Later in the evening, he appeared to backtrack on those comments.
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Speaking on Friday, Cohn appeared to backtrack on his previous comments.
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We're certainly not going to backtrack on gay, lesbian, transgender rights.
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He could backtrack on that promise and decide to sit with Netanyahu.
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Yet earlier this month, even Trump appeared to backtrack on the wall's scope.
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It also appeared to backtrack on Mr Kim's alleged offer to discuss denuclearisation.
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On Thursday, though, a senior defense official appeared to backtrack on the claims.
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But Trump's support for Moore has forced the GOP to backtrack on its stance.
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Krikorian, meanwhile, is putting Republican politicians on notice not to backtrack on immigration enforcement.
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McCarthy told reporters he is "85033 percent" confident Trump wouldn't backtrack on the deal.
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Also Uber could ultimately backtrack on its agreement to allow drivers to ask for tips.
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Congress should not backtrack on the promise of the Cures Act by repealing the ACA.
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"You backtrack on everything that you ever believed in, everything about your safety," she said.
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The decision to backtrack on the penalties sparked an outcry from the rest of the field.
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There's even a chance that Beijing could backtrack on the downsizing if things get bad enough.
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"He would say things in meetings that his attorneys would have to backtrack on," Berzin said.
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It's also possible they may backtrack on their word and continue to fund anti-LGBTQ causes.
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She was forced on Monday to backtrack on a policy dubbed the "dementia tax" by opponents.
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The pariah state has promised disarmament more than once, only to repeatedly backtrack on its commitments.
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At a rally in Duluth, Minnesota, on Wednesday, Trump defended his decision to backtrack on the policy.
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Some supervision by the European Union continues, to ensure the country does not backtrack on reform efforts.
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On Friday, CNN published a report highlighting various violations, leading the company to backtrack on Dorsey's earlier statement.
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" Schumer warned that North Korea could "backtrack on vague commitments as soon as it is in its interests.
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The White House seems prepared to backtrack on its policy to reduce fuel standards and decrease ethanol mandates.
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For example, it appears to backtrack on the repeated U.S. assurance that it will not adopt discriminatory rules.
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The backtrack on Mr. Ratcliffe heightens scrutiny on what will happen with Sue Gordon, Mr. Coats's No. 2.
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Some questioned the timing of his backtrack on the issue as he made moves toward a presidential run.
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The backtrack on Mr. Ratcliffe heightens scrutiny on what will happen with Sue Gordon, Mr. Coats's No. 2.
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The government faced such an outcry that it has already been forced to backtrack on some of its plans.
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President Obama's "red line" statement about chemical weapons didn't work because his administration simply decided to backtrack on it.
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"On Thursday, Spelman appeared to backtrack on the letter, saying: "I could not support a Corbyn Government, end of.
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After an outcry from American lawmakers, Adam Silver, the N.B.A.'s commissioner, later seemed to backtrack on his genuflection.
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You can start an entirely new game and make different choices, but there's no way to backtrack on earlier choices.
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We should keep working towards one national standard – one that doesn't backtrack on the progress states like California have made.
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For their part, the lenders worry Greece may backtrack on agreed reforms, which would delay the conclusion of the review .
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If you don't do that you may have to backtrack on your work which can lead to unexpected crunch time.
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Levi's would take punitive action should the factory backtrack on a commitment to accept the ruling, spokesman Phil Zabriskie said.
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But Apple's backtrack on the keyboard isn't the only accommodation it has made to answer complaints about its MacBook line.
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THRUSH: One backtrack on the--I just want you, though, to envision a Trump presidency for me-- STEIN: Mm-hmm.
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And don't expect the president to backtrack on his decisions if the stock market suffers, White House officials have said.
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We should keep working towards one national standard — one that doesn't backtrack on the progress states like California have made.
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Supporting the plan would certainly require Republicans to backtrack on objections they've raised throughout the eight-month quest to repeal Obamacare.
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The ECB has been forced to backtrack on its plans to tighten monetary policy, amid an intensifying climate of economic gloom.
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Speaking at a Cabinet meeting Thursday, the president seemed to backtrack on his claim that the remains already had been repatriated.
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It is not clear how much 5-Star will be willing to backtrack on the work of the past 14 months.
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Sterling has also come under pressure in recent weeks from signs the Bank of England may backtrack on policy-tightening signals.
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"Egypt will stand by its decision and will not backtrack on this matter," Sisi said at a youth conference in Alexandria.
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As powerful states backtrack on their human rights commitments, other leaders may feel emboldened to do the same, the nongovernmental organization warns.
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Previous rulers have promised nuclear disarmament more than once in exchange for economic concessions and aid, only to repeatedly backtrack on commitments.
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He previously told CNBC that the central bank will backtrack on its decision to raise rates and he defended his position Wednesday.
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Her comments come as US President Donald Trump appears to backtrack on his earlier invite to the team to the White House.
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Trump is also unlikely to backtrack on the deal because it lifts the debt ceiling for two years, a key administration goal.
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The commission warned Poland this week that it had until March 20 to backtrack on its judicial changes before Brussels takes action.
