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Attorney General Sessions defends reply on Russia contacts

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday defended his conduct at a January confirmation hearing where he denied having contacts with Russian officials during the course of the presidential campaign when he was an adviser to Donald Trump.
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Publish Date: 07/March/2017 | 05:58

Wall Street slips on wiretap accusation, geopolitical worries

EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday amid losses across sectors as investors' appetite for risk was curbed by geopolitical tensions in Asia and President Donald Trump's accusation that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped him.
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Publish Date: 07/March/2017 | 05:40

China Currency Manipulation Could Be Just What Trump Needs

EghtesadOnline: Top American economic officials, set to meet their Chinese counterparts next week at a Group of 20 gathering, may find one of their toughest challenges yet to hash out agreed language on foreign-exchange policy.
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Publish Date: 07/March/2017 | 05:23

White House Refuses to Explain Trump's Obama-Wiretap Claim

EghtesadOnline: White House press secretary Sean Spicer refused on Monday to explain President Donald Trump’s explosive allegation that his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, had ordered surveillance against him.
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Publish Date: 07/March/2017 | 05:03

Sessions Recusal Puts Russia Probe Pressure on Choice for No. 2

EghtesadOnline: The stakes are suddenly much higher for the veteran prosecutor nominated to be top deputy to Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Rod Rosenstein would shoulder all the pressure of the investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential campaign.
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Publish Date: 06/March/2017 | 11:37

Clapper Denies Trump Wiretapped as White House Demands Probe

EghtesadOnline: Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said there was no wiretap activity directed against President Donald Trump or his campaign by the Obama administration, as Trump has claimed without evidence in calling for a Congressional investigation.
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Publish Date: 06/March/2017 | 05:01

U.S. suspends fast processing of high-tech visa applications

EghtesadOnline: Foreigners aiming for temporary jobs at high-tech U.S. companies will undergo a longer visa approval process after the Trump administration announced it will temporarily suspend expedited applications for H-1B visas.
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Publish Date: 05/March/2017 | 05:43

Schwarzenegger fired, didn't quit 'Apprentice': Trump

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump disputed Arnold Schwarzenegger's announcement about quitting as host of the reality show "The Celebrity Apprentice," saying on Saturday that Schwarzenegger was leaving involuntarily after drawing few viewers.
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Publish Date: 05/March/2017 | 05:41

Trump claims Obama wiretapped him during campaign; Obama refutes it

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump accused predecessor Barack Obama on Saturday of wiretapping him during the late stages of the 2016 election campaign, but offered no evidence for an allegation which an Obama spokesman said was "simply false".
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Publish Date: 05/March/2017 | 05:24

In day of pro-Trump rallies, California march turns violent

EghtesadOnline: Supporters of Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters at a rally in the famously left-leaning city of Berkeley, California, on a day of mostly peaceful gatherings in support of the U.S. president across the country.
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Publish Date: 05/March/2017 | 05:23
Rex Tillerson’s effectiveness depends on his shedding some of the instincts that led to his hire.

Has Trump Already Sidelined His Secretary of State?

EghtesadOnline: After meeting Donald Trump for the first time, in New York on Dec. 6, Rex Tillerson told his wife, Renda, that the president-elect had offered him the job of secretary of state. Tillerson had spent his entire 41-year career at Exxon Mobil Corp., the previous decade as chief executive officer.
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Publish Date: 02/March/2017 | 13:31

Dream of Offshore U.S. Wind Power May Be Too Ugly for Trump

EghtesadOnline: Offshore wind companies have spent years struggling to convince skeptics that the future of U.S. energy should include giant windmills at sea. Their job just got a lot harder with the election of Donald J. Trump.
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Publish Date: 02/March/2017 | 13:29

Behind scenes, Ivanka encouraged Trump’s change of tone: sources

EghtesadOnline: Behind the scenes at the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka was a key advocate for the more measured, less combative tone he struck in his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, officials said.
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Publish Date: 02/March/2017 | 13:22

U.S. stock investors say don't worry, be happy

EghtesadOnline: The latest leg of the relentless rally in U.S. stocks since Donald Trump was elected president has all the hallmarks of being driven more by sentiment than sense, but that doesn't mean the ride is over, although it could well be a bumpier one from here.
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Publish Date: 02/March/2017 | 13:07

China says supports WTO after U.S. trade threat

EghtesadOnline: China supports the work of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the country's foreign ministry said on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said it might defy WTO rulings it viewed as interfering with U.S. sovereignty.
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Publish Date: 02/March/2017 | 24:57