Election 2016
Trump ignites political fight over U.S. banking law reforms
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis, drawing fire from Democrats who said his order lacked substance and squarely aligned him with Wall Street bankers. | Video
- Trump says his travel ban needed to ensure U.S. religious freedom
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- U.S. hopes to have border wall finished within two years: official
- Senate panel advances Trump EPA chief pick over Democrats' boycott
- Senate Budget Committee approves Mulvaney as budget director
- U.S. Senate panel suspends rules, backs Price, Mnuchin for Cabinet
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Trump's EPA pick vote delayed in boycott by Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. senators on Wednesday delayed a committee vote on President Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency after the panel's Democrats boycotted the meeting, saying that nominee Scott Pruitt doubts the science of climate change. | Video
Senate Judiciary Democrat says panel should hold hearings for Gorsuch
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Wednesday the panel should hold hearings on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch but that Democrats would seek a 60-vote threshold for his confirmation in the full Senate.
Trump picks conservative judge Gorsuch for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court's conservative majority and help shape rulings on divisive issues such as abortion, gun control, the death penalty and religious rights. | Video
Trump's early moves spark alarm, resistance within the government
WASHINGTON At the U.S. State Department, the dissent began building soon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order late on Friday to limit immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.