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And in counterterrorism operations in Somalia and Yemen, the White House is said to backtrack on rules meant to prevent civilian deaths.
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"It's a very quick backtrack on a decision that obviously hasn't benefited them," said Daniel Mueller, an analyst at Vertium Asset Management.
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The British currency has also come under pressure in recent weeks from signs the Bank of England may backtrack on policy-tightening signals.
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Yesterday the focus was on May's decision to backtrack on a policy in her party's election manifesto about the costs of social care.
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Sterling has also come under pressure in recent weeks from signs the Bank of England may backtrack on its earlier policy tightening signals.
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Now, turns out Neil's not only had to backtrack on that comment, but has now announced plans to do something practical about it.
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Alberto Carlos Almeida, a political scientist who runs a polling organization, said that Mr. Temer may yet backtrack on his intention to run.
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But in its latest statement [Japanese], the company has had to backtrack on this promise, saying it was "difficult to control" the reindeer.
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On Sunday, Brazile appeared to backtrack on the implications in her book, saying she found "no evidence" that the primary process was rigged.
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The North also said U.S. officials came up with various "conditions and excuses" to backtrack on the issue of formally ending the war.
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Matt Bevin, who won election last year after promising to repeal Medicaid expansion in the state, only to backtrack on that once in office.
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" Sharma later tried to backtrack on his comments, saying,"We have not given any specific instructions regarding what they should wear or not wear.
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The Obama administration's decision to backtrack on plans to explore for energy in the Atlantic is a major blow to the nation's energy security.
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Libby: I said I wasn't interested in a post-Nina Rezidentura last week, but I might have to backtrack on that a little bit.
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" During that same interview, he also appeared to backtrack on previous comments about scaling back his campaign, vowing to continue a "very vigorous campaign.
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Yes, President Trump could backtrack on everything he's said on trade and "making America great again", but there's not much evidence of that happening soon.
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Clashes with Brussels over budget parameters have forced Di Maio and Salvini to backtrack on their campaign promises to cut taxes and boost social spending.
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However, the president appeared to backtrack on Thursday, saying he could be open to a bipartisan short-term ObamaCare stabilization deal in the upper chamber.
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A conservative blog said that another wasn't even at the school during the killings — then had to backtrack on Monday when that also proved false.
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Warren's support is a backtrack on previous statements she made in opposition to super PACs, including her repeatedly faulting other candidates for accepting their help.
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Last week, a Bloomberg report stated Spotify has begun to backtrack on the policy that prevents artists from being promoted based on their personal misconduct.
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However, Republicans have been unable to pass a budget this year due to internal divisions over whether to backtrack on last year's bipartisan budget deal.
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Read MoreWhy Fed will backtrack on rates in 2016: Jim Grant As for the stock market, Kovacevich predicted flat returns to up 5 percent for 2016.
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Others said they were worried Deutsche Bank would backtrack on a pledge not to tap shareholders for additional cash, particularly in view of its capital constraints.
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ROME, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Italy will not backtrack on next year's budget law, rejected by the European Commission, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday.
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"When you shoot somebody or you shoot at somebody while you're under investigation, you get no overtime," he said, seeming to backtrack on his earlier comments.
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"The U.S. administration has to backtrack on this decision to stop any dangerous escalation that would fuel extremism and create conditions favorable to terrorism," it said.
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House Republicans appear unlikely to pass a budget resolution this year due to internal divisions over whether they should backtrack on last year's bipartisan spending deal.
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A group of 75 Catholic clergy members and scholars have urged Pope Francis to backtrack on his decision to declare the death penalty "inadmissible" in Catholic teaching.
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You couldn't backtrack on a level, and the game wasn't exactly a challenge, but it was still the classic Mario experience Nintendo got us all hooked on.
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Legal experts said the DOJ's decision to backtrack on its initial recommendation a day later was highly unusual, especially given the first request fell within federal guidelines.
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Confusion reigned after the attack, with officials saying two days later that 76 girls had been rescued, only to backtrack on their statement, prompting anger among locals.
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By making her new proposal means-tested (income-based), Clinton ensures that she doesn't backtrack on her promise not to subsidize the Trump tots of the universe.
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But the cash can only be transferred to Greece if the country delivers on all promised reforms and does not backtrack on any of the earlier changes.
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In any case, "Betomania" is far from over: Last week, the new star appeared to backtrack on his previous pledge not to run for president in 2020.
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Others investors said they were worried Deutsche Bank would backtrack on a pledge not to tap shareholders for additional cash, particularly in view of its capital constraints.
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"This is a long-form strategy that they (Fidesz) want to maintain until the elections, so it is much more difficult to backtrack on this," Juhasz said.
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Szijjarto said Hungary had no choice but to veto the NATO statement as it did not include Hungary's proposals demanding Ukraine backtrack on a minority rights issue.
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Beijing is also likely to backtrack on efforts to reduce its reliance on debt if the dispute escalates into an all-out trade war, some economists say.
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Washington is increasingly concerned, however, that the winner of South Korea's May 9 presidential election might backtrack on the deployment and be less supportive of tougher sanctions.
