Reuters US Politics

By Tim Reid (Reuters) – A senior aide to Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has resigned and joined former President Donald Trump’s White House campaign, a Ramaswamy spokesperson said on Wednesday. Brian Swensen, a national political director for Ramaswamy who had been focusing much of his time on the crucial early nominating state of New …

Senior aide to Republican presidential candidate Ramaswamy quits to join Trump Read More »

By Doina Chiacu, Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The conservative U.S. political network led by billionaire Charles Koch on Tuesday endorsed Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, giving the former South Carolina governor a boost among party rivals struggling to make a dent against frontrunner Donald Trump. The influential group, which …

Influential Koch group endorses Haley’s 2024 Republican presidential bid Read More »

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign enlisted former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday to warn about threats to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, after former President Donald Trump pledged new efforts to replace the law if he wins a second term. THE TAKE: Tuesday’s …

Biden campaign taps Pelosi on Obamacare after Trump threatens health law Read More »

By Makini Brice and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden on Tuesday offered to testify publicly in the House Republican impeachment inquiry of his father’s Democratic administration, while a leading lawmaker stuck to his demand of testimony behind closed doors. Escalating a months-long investigation across three congressional committees, the Republican-controlled …

Hunter Biden offers to testify publicly in House Republicans’ impeachment probe Read More »

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A judge on Monday rejected Donald Trump’s request to see records from the congressional investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which the former president said may be relevant to his defense against election interference charges. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington found that …

Judge rejects Trump bid for US House Jan. 6 committee records Read More »

By Ted Hesson and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump has vowed to intensify his crackdown on immigration if he returns to the White House and has left the door open to resuming his most controversial policy – family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border – but key allies who could join a new Trump …

Trump refuses to rule out new migrant family separations, but allies are wary Read More »

By Gram Slattery and Tim Reid (Reuters) – The head of a political action committee (PAC) supporting Republican Ron DeSantis resigned on Wednesday, dealing a further blow to the Florida governor’s struggling White House campaign. Chris Jankowski, the chief executive of Never Back Down, the main super PAC backing DeSantis’s bid to become the Republican …

DeSantis super PAC head quits, latest blow to struggling Republican’s presidential bid Read More »

By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress is facing growing calls to find a way to stem rising budget deficits and debt following this month’s warning by Moody’s that political dysfunction could lead it to lower the federal government’s credit rating. There is no rocket science to the three basic …

Rising US debt stokes calls in Congress for special fiscal commission Read More »