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US plans to divert $40-M in aid to Venezuela's opposition

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 17 09:41 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to divert more than $40 million in humanitarian aid for Central America to support the U.S.-backed opposition in Venezuela, according to an internal document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday. Read more »

Trump calls for inquiry into Google's work with China

Reuters
Posted at Jul 17 08:41 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration would investigate whether Alphabet Inc's Google supports the Chinese government, following accusations that a company official refuted hours later at a Senate hearing.   Read more »

US House votes to condemn Trump's 'racist comments'

Jerome Cartillier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 08:02 AM

WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives formally condemned Donald Trump on Tuesday for xenophobic attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers and hostile language targeting immigrants, as the president pushed back at accusations of racism.   Read more »

Trump says 'not fair' that US can't sell F-35s to Turkey

Jeff Mason and Phil Stewart, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 17 07:07 AM

Washington's concern is that deploying Russia's S-400 air defense system with the F-35 would allow Russia to gain too much inside information of the stealth system. Read more »

Trump says he wants review of Google's ties to China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 16 10:45 PM

Trump echoed an unsubstantiated remark from tech billionaire Peter Thiel that Google had been working with China's government or military establishment. Read more »

US firms may get nod to restart Huawei sales in 2-4 weeks -official

Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld, Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 07:38 PM

The US may approve licenses for companies to re-start new sales to Huawei in as little as two weeks, according to a senior US official, in a sign President Donald Trump's recent effort to ease restrictions on the Chinese company could move forward quickly. Read more »

US launches small-scale immigration raids as families hide

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 08:57 AM

US authorities launched small-scale operations to arrest undocumented families over the weekend in a start to President Donald Trump's plan to deport thousands of immigrants. Read more »

Immigrants in hiding, but no sign of threatened mass U.S. raids

Andrew Hay, Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 08:28 AM

Immigrant families and their defenders were on standby Sunday for mass deportation arrests across the United States threatened by President Donald Trump, but by early afternoon there were no signs of a nationwide operation. Read more »

Trump under fire for 'racist' attack on US congresswomen

WG Dunlop and Ian Geoffrey Timberlake, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 15 08:09 AM

US President Donald Trump took aim at progressive Democratic congresswomen Sunday, telling them to "go back" where they came from in remarks that sparked yet another firestorm over his views on race and immigration. Read more »

Trump's favorite parts of US economy are also the weakest

Douglas Gillison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 11:15 AM

Despite punitive tariffs to help skew the playing field in favor of US companies, the very industries Trump has tried to help have become the weakest links in the otherwise solid economy. Read more »

Trump confirms immigration raids set for the weekend

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 12:10 AM

Trump confirmed Friday that immigration agents will launch raids across the country this weekend to round up thousands of undocumented migrants for deportation. Read more »

Democrats warn Trump ahead of planned immigration raids

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 12 06:43 AM

WASHINGTON - Democrats in the US Congress demanded Thursday that President Donald Trump protect families and children ahead of expected immigration raids this weekend. Read more »

Trump meets conservatives at 'free speech' social media summit

David Shepardson and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 05:39 AM

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, United States—President Donald Trump met with prominent conservative social media figures on Thursday at a White House forum where he is set to reiterate frustrations with big tech firms for allegedly suppressing conservative voices. Read more »

Trump escalates war on social media at White House 'summit'

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 10:24 PM

Trump invited conservative activists who have been curbed or banned on social media to press his argument that big social networks are discriminating against conservatives, notwithstanding his large online following.   Read more »

Trump eyes US ambassador to PH Sung Kim as Indonesia envoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 05:51 PM

US President Donald Trump is considering to reassign US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim as the US top envoy to Indonesia. Read more »

Trump accuses Iran of secret nuclear enrichment, says sanctions to be cranked up "substantially"

Doina Chiacu, Francois Murphy, Reuters
Posted at Jul 11 12:40 AM

President Donald Trump accused Iran on Wednesday of secretly enriching uranium for a long time and said US sanctions would be increased "substantially" soon, as the UN nuclear watchdog held an emergency meeting on Tehran's breach of a nuclear deal. Read more »

Britain's US ambassador resigns after Trump spat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 10 09:13 PM

LONDON - United Kingdom's ambassador to Washington Kim Darroch said Wednesday he was resigning after drawing Donald Trump's ire for calling the US president "inept" in leaked confidential cables to London. Read more »

Football: Rapinoe says US World Cup teammates will snub White House

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 10 11:11 AM

Star striker Megan Rapinoe said Tuesday she does not think the United States' Women's World Cup-winning team would accept an invitation from President Donald Trump to visit the White House. Read more »

Federal Reserve faces fire no matter what it does

Jeanna Smialek, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 10 10:52 AM

President Donald Trump has put the Fed under a microscope, jawboning officials for months to cut rates and calling the central bank America’s “most difficult problem” in a series of posts on Twitter on Friday. Read more »

Trump's July 4th celebration cost military at least $1.2 million

Reuters
Posted at Jul 10 10:26 AM

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's celebration of U.S. Independence Day, which included bringing tanks and equipment to Washington, cost the military at least $1.2 million. Read more »