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Italian banks fell after Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said the government would not backtrack on its expansionary 2019 budget law following a rejection by the EU Commission.
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From having to backtrack on overly ambitious plans to use robotics and automation to allegations the plant is being wasteful, Tesla's battery plant has faced plenty of scrutiny.
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In his initial tweets, Trump invited the team to the White House "win or lose," but days after Bird's article published he appeared to backtrack on that promise.
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Time and time again Temer and Meirelles have had to backtrack on efforts to increase fiscal rigor in states now struggling to pay workers and honor their debts.
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" On Monday, Giuliani attempted to backtrack on some of his previous comments, telling the New York Daily News that Trump "never spoke with Cohen about the congressional testimony.
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The central bank may now be poised to backtrack on negative rates, which could offer investors clues about the direction of interest rates around the world, he added.
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Petitions and pleas to senators from Speciosa and American Kratom have thus far been ineffective and are not likely to cause the DEA to backtrack on their decision.
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Others investors have said they were worried Deutsche Bank would backtrack on a pledge not to tap shareholders for additional cash, particularly in view of its capital constraints.
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Market predictions for rates have been consistently more cautious than that of the Fed, which has had to backtrack on more hawkish forecasts over the last few years.
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The Trump campaign asserted on Wednesday that Donald Trump did not backtrack on a pledge to support the GOP presidential nominee if the party did not choose him.
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Even if the 22rd Circuit were to backtrack on ascertainability, Conagra argued, the 22010nd Circuit's Brecher precedent means "there would still be a split," the reply brief said.
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Even as Trump seemed to backtrack on a full repeal, Mike Pence reassured the base that ending the healthcare law would be an "out of the gate" issue.
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Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous Chinese city, already had to backtrack on relaxing restrictions after a spike in new infections, many of which were imported by international travelers.
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That rally prompted Mr. Lo to backtrack on calling the protest a riot, saying that anyone who demonstrated peacefully then should not worry about prosecution on rioting charges.
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But Sanders could easily backtrack on this argument, claiming the stakes are too high to let anything get in the way of his ability to defeat Donald Trump.
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Echoing that view, the Shanghai Securities News said IPOs are not the determinant factor of stock market trends, and regulators should not "balk, or even backtrack" on reforms.
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Some firms have said they will not backtrack on steps they had begun to put into effect in anticipation of narrow compliance with the Labor Department's fiduciary rule.
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The allegation that he withheld military aid to Ukraine because it hadn't agreed to investigate Biden has undermined the idea that the U.S. won't backtrack on its commitments.
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And I think a combination of that and a number of other things like that may have been what led the administration to backtrack on the policy there.
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But he was soon forced to backtrack on the plan when paperwork on the detainees was found to be missing or incomplete, and the closure was put off indefinitely.
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In a flurry of tweets on Friday, Mr. Trump warned that he would tax nearly all of China's imports if the country continued to backtrack on a trade deal.
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The report does not backtrack on the fact that Russia did attempt to influence our elections, as the intelligence communities have long said and as the President repeatedly denied.
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But the president then seemed to backtrack on this remark by sincerely adding that his wife is "actually having a great time" in Washington, D.C., according to the pool reports.
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Trump was persuaded to backtrack on the plan after advice that imposing tariffs on Australia would alienate a key ally in the Asia-Pacific region, the New York Times reported.
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May's ratings have been slipping since she was forced to backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges, hours before the suicide bombing which halted campaigning for several days.
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Thousands of people gathered outside the government headquarters in central Beirut on Thursday evening, forcing the cabinet to backtrack on plans to raise a new tax on WhatsApp voice calls.
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President John F. Kennedy had to backtrack on his goal to remove Hoover from office once Hoover made it clear that he had detailed information on Kennedy's extramarital sex life.
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In the past, whenever the U.S. government made large upward revisions to corn exports in a short time, very seldom if ever did it have to backtrack on that target.
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After seeming to backtrack on that position during a Republican debate, he released a statement confirming his position on foreign guest worker programs, most prominently the H1-B visa program.
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However, Intesa wants to pay as little as possible to avoid having to launch a capital increase or backtrack on its dividend policy, said two other sources close to the matter.
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"The NCAA's decision to backtrack on their vow to protect LGBTQ players, employees, and fans is deeply disappointing and puts people at risk," HRC President Chad Griffin said in a statement.
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Indeed, even as trade tensions weighed on growth and a stock market selloff amplified growth fears, some policymakers argued that was not enough for the bank to backtrack on policy normalization.
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Mr. Obama's aides were quick to backtrack on his criticism of Mr. Cameron on the Libya operation, after those comments drew an angry response from British politicians and in British newspapers.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq demanded on Thursday that the U.S. government backtrack on a decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and summoned the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad to protest the decision.
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That approach may be tested again as Iran, which was accused of stalling the investigation, appeared to backtrack on sending the plane's so-called black boxes to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
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China's Communist Party is unlikely to budge on U.S. demands to fundamentally change the way it runs the economy, while the U.S. won't backtrack on labeling Chinese companies national security threats.
