Trump poised to rescind Dreamer program, pressure Congress to fix

President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to rescind a program shielding from deportation some immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children, throwing their fate to Congress, which would have six months to find a fix. Sources familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to outline the president's thinking ahead of the announcement, stressed that the decision was not final and that Trump could change his mind at the last minute.

What the Dreamers really need is compromise in Congress

President Trump reportedly plans to give notice Tuesday that he'll end the Obama program for "Dreamers" in six months , giving Congress time to pass a law to resolve one of the toughest immigration issues. Trump thus keeps his campaign promise to reverse his predecessor's clearly illegal action, while showing heart for people stuck in a bind through no fault of their own.

Trump set to move on illegal children

President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the United States illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people familiar with the plans said. The delay in the formal dismantling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals would be intended to give Congress time to decide whether it wants to address the status of t... President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the United States illegally as children, but with a six-month delay, people familiar with the plans said.

Trump considers ending the a Dreamersa program, with a 6-month delay, reports say

President Donald Trump has sent divergent signals about the DACA program, publicly agonizing over the fate of the initiative for months, vowing to prevent deportations of minors in college while promising to crack down on all forms of immigration. President Donald Trump has sent divergent signals about the DACA program, publicly agonizing over the fate of the initiative for months, vowing to prevent deportations of minors in college while promising to crack down on all forms of immigration.

Obama, Trump elections provide backdrop for Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Golden House’

Salman Rushdie says the idea of setting his latest novel between two historic U.S. elections came to him late, but the contrast between Barack Obama and Donald Trump's presidencies provided the perfect backdrop for his modern American fable. "I knew I was going to try to write a fairly contemporary social novel about this particular moment; but to actually have that structure going across those eight years was not there at the beginning," the celebrated author said in a phone interview from New York.

Q&A: Can we return to slow politics and outsmart our high-tech future?

How the world could be and what societies need to do to usher in positive change was at the heart of the discussion on Melbourne Writers' Festival Q&A special. Featuring writers from the weekend's celebration of literature and ideas, the panel were asked to identify the challenges facing the global community right now and help provide a viable path to a more optimistic future.

Obama, Trump elections provide backdrop for Salman Rushdiea s a The Golden Housea

Author Salman Rushdie is seen in this undated handout photo. Salman Rushdie says the idea of setting his latest novel between two historic U.S. elections came to him late, but the contrast between Barack Obama and Donald Trump's presidencies provided the perfect backdrop for his modern American fable.

Immigration Reform

The end of the policy - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - would come with a six-month delay, possibly giving Congress a window to act on the program. Will Donald Trump deliver a "softer" plan for the 11 million people illegally in the U.S.? Republican Latinos say he needs to do that in his speech.

Tax reform near the top of Congress’ lengthy to-do list

When lawmakers return this week from the August recess, they'll face a bevy of must-do tasks, but chief among them is a long-held Republican agenda item: comprehensive tax reform. Enthusiasm levels are high for the mountainous challenge, as tax reform is a widely popular idea, and Republicans are desperate for a major legislative accomplishment they can tout in next year's midterm elections.

POLITICO: Don’t Pay Any Attention to How Well the Harvey Response Is Going, Trump Still Sucks

This is to be expected. If it didn't appear in Politico then it might have been posted right here: It's an article of faith in American politics that big disasters are defining moments for presidents-creating a huge stage for political theater and also posing some of the biggest risks.

Dear Donald… Barack Obama’s advice to successor Donald Trump

US President Barack Obama, with his letter to Donald Trump, is seen before leaving the White House for the final time. In the final minutes of his time in the Oval Office, just before he left for his successor's inauguration, US President Barack Obama slipped a handwritten letter inside the top drawer of the Resolute desk.

Furious Moscow demands swift return of closed US facilities

Russia demanded Sunday that the US rethink its shuttering of Moscow's diplomatic premises, insisting that Washington bore sole responsibility for worsening ties after the "hostile act". "We consider what has happened as an openly hostile act and a gross violation of international law by Washington," the foreign ministry in Moscow said in a statement.

Exclusive: Read the Inauguration Day letter Obama left for Trump

During his final moments in the Oval Office, President Barack Obama folded into thirds a handwritten letter to Donald Trump, slid it into an envelope, and in neat capital letters addressed it to "Mr. President." Now, the contents of that letter - the last direct communication between the 44th and 45th presidents - have emerged for the first time after CNN obtained a copy.

Russian online bots step up influence bid

After the 2016 U.S. presidential race was subject to Russian cyber meddling, analysts say the ferocity of more recent assaults is a preview of what could be coming in the 2018 elections, when Republicans will be defending their control of both chambers of Congress. "They haven't stood still since 2016," said Ben Nimmo, a senior fellow in information defense at the Digital Forensic Research Lab at the Atlantic Council in Washington, which tracked the activity.

Opening forum of congressional race has civil tone

But Finley, speaking at a forum at SUNY Adirondack on Thursday evening, said he didn't view the arrangement as being outnumbered. Finley, a beef cattle farmer and real estate broker from St. Lawrence County, compared the forum to a gathering of acquaintances at a restaurant.