Jeff Mason

4 weeks ago | gazette.com | Jeff Mason |David Morgan

By Jeff Mason and David MorganWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to the United Nations has been withdrawn, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch said on Thursday. Republican Representative Elise Stefanik is a close Trump ally and was chosen by the president for the role less than a week after he was elected in November. CBS News first reported that Stefanik's nomination was in jeopardy. "I have been notified by the White House.

1 month ago | gazette.com | Jeff Mason |Katharine Jackson

By Jeff Mason and Katharine JacksonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia and Ukraine cease attacking each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days, the Kremlin said following a lengthy phone discussion between the leaders. The two countries plan to begin negotiations "immediately" in the Middle East on a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, according to a readout from the White House.

2 months ago | gazette.com | Jeff Mason |Guy Faulconbridge |Lidia Kelly

By Jeff Mason, Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia KellyABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he believed the United States was making progress in its talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, but declined to provide details about any communications he had had with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

2 months ago | staradvertiser.com | David Shepardson |Jeff Mason |Steve Holland

WASHINGTON >> Federal authorities restricted helicopter flights near the U.S. capital’s Reagan Washington National Airport indefinitely today, two days after a midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter killed 67 people. The Federal Aviation Administration took the action to reduce the risk of another collision as crews worked to pull the wreckage of America’s deadliest air disaster in two decades from the Potomac River.

2 months ago | gazette.com | Trevor Hunnicutt |David Shepardson |Jeff Mason

By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Shepardson and Jeff MasonWASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scores of people are feared dead after an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, officials said. Officials did not provide a death toll from the collision.