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Under pressure from Washington, several countries including Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Australia and Turkey have signaled they want to backtrack on commitments made in the years before, three senior officials told POLITICO.
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China's Communist Party is unlikely to budge on U.S. demands to fundamentally change the way it runs the economy, while the U.S. won't backtrack on labelling Chinese companies national security threats.
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After repeatedly declining to backtrack on its judicial reforms, Warsaw has now sat down to negotiations as paralell talks on the bloc's next joint budget starting in 2021 get under way.
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If we thought Mr. Trump himself might backtrack on some of this, we are now watching him fill a cabinet with people able to make that campaign rhetoric into real policy.
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The delayed appointment was among issues that prompted the IMF, which supports Ukraine with a $17.5 billion loan program, to warn Kiev not to backtrack on promises to modernize and improve transparency.
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PiS, which has ignored a series of EU warnings to backtrack on the reforms, pushed through the supreme court law in July, effectively allowing it to hand-pick the country's top judges.
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In interviews with CNN, a number of Republicans suggested that Trump's claim amounted to wishful thinking, saying they believed the billionaire businessman would ultimately backtrack on one of his central campaign promises.
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" The 33-year-old appeared to backtrack on that statement during Real's celebration parade through the Spanish capital the next day, when he told a mass of supporters: "See you next season.
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Before the protests were suspended, Moreno had refused to backtrack on the subsidy cuts, which were intended to aid Ecuador's finances after a $4.2 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund.
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He and Hillary Clinton are trying to backtrack on that a bit now as the "Black Lives Matter" movement has started a new anti-cop sentiment in the new Democratic Party base.
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Following outcry from comics professionals and fans on Twitter, Dark Horse Comics has announced that it will backtrack on its health insurance policy that excluded transgender employees from certain types of coverage.
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But officials failed to meet inflation targets and market and consumer sentiment have since waned, prompting companies such as Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing Co Ltd to backtrack on plans to raise prices.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has appeared to backtrack on his refusal of $20 million in G7 aid to help fight the Amazon fires, saying he'll consider accepting the money on one condition.
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"The NCAA's decision to backtrack on their vow to protect LGBTQ players, employees and fans is deeply disappointing and puts people at risk," said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign.
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Duluth, Minnesota (CNN)President Donald Trump defended his decision to backtrack on the practice of separating undocumented immigrant families on the US-Mexico border at a rally in Duluth, Minnesota, on Wednesday.
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Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco urged the European Union on Tuesday to backtrack on the bail-in rules, saying they might limit scope for necessary official action to tackle a crisis.
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ROME (Reuters) - The Italian populist coalition government will not backtrack on its 2019 budget plan regardless of mounting market concern over its financial sustainability, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Thursday.
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As her lead shrank, May was forced to backtrack on the policy at an appearance before the media on Monday at which she appeared flustered and irritated when taking questions from reporters.
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After declaring her support for the raid on Carmody's home and office last week, Mayor London Breed appeared to backtrack on that position in a convoluted statement on Twitter over the weekend.
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Mr. Macron has been forced to backtrack on some tax increases and rethink upcoming changes to pensions and unemployment laws, which could steer him away from his promise to revolutionize France's economy.
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Mr. Sessions played a prominent role announcing the end of the Obama-era program that provided protection to the children of undocumented immigrants, only to see his boss backtrack on the policy.
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In his statement released by his presidential campaign, Bloomberg appeared to backtrack on the comments he made in the clip, noting that he has been committed to racial justice and combatting racial inequality.
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The first Xbox only ever got internal tweaks intended to improve reliability and defend against modding, although Microsoft did quickly backtrack on its unwieldy original controller by switching to the smaller S model.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's central bank governor warned the country not to backtrack on commitments to its lenders after it exits the last of its three bailouts next week, saying markets would abandon it.
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The start-up had to backtrack on its plans to launch checking and savings accounts due to a regulatory snag, instead switching focus to a cash management account which it launched last month.
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"I am not going to contribute to a process that I feel is dangerous and could potentially place me in a position where I am forced to backtrack on the truth," she said.
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ROME, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday the government would not cave in to market pressure and backtrack on its plans to increase deficit spending next year.
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"My strategic objective is to get Netanyahu to backtrack on the Bar-Ilan speech" in which he committed himself and Israel to the two-state solution, Ynet reported Bennett as saying in private conversations.
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MILAN (Reuters) - Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Saturday said the government would not backtrack on a plan to raise the country's budget deficit to 2.4 percent of domestic output next year.
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But despite those moves, Warner expressed concern that Huawei could become a bargaining chip in the trade war with China, and that the Trump administration would backtrack on its moves to ban Huawei equipment.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's ruling coalition said on Wednesday it would not "backtrack" on plans to increase deficit spending, digging in against financial market and EU pressure and brushing off criticism from parliament's budgetary office.
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Separately, President Trump appeared to backtrack on accepting campaign help from Russia or other foreign governments without telling the F.B.I. In an interview on Friday, he said he would "absolutely" report such an encounter.
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It is divided over a June 23 referendum on whether to remain in the European Union, has been forced to backtrack on welfare cuts and has been accused of not protecting Britain's steel industry.
