By SUSANNAH GEORGE and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States reimposed stiff economic sanctions on Iran Monday, ratcheting up pressure on the Islamic Republic despite statements of deep dismay from European allies, three months after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the international accord limiting Iran’s nuclear activities.…
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is clearing the way for insurers to sell short-term health plans as a bargain alternative to pricey Obama-law policies for people struggling with high premiums. But the policies don’t have to cover existing medical conditions and offer limited benefits. It’s not certain if…
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER , AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is studying the idea of implementing a big tax break for wealthy Americans by reducing the taxes levied on capital gains, but no decision has been made yet on whether to proceed. Administration officials said Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prefers…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – A suspect in the 2017 kidnapping and slaying of a University of Illinois scholar from China wants to know if President Donald Trump spoke to Chinese officials about the case when he visited China in November. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that prosecutors revealed in a federal-court filing Friday that Brendt Christensen’s…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE , Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would consider shutting down the government if Democrats refuse to vote for his immigration proposals, including a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Republicans, trying to protect their majority in Congress, are playing down the chance of a shutdown as the…
Granite City, IL (KTRS) President Trump is coming off of several stops in the Midwest this week, wrapping up in the Illinois town of Granite City on Thursday. Trump spoke to hundreds of workers at Granite City Works, where he touted his trade policies for bringing jobs back to the mill that had been idle since…
By KEN THOMAS and PAUL WISEMAN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union. But the agreement was vague, the coming…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JONATHAN LEMIRE , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two months before the 2016 election, Donald Trump and his former lawyer discussed plans to pay for a former Playboy model’s story of alleged an affair, according to a secretly recorded tape of the conversation released amid an escalating feud between the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is headed to Kansas City to speak at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Trump’s arrival Tuesday comes just one day after the Senate confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie to be secretary of Veterans Affairs following months of tumult. Wilkie will be tasked with…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen audio recordings seized by the FBI from President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, were forwarded to federal prosecutors after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds, a former judge revealed Monday. The recordings were among millions of files taken from Cohen in…