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.
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump's signal of a new openness to immigration reform in a speech to the U.S. Congress did little to win over Democrats who would be essential to revamping the nation's immigration laws.
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump declared victory on a key element of his international agenda when he told Congress that “money is pouring in” from NATO countries to support the defense alliance, leaving aides to explain the boast.
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump exhorted lawmakers to think big in his first address to Congress, calling for their help in replacing Obamacare, overhauling taxes and boosting defense spending.
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump's much-anticipated debut address to Congress was light on policy detail and big on rhetoric.
EghtesadOnline: U.S. stock index futures were higher on Wednesday as investors assessed President Donald Trump's speech, while bank stocks rose on increased possibility of an interest rate hike this month.
EghtesadOnline:The dollar and U.S. Treasury yields jumped on Wednesday, while stocks were mixed, as investors focused less on U.S. President Donald Trump's first speech to Congress and more on what they see as a growing chance of a U.S. interest rate hike this month.
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump opened the door to an overhaul of the U.S. immigration system and vowed to pursue massive tax relief for the middle class in a speech to Congress on Tuesday as he sought to rebound from a chaotic start to his presidency.
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Tuesday reaffirmed support for the United States' longstanding security alliances around the world but insisted that friends and partners from Europe to the Middle East to the Pacific must “pay their fair share of the cost.”
EghtesadOnline: Dollar and equity bulls were largely unscathed by Donald Trump’s address to Congress, which provided few new details on his economic strategy amid increasing optimism on U.S. growth.