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The ruling coalition, which has struggled to reach a common position among its different partners, would not backtrack on either a new tariffs mechanism or new rules for the concession, the government source said.
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Lyft said the mayor "is attempting to distract from what her plan will do: backtrack on her campaign promises and raise the cost of transportation in Chicago for communities who can least afford it."
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First, the President himself appeared to backtrack on the alleged agreement, saying in two tweets Thursday that not only was there "no deal" on DACA — the U.S. southern border wall was still being built.
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Unfortunately, a change this drastic could still be far off and the POTUS's proposed healthcare cuts could actually backtrack on any progress that has been made, keeping trans women of color the most at risk.
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But if DeMonaco wanted to get super real, he'd have Charlene get bought out by the New Founding Fathers and backtrack on all her idealism as soon as she takes office in the next film.
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But one survey on Thursday suggested their lead had been cut to just 5 points after she was forced to backtrack on a plan to force elderly people to pay more for their social care.
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He had to backtrack on what seemed like an open invitation to Syrian refugees during an address to the United Nations amid a surge in migrants fleeing the threat of deportation from the United States.
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Poroshenko played down speculation that Washington could backtrack on its support for Kiev, noting that Trump had said publicly he would stick to U.S. obligations and there had been "promising" statements by nominees to his cabinet.
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"I haven't seen any evidence of that yet," Leo Varadkar, attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, told Reuters when asked if he was at all wary that Britain might backtrack on some of its commitments.
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It's been nearly a decade since Mark Zuckerberg famously said that privacy was no longer a "social norm," and even though Facebook tried to backtrack on that claim for years, the company just keeps screwing up.
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The leaders of the two ruling parties, Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini, denounced the Commission position and said they would not backtrack on their spending plans, including tax cuts and a significant boost in welfare.
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May's campaign misfired when she was forced on Monday to backtrack on one of her core election pledges to make elderly people pay more for their social care, a policy dubbed the "dementia tax" by opponents.
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The NYPD has cited a clause in a state civil rights law to backtrack on allowing access to personnel orders on police officers, an important way of tracking what happened in fatal shootings and other incidents.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is on course to complete its third international bailout program but cannot afford to backtrack on adopted reforms after its expiration in August, the European Commission's mission chief to Greece said on Thursday.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Approvals of initial share offerings are slowing in China once again as local share prices slide, but major state-controlled newspapers are urging the stock market regulator not to "balk or backtrack" on reforms.
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Despite the near daily hits on Grassley, he and other top Republicans have given no sign they are willing to backtrack on their position that the Supreme Court seat should be kept vacant until next year.
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Hasbro originally pointed to spoilers as its reasoning for not including Rey — the main character of The Force Awakens — as a figurine its recently released Monopoly: Star Wars, but appeared to backtrack on this justification soon after.
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BUDAPEST, March 15 (Reuters) - More than 10,000 Hungarians protested Prime Minister Viktor Orban's education reforms on Tuesday, in the biggest demonstration against his policies since a 2014 movement that forced him to backtrack on taxing internet use.
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China's attempts to stem capital outflows as a result of a depreciating yuan have led Beijing to backtrack on plans for greater market liberalization, such as the temporary suspension of initiatives designed to open up outbound investment.
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Despite efforts to quietly backtrack on the proposal, the Trump campaign has continued to face questions about the ban because the news release from last December announcing the proposal has not been removed from Mr. Trump's website.
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De la Calle, the government&aposs chief negotiator with the FARC, without specifically endorsing Petro, made an impassioned plea not to backtrack on implementation of the peace accord when a future free of armed conflict is within reach.
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The loaded language that Trump is again using on immigration is a sign that despite being forced to backtrack on separations, he has no intention of easing the temperature on an issue that has repeatedly delivered for him.
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In London, she had reiterated a pledge to reduce net migration — a key issue in last month's "Brexit" referendum — promising to cut it to below 100,000 a year, though appearing to backtrack on a deadline for doing so.
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Mr. Kobach appeared to backtrack on his claim, allowing that out-of-state college students in New Hampshire are legally entitled to vote and that his assertion that fraud had swung elections there may have been too strong.
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But despite Trump's new action against Turkey, which comes after days of appearing to simply acquiesce to the invasion, the president made clear he wasn't planning to backtrack on his decision to pull troops out of the region.
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Attacks by Islamist militants in Manchester and London threw the spotlight on security, while May was forced to backtrack on a social care policy pledge in a move that pundits said was unprecedented in British election campaign history.
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Bradley Moss, a national-security lawyer, tweeted: "I do not envy the DOJ lawyers who are going to have to convince the judge that political pressure was not applied to suddenly backtrack on their sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone."
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq demanded on Thursday that the U.S. government backtrack on a decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital to avoid fuelling terrorism, and a prominent Iraqi militia said the decision was a reason to attack U.S. troops.
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ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government has decided to backtrack on a contested tax on plastic in its 2020 budget in the face of protests from producers in a region where the ruling parties face a key local election in January.
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Trump Calls for End to Federal Minimum WageDonald Trump has called for the elimination of the federal minimum wage, saying individual states should decide on any rises—a backtrack on his primary promise to support a higher minimum wage.
