S.A. Miller
Articles by S.A. Miller
Donald Trump launches investigation of foreign steel ‘dumping’ on U.S.
President Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross seemed at odds Thursday over China's role in hurting the domestic U.S. steel industry. Published April 20, 2017
Feds say deported ‘Dreamer’ lost status, had criminal convictions
Immigrant rights groups think they've found the right case to highlight their battle against President Trump's get-tough immigration policy, but the situation with Dreamer Juan Manuel Montes-Bojorquez is not the clear-cut case of a clean-cut kid being ousted for no good reason. Published April 19, 2017
Trump White House readies for government shutdown
White House officials say they will provide guidance to federal agencies Friday on contingency plans for a potential government shutdown, a week before the April 28 deadline for Congress to pass a spending bill and keep the lights on. Published April 19, 2017
Donald Trump to host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next month
President Trump will host Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on May 3, the White House said Wednesday. Published April 19, 2017
White House defends delay of USS Carl Vinson going to Korean peninsula
The White House said Wednesday that it did not mislead allies when announcing last week that the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was headed to the Korean peninsula, despite the ship spending days on a training excursion near Australia. Published April 19, 2017
Donald Trump signs executive order to rein in H-1B visa program
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to begin reining in the H-1B visa program that critics say for decades has allowed lower-wage foreign workers to take jobs from Americans. Published April 18, 2017
Chuck Schumer on Trump’s H-1B visa reforms study: Revive 2013 immigration bill, instead
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Tuesday dismissed as window dressing President Trump's pending executive order to study H-1B visa program reforms, urging him instead to take up the bipartisan 2013 comprehensive immigration reform bill that included fixes to that guest worker program. Published April 18, 2017
Donald Trump to reform H-1B visa program, federal procurement rules
President Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to begin overhauling the country's guest workers programs and federal procurement rules, as administration officials said he hopes to make strides on his push to buy and hire American. Published April 17, 2017
No government shutdown, budget negotiators insist
Despite intensifying clashes over several hot-button spending issues, budget negotiators continued to profess optimism Monday that they would avoid a government shutdown next week, and Trump administration officials refused even to discuss contingency plans in case the deal collapses. Published April 17, 2017
Melania Trump nods to U.S. troops at White House Easter Egg Roll
First lady Melania Trump gave a shoutout Monday to U.S. troops as she welcomed visitors to the 139th annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Published April 17, 2017
Donald Trump’s agenda mired in Congress
President Trump is stringing together some wins -- including a precision military strike on the Syrian regime, confirmation of his Supreme Court pick and trashing reams of Obama-era regulations -- but much of his legislative agenda remains bottled up in Congress. Published April 10, 2017
Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping agree to work on trade, North Korea
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping emerged from their first face-to-face meeting Friday with informal agreements to improve trade balance between their two countries and work together to "denuclearize" the Korean peninsula, according to top U.S. officials. Published April 7, 2017
Donald Trump meeting with Xi Jinping of China: ‘Tremendous progress’
President Trump said Friday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping were making "tremendous progress" in forging a cooperative relationship during their first face-to-face meetings. Published April 7, 2017
Syria state news: U.S. missile strikes killed 9 civilians, including 4 children
The Syrian state news agency reported Friday that U.S. missile strikes killed nine civilians, including four children, in villages nearby the airbase targeted by 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles. Published April 7, 2017
Donald Trump meets with Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping began high-stakes talks in Florida facing each other across a dinner table Thursday, connecting on a personal level before getting down to tense discussions about trade and the nuclear threat from North Korea. Published April 6, 2017
Trump signals strong moves against Syrian President Bashar Assad: ‘Something should happen’
President Trump signaled Thursday that he was considering action against Syrian President Bashar Assad in response to the deadly chemical weapon attack, saying "something should happen." Published April 6, 2017
Donald Trump kick-starts Soldier Ride bike event with Wounded Warriors
President Trump welcomed 50 Wounded Warriors to the White House to kick-start the annual Soldier Ride bicycling event Thursday, calling the veterans "real heroes." Published April 6, 2017
Donald Trump readies to press Xi Jinping on trade with China: ‘We have not been treated fairly’
President Trump said Thursday that he is prepared to press Chines President Xi Jinping on trade and North Korea when the two leaders meet later in Florida, but he said the outcome of the talks are far from certain. Published April 6, 2017
Donald Trump says Susan Rice committed a crime in ‘unmasking’ his aides
President Trump took aim Wednesday at Susan E. Rice, a national security adviser under President Obama, saying he thinks she committed a crime by using U.S. intelligence agencies to spy on Trump campaign officials. Published April 5, 2017
Donald Trump says Syria ‘crossed a lot of lines,’ vows to ‘fix’ Middle East
Saying a deadly chemical weapons attack on a town held by Syria rebels "crossed a lot of lines for me," President Trump hinted Wednesday that he was preparing a much harder line against the regime of President Bashar Assad but declined to offer specifics on how the U.S. military might respond. Published April 5, 2017