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Trump Administration Freezing Fuel Efficiency Penalties In The US

Reuters | Sunday July 14, 2019

The Trump administration said late on Friday it was issuing final rules to suspend a 2016 Obama administration regulation that more than doubled penalties for automakers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements. Congress in 2015 ordered federal agencies to adjust a wide range of civil penalties to account for inflation and, in response, the Nat...

Ex-Obama Lawyer Faces Up 10 Years In Jail For Making False Statements

World News | Reuters | Friday April 12, 2019

Greg Craig, a former White House counsel in the Obama administration, was charged on Thursday with lying about work he performed in 2012 for Ukraine in a case that grew out of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Donald Trump Is "Punishing, Imprisoning The Poor", Says United Nations

World News | Amanda Erickson, The Washington Post | Monday June 4, 2018

The United Nations has never been shy about attacking the United States. In recent years, UN officials accused the Obama administration of failing to address police brutality and sexual assault in the military. Also last year, the world body called President Donald Trump's attacks on the media "dangerous."

Trump Demands Justice Department Probe If FBI "Infiltrated" His Campaign

World News | Matt Zapotosky, David Nakamura, Robert Costa, The Washington Post | Monday May 21, 2018

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would demand that the Justice Department explore whether it or the FBI "infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes" - perhaps signaling the start of a showdown between the nation's chief executive and its federal law enforcement apparatus.

Ending H-4 Holders' Work Permits "Devastating For Families": US IT Body

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 25, 2018

Influential lawmakers and representative of the American IT industry, including Facebook, have opposed the Trump administration's proposed plan to withdraw work permits to H-4 visa holders, who are spouses of H-1B visa holders.

Investor 'Terminates' Weinstein Company Assets Deal

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday March 7, 2018

The deal to buy assets of Harvey Weinstein's former production company collapsed Tuesday as a former official in president Barack Obama's administration said her investor group was abandoning the venture for now.

Donald Trump Cancels UK Trip, Blames Obama For "Peanuts" London Embassy Deal

World News | Reuters | Friday January 12, 2018

US President Donald Trump canceled a visit to London scheduled for early this year, saying he was disappointed with the "Obama administration having sold" the U.S. embassy in the British capital.

Trump Administration Drops Obama-Era Easing Of Marijuana Prosecutions

World News | Reuters | Friday January 5, 2018

The US Justice Department on Thursday rescinded an Obama administration policy that had eased enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that legalized the drug, instead giving federal prosecutors wide latitude to pursue criminal charges.

White House Chief Of Staff Calls For Special Counsel To Probe Democrats

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 31, 2017

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said on Monday a special counsel should be appointed to investigate Democrats over a uranium deal during the Obama administration and a dossier compiled on Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign.

In The UAE, US Finds An Ally, And A Headache

World News | Kareem Fahim, Missy Ryan, The Washington Post | Friday August 4, 2017

As a vicious civil war erupted in Yemen two years ago and triggered international alarm, the United States warned the combatants to step back. But its efforts were quietly undermined by one of the most trusted U.S. regional allies: the United Arab Emirates.

Google, Facebook, AT&T Asked to Testify at Net Neutrality Hearing

Reuters | Wednesday July 26, 2017

The US FCC is considering tossing out 2015 Obama administration net neutrality rules that reclassified internet service like a public utility.

Apple's EU Tax Appeal Could See US Government Intervention

Reuters | Wednesday July 5, 2017

The Trump administration has tentatively proposed a tax break on $2.6 trillion in corporate profits being held offshore as part of its tax reform.

Pentagon Delays Transgender Recruitment By 6 Months

World News | Reuters | Saturday July 1, 2017

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday approved a six-month delay in allowing transgender recruits to join the U.S. armed forces, a Pentagon spokeswoman said.

Donald Trump Calls US Student Otto Warmbier Death A 'Total Disgrace'

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 21, 2017

President Donald Trump called the death of one-time North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier a "total disgrace" Tuesday and appeared to take a swipe at the Obama administration for failing to bring the American student home before it was too late.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 19, 2017

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both seeing a common adversary in Iran and its "destabilising" activities.