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Senior EU officials said last week that creditors were working on a debt relief offer that would be an incentive for Athens not to backtrack on reforms from its three international bailouts and to continue to stick to prudent fiscal policy.
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There is little chance they will allow May to backtrack on her commitment to break with the European Court of Justice and end the supremacy of EU law, possibly tying her hands over what she can or cannot compromise on.
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She helped draft the failed plan for electoral reform, and doubtless pleased Chinese officials by showing no sign of wanting to backtrack on it despite weeks of protests, known as the "Umbrella Movement", that erupted in response to the proposal.
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Add all that together, you might think the ECB would quite readily backtrack on its pledge to keep interest rates at historically rock-bottom levels "through the summer" of next year, and deliver an inflation-cooling rate hike or two earlier.
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The U.K.'s finance minister was forced on Wednesday to backtrack on his intention to raise national insurance contributions, which go to help pay for the country's health and welfare state, from self-employed workers after facing significant vocal opposition.
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"If we backtrack on what we have agreed, now or in the future, the markets will abandon us and we will not be able to refinance maturing loans on sustainable-debt terms," Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras told the paper.
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Unfortunately, he has focused his first year on actions that backtrack on the country's clean energy successes and instead champion the fossil fuel industry: These actions could prevent Mexico from meeting its existing international climate commitments and national climate goals.
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The debt relief offer, which would need to act as an incentive for Athens not to backtrack on reforms and stick to a prudent fiscal policy, is likely to include some debt relief up front and some spread over time.
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Brazil's president has appeared to backtrack on his refusal to accept $20 million in G7 aid to help fight the Amazon fires, saying he would consider accepting the money if French President Emmanuel Macron were to apologize for calling him rude.
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Amidst all the uncertainty and rancor swirling around the healthcare debate, our Nation cannot afford to backtrack on its efforts to help many more of the 85033 in 3 among us living with substance use disorders and/or mental illness.
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Bolsonaro was elected with strong backing from farmers, and comments he made on the campaign trail - such as complaining about the current regime of fines for environmental infractions - have led to fears that the country will backtrack on protecting the environment.
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She rejected a recent call from Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco for the EU to backtrack on new bail-in rules on the grounds that they may mean the authorities are unable to prevent a contagion effect in a crisis.
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But even if the ultimate impact of the Yellow Vests is hard to foresee, the movement already has forced Mr. Macron to backtrack on some tax increases and move to put more money in the pockets of the poorest workers.
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The economic realities that come with governing have forced the party to backtrack on some guarantees, such as its opposition to a gas pipeline in the southern region of Puglia that it campaigned against for years but now calls strategic.
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You saw Senator Kennedy from Louisiana backtrack on a little bit of it after, you know, a bunch of journalists, I assume he kind of respects and wants to be in the good graces of railing at him about it.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack on his earlier threat to target Iran's cultural sites -- an action that would violate international law and is viewed as a war crime -- after top Cabinet officials contradicted his twice-made threat.
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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - There has been no sign that Britain intends to backtrack on the commitments it made in December on the Irish border and doing so would erode trust for the rest of the Brexit negotiations, Ireland's Prime Minister said on Thursday.
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While it may announce a stimulus package to create jobs, it is unlikely to backtrack on cash handouts, and problems such as diversifying the economy and repairing a debt-burdened banking system can only be solved in the long term, he said.
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Clinton's campaign, in the last week, has compelled Sanders to disavow a 2005 gun vote, break a pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class in his healthcare proposal and backtrack on his call for Iranian troops on the ground in Syria.
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What the company realized in the meantime was that some features like smart replies simply didn't work well unless the algorithms had access to the full chat history, so it had to backtrack on the earlier statement (and maybe hoped nobody would notice).
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HAVANA (Reuters) - The Mississippi ports of Pascagoula and Gulfport signed agreements in Cuba on Monday with an eye to future business and with a Republican U.S. senator from the state looking on, despite concerns President Donald Trump might backtrack on improved relations.
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Democrats claimed a victory of sorts when Trump was forced to backtrack on his policy of separating children from their parents at the border, and they might hope to see Trump fumble the ball once again, motivating turnout from the Democratic base.
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Facing fierce opposition from the banking industry and calls from the U.S. administration to backtrack on some measures, policymakers struck a compromise agreement on rules forcing banks to hold more capital and cash to avoid a repeat of the 2008 financial crash.
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The decision Mr. Trump must make now is whether to backtrack on the objective of zero North Korean nuclear weapons even if that means accepting the North as a nuclear-armed state, as the United States has done with Pakistan, India and Israel.
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President Donald Trump has dropped his effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census — a sudden backtrack on one of his administration's biggest legal battles and a swift course reversal after a week of insisting he would fight till the end.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges on Monday to force elderly people to pay more for their social care after her party's opinion poll lead halved in just a few days.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Euro zone creditors are working on a debt relief offer for Greece that would be an incentive for Athens not to backtrack on reforms from its three international bailouts and to continue to stick to prudent fiscal policy, senior EU officials said.
