion on transportation and other infrastructure projects over 10 years in an attempt to engage President Donald Trump on an issue where they hope to find common ground. Details of the plan provided to The Associated Press include $200 billion for a "vital infrastructure fund."
Congressional analysts Tuesday projected that President Donald Trump has inherited a stable economy and a government that is on track to run a $559 billion budget deficit for the ongoing budget year. The new estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office say the economy will hold relatively steady, with economic growth rising slightly to 2.3 percent this year and unemployment averaging less than 5 percent for the duration of Trump's term.
President Donald Trump is expected to take executive action Tuesday to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. That's according to a person with knowledge of the action.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says he has invited President Donald Trump to address a Joint Session of Congress on Feb. 28. Ryan announced the invitation on Tuesday, informing reporters after a meeting with House Republicans. Ryan had met with Trump Monday night at the White House .
One of Donald Trump's first actions as US president was to sign an executive order to freeze non-military federal hiring. The move, White House press secretary Sean Spicer explained at a Jan. 23 press briefing, "counters the dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years."
Threats to US trade with China or Mexico, which have been raised by Donald Trump's US presidency, look far more serious than the loss of the TPP deal, a senior CME Group executive said, foreseeing a jump in ag price volatility. Erik Norland, executive director and senior economist of CME Group, downplayed President Trump's decision on Monday to withdraw the US from the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal, saying that "I do not think it really changes very much".
In a little-noticed development, then President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 5 named former Whitman-Walker Clinic associate director Katy French Talento as his White House health policy adviser. Talento's LinkedIn page and other biographical information on her shows that she served from December 1998 to November 2000 as a Whitman-Walker Program Evaluator and later as its Associate Director for Contracts and Grants.
President Donald Trump will sign orders Tuesday to advance the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, a pair of projects that were blocked by the Obama administration due in part to environmental concerns. Trump is to sign the orders Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.
People across the world are paying great attention to the first actions of the 45th US President Donald Trump, who took office as head of the most powerful state in the world on January 20. In a very strong signal for some parts of the world, including Ukraine, the new leader's first decree was one appointing General James Mattis, who is known for his tough stance on Russia, to lead the Pentagon. By his second decree, he appointed Marine General John Kelly as US secretary of homeland security.
Certainly, the market shine has come off Donald Trump, initially because he failed after his election victory to unveil specifics of his fiscal and economic programs, and then because of his seemingly singular focus on protectionism. Mr. Trump is only doing what he said he'd do.
Last month, Planned Parenthood released focus group research showing that while Donald Trump's supporters are often willing to express sexist attitudes , they aren't particularly keen on attacking reproductive health care access. Many of the participants were confident that Trump signified a new era for Republicans, where conservative politicians dropped the relentless attacks on reproductive rights.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Rep. Tom Price testifies during his confirmation hearing, Jan. 17, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Tom Price , R-Georgia, President Donald Trump 's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and spearhead the administration's healthcare reform, will return to Capitol Hill Tuesday for his official confirmation hearing.
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Rubio sides with Tillerson for secretary of state Rubio had expressed deep misgivings about Tillerson's ties to Russia and President Vladimir Putin. Check out this story on floridatoday.com: http://on.flatoday.com/2klMAwP FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
Mike Pompeo was sworn in Monday night as director of the CIA at a crucial time for U.S. national security as intelligence - traditionally a nonpartisan issue - has been thrust into the political arena." You are stepping up to lead the finest intelligence-gathering operation the world has ever seen," Vice President Mike Pence said during the nighttime swearing-in ceremony.
President Donald Trump revived a baseless claim he made shortly after winning the election in 2016 - that he lost the national popular vote to Hillary Clinton because of voter fraud. Trump made the comments during a meeting with congressional leaders on Monday.
U.S. President Donald Trump repeated the unproven claim that millions of illegal ballots lost him the popular vote in the November election at a White House reception with senators and congressmen Monday, reports say. Trump claimed that three to five million illegal ballots kept him from capturing the popular vote, at what was his first meeting with congressional leaders of both the Republicans and the Democrats since being sworn in Saturday, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn told Politico .