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How a border tax could divide Boeing and its suppliers

EghtesadOnline: A U.S. tax overhaul proposed by Republican leaders in Congress would deepen divisions between big manufacturers like Boeing Co and the thousands of smaller companies that supply them, according to suppliers and tax and trade experts.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 11:42

Healthcare scramble writes new chapter in Trump's 'Art of the Deal'

EghtesadOnline: In the middle of a confused three-day scramble by U.S. Republicans to save their plan to dismantle Obamacare, President Donald Trump telephoned a former small-town sandwich shop owner from the North Carolina mountains on Wednesday afternoon.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:25

Healthcare scramble writes new chapter in Trump's 'Art of the Deal'

EghtesadOnline: In the middle of a confused three-day scramble by U.S. Republicans to save their plan to dismantle Obamacare, President Donald Trump telephoned a former small-town sandwich shop owner from the North Carolina mountains on Wednesday afternoon.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:25

Top Senate Democrat promises fight to block Trump high court pick

EghtesadOnline: The top U.S. Senate Democrat on Thursday pledged to pursue a procedural hurdle to try to block the confirmation of Republican President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, a move that could provoke a nasty partisan fight and change the way the Senate does business.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:23

Top Senate Democrat promises fight to block Trump high court pick

EghtesadOnline: The top U.S. Senate Democrat on Thursday pledged to pursue a procedural hurdle to try to block the confirmation of Republican President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, a move that could provoke a nasty partisan fight and change the way the Senate does business.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 10:23

Trump's Russian imbroglio prompts Republican rethink on surveillance law

EghtesadOnline: Some Republican lawmakers appear to be reassessing whether to make changes to a surveillance law that allows broad snooping of Internet communications, citing concerns over the handling of classified intercepts after leaks of conversations between Russian officials and American associates of President Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 23:21

Trump's Russian imbroglio prompts Republican rethink on surveillance law

EghtesadOnline: Some Republican lawmakers appear to be reassessing whether to make changes to a surveillance law that allows broad snooping of Internet communications, citing concerns over the handling of classified intercepts after leaks of conversations between Russian officials and American associates of President Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 23:21

Republicans revamp U.S. health bill, boost benefits to older Americans

EghtesadOnline: U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans and add a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:42

Republicans revamp U.S. health bill, boost benefits to older Americans

EghtesadOnline: U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans and add a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:42

Conservatives rebel against Trump-backed Republican healthcare plan

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Republican legislation to replace the Obamacare healthcare law but the measure faced a rebellion by conservative groups and lawmakers, complicating its chances for passage in the U.S. Congress.
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Publish Date:08/March/2017 | 06:02

U.S. Republicans unveil plan to dismantle Obamacare, critics pounce

EghtesadOnline: Long-awaited legislation to dismantle Obamacare was unwrapped on Monday by U.S. Republicans, who called for ending health insurance mandates and rolling back extra healthcare funding for the poor in a package that drew immediate fire from Democrats.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 05:34

Trump aides divided over policy shielding 'dreamer' immigrants: sources

EghtesadOnline: Divisions have emerged among advisers to President Donald Trump over whether to rescind a signature policy of his predecessor, President Barack Obama, that shields young immigrants from deportation, according to congressional sources and Republicans close to the White House.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 05:12

Trump tells Republican lawmakers: Enough talk. Time to deliver

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump pushed Republican lawmakers on Thursday for swift action on a sweeping agenda including his planned U.S.-Mexican border wall, tax cuts and repealing the Obamacare law, despite tensions over timetables and priorities.
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Publish Date:27/January/2017 | 16:30

US House Bill Seeks to Sabotage Iran’s Plane Deals

EghtesadOnline: A Republican congressman has introduced legislation in the new US Congress that could complicate Boeing and Airbus sales to Iran Air, made possible by a multinational nuclear agreement signed in July 2015.
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Publish Date:21/January/2017 | 14:22

Republican Governors Balk as Congress Races to End Obamacare

EghtesadOnline: Republican governors, while remaining publicly committed to ending Obamacare, are telling their congressional delegations that repealing the health-care law without an adequate replacement would ravage budgets and swamp hospitals with the uninsured.
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Publish Date:20/January/2017 | 13:25

GOP Embarks on Obamacare Repeal With No Agreement on Replacement

EghtesadOnline: Congressional Republicans completed the first step Friday toward their long-promised repeal of Obamacare, but now they face the much more difficult task of finding a way to unravel the massive health-care law and replace it.
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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 05:26

Republicans pass sweeping bill to reform 'abusive' U.S. regulation

EghtesadOnline: Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform "abusive" federal regulation of areas from the environment to the workplace.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 08:58

Trump's choices for top Cabinet posts face big tests this week

EghtesadOnline: Senate confirmation hearings this week for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top jobs - from secretary of state to attorney general - should provide a test of his ability to work with fellow Republicans in Congress to enact his agenda.
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Publish Date:09/January/2017 | 13:20

Kentucky lawmakers to take up 'right-to-work' legislation

EghtesadOnline: Republican lawmakers in Kentucky will take up a bill on Saturday that would make it the 27th U.S. state to allow workers the right to work in union-represented shops and receive union-negotiated benefits without paying dues to the representing body.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 15:25