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Teneo Intelligence's Barroso said he believed the decision by secessionists to present amendments to the budget bill and the timing of the trials was crucial — and could prevent the pro-independence parties from being able to backtrack on their amendments blocking the draft budget.
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The announcement, which comes after the country's human rights watchdog, spoke of "inhuman living conditions" facing migrants, indicates newly-elected President Emmanuel Macron wants to show he is tough on security and will not backtrack on the eviction of thousands of migrants last November.
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But this week, Verizon appeared to backtrack on even that sentiment: The company reshuffled its unlimited plans to lure subscribers by providing a wider variety of unlimited plans to choose from — but free content apart from Apple Music on select plans is still missing.
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With economic powerhouse Germany skirting a recession, the ECB has already been forced to backtrack on plans to tighten policy and now faces calls to do more, even though the root cause of the downturn, weak demand from abroad, is largely beyond its policy reach.
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Despite suspicions that Mahathir might backtrack on this deal, given his long and not-exactly-collegial history with Anwar, many of his critics were reassured by his statements that he saw himself more like a temporary caretaker, helping the government get back on track.
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Pope Francis has been criticized in recent months for seeming to backtrack on earlier promises of a crackdown — including defending a Chilean bishop accused of covering up for a pedophile priest — but has not publicly commented on Cardinal Pell's case since charges were announced.
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News that Bloomberg might backtrack on his decision earlier this year not to jump into the race broke late last week, with the former mayor citing his concerns about the current field being unable to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election next year.
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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan (Image: Getty)Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to backtrack on his decision to sue hundreds of native Hawaiians, which would have likely forced the families to sell their land at a public court auction to the highest bidder.
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BRUSSELS/PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union will defend the Iran nuclear accord despite Tehran's decision to backtrack on its commitments in response to U.S. sanctions, diplomats believe, but European powers expect it to collapse without a deal to sell Iranian oil to China or India.
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Trump has seemingly agreed to bipartisan immigration deals in the moment during meetings with moderate Republicans and Democrats, only to backtrack on them later — often through his chief of staff, and former DHS secretary, John Kelly or policy adviser Stephen Miller, both of whom are immigration hardliners.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump sought to backtrack on comments last year in which he tied his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey to a probe into Russian election meddling, accusing NBC News on Thursday of "fudging" their interview, but offering no supporting evidence.
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Trump, who previously called climate change a hoax created by the Chinese, was highly critical of his predecessor's environmental policy on the campaign trail and pledged to backtrack on the climate deal reached by the Obama administration and nearly 200 countries in Paris in late 2015.
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In the column, headlined "I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe – and always will be", Johnson seems to backtrack on a fundamental promise of the Leave campaign: that Brexit would mean leaving the system of "free movement" within Europe, and gaining more control over immigration.
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Ms. Merkel herself is under pressure from the right wing of her conservative bloc, especially from the Christian Social Union, which is urging her not to backtrack on a commitment she made last month to limit to 200,000 the number of people allowed to apply for asylum in Germany.
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He and Hillary Clinton are trying to backtrack on that a bit now as the "Black Lives Matter" movement has started a new anti-cop sentiment in the new Democratic Party base, but there's really no denying that the increased Clinton administration funding for policing and incarceration made a difference.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Congress had a rough start to its first session of the Donald Trump era on Tuesday when a public outcry that included a dressing-down from the president-elect prompted the House of Representatives to backtrack on its plans to defang an ethics watchdog.
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Pollsters, who universally got it wrong at the last election in 2015, showed support for May and the Conservatives falling after she was forced to backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges to make elderly people pay more for their social care, which opponents dubbed a "dementia tax".
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Ironically, if the party were to backtrack on its referendum pledge, its own voters may not be disappointed: A survey this month by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre found 58 percent of 5-Star supporters took a positive view of the EU. "VERY PRO-EUROPE" The change in tone is striking, however.
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But behind the scenes, officials in Washington pressed for Ms. Hutchison to backtrack on her comments, especially after the Russians mocked her remarks, and then suggested that it was the United States, not Russia, that was deploying weapons in violation of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty, which dates to the Reagan administration.
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However, Schaeuble appeared to backtrack on his comments during a press conference at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington last week, saying that low or negative rates were breeding insecurity that "will be felt in elections," but said "that's not the fault of the ECB," according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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" When Debbie Stabenow asked about Mulvaney's description of Social Security as a Ponzi scheme, Mulvaney refused to backtrack on the comparison: "What I described it as was a plan that takes money from people now in order to give money to people now … I wouldn't read too much into the description of it as a Ponzi scheme.
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Former Johnson advisor Gerard Lyons, who according to betmaker Betway is now the favorite to become the next Bank of England governor, said in an opinion piece for the Financial Times on Tuesday that the central bank should revisit its 2% inflation target Sterling has come under pressure in recent weeks from signs the BoE may backtrack on its earlier policy tightening signals.
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EU banking watchdogs had requested an MREL floor but the European Commission ruled that out last week, saying the SRB should set the liability level case by case.. Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco urged the European Union on Tuesday to backtrack on the bail-in rules, saying they might limit scope for necessary official action to tackle a crisis.
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Most recently, after good faith efforts to negotiate a new trade deal with China, which chose to backtrack on major provisions after agreeing to those, President Trump imposed tariffs to send a clear message to Beijing that, while the U.S. would love to work out a deal, the days of taking advantage of the United States in international trade are over.
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" Earlier on Friday, Salvini said the government would not backtrack on the budget "even by half a millimetre," ramming home a message expressed by other ministers in the coalition which took office in June S&P took particular aim at the government's plan to lower the retirement age, saying that if fully implemented the policy will "threaten the long-term sustainability of public finances.
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"The bank is internally deadlocked and likely to backtrack on its promised commitment to adopt a flexible regime and will simply tweak the current illiquid managed fixed peg regime in an attempt to narrow the divergence between the official currency rate and the black market currency rate which is over 40 percent and growing," said Sebastian Spio-Garbrah, chief Africa frontier markets analyst at DaMina Advisors.
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"I was surprised to hear Director Mulvaney being so honest with me about the fact that he was asking us to support a budget he'd never vote for as a Congressman—and then I was disappointed that the White House refused to let this honesty stand and Director Mulvaney was forced to backtrack on his very clear statement to me," Murray said in a statement.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE on Wednesday appeared to backtrack on his pledge not to use CIA informants to spy on North Korean leader Kim Jong UnKim Jong UnPompeo expresses concern over North Korea missile tests State Dept.
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" Murray didn't buy it, though, saying in a statement: "I was surprised to hear Director Mulvaney being so honest with me about the fact that he was asking us to support a budget he'd never vote for as a Congressman--and then I was disappointed that the White House refused to let this honesty stand and Director Mulvaney was forced to backtrack on his very clear statement to me.
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The ECB kept policy unchanged as expected last month, staying on track to wrap up a 2.6 trillion-euro ($3 trillion)bond purchases scheme this year and raise interest rates next autumn, continuing its slow but steady pace of policy tightening.. Indeed, even as trade tensions weighed on growth and a stock market selloff amplified growth fears, some policymakers argued that was not enough for the bank to backtrack on policy normalization.
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Months of pressure from U.S. lawmakers, European allies and defense officials has forced President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE to backtrack on one of the biggest decisions made in his two years in the White House: His plan to totally withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.
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With hostility between Iran and the U.S. running high and Tehran vowing to backtrack on its commitment to the 2015 international nuclear deal, questions have arisen over whether European nations will stand by the pact, or side with the U.S. The EU has attracted criticism for its slow response to the crisis that erupted last week following the U.S. airstrike on Baghdad that killed Iran's top military commander Qasem Suleimani, prompting public and political outrage in Iran.
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Tesla's chief financial officer and chief counsel left the companyConsumer Reports removed its "recommended" rating from the Model 3Tesla shut most of its stores only to backtrack on those plans two weeks laterMusk warned investors Tesla would lose money in the first quarterTesla's second-largest shareholder suggested it might be better off without Musk as CEOTesla repaid $920 million in debt with cash rather than stock, renewing cash crunch fears Tesla's stock is down 10% since February 5.
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J.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, slammed President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE for appearing to backtrack on a remark from U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki HaleyNimrata (Nikki) HaleyThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Haley: 'Threats of China on full display' in Hong Kong Juan Williams: Trump's trouble with women MORE that the administration would announce new Russia sanctions on Monday.
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White House counselor Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayObama, Bush among those paying tribute to Cokie Roberts: 'A trailblazing figure' Journalists, political heavyweights pay respects to Cokie Roberts: 'A pioneer for so many' Iran's supreme leader rules out talks with US at all levels MORE on Sunday defended President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump conversation with foreign leader part of complaint that led to standoff between intel chief, Congress: report Pelosi: Lewandowski should have been held in contempt 'right then and there' Trump to withdraw FEMA chief nominee: report MORE's apparent backtrack on strengthening background checks in the wake of a series of mass shootings in August, saying the shootings would not be used as an "excuse" for gun confiscation.
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Monday: Top general says letter suggesting US would withdraw troops from Iraq was a 'mistake'John Bolton says he is prepared to testify in Senate trial if subpoenaed Tuesday: Pelosi: McConnell should 'immediately' publish impeachment resolution before articles are sentTrump appears to backtrack on threat to target Iranian cultural sitesTrump's NAFTA replacement moves one step closer to final ratification Wednesday: Trump says 'Iran appears to be standing down' following its retaliatory attacks against Iraqi bases housing US troops'The worst briefing I've had': Senate Iran briefing gets heatedIran sent 'multiple messages' to US that its attacks were doneTrump vows to impose 'punishing' sanctions on Iran but offers no details Thursday: Senate Republicans are united as they brace for articles of impeachmentPelosi says she'll send impeachment articles when 'ready,' but predicts it could be 'soon'House votes to limit Trump's military action against Iran without congressional approval Friday: Pelosi prepares to send articles of impeachment to SenateUS unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian military official on same day as SoleimaniWith Iranian oil already sanctioned, US punishes what's left And that was the week that was in 15 headlines.
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