Trump administration to reconsider housing bias protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration signaled on Thursday it may reverse housing anti-discrimination protections established under Democratic former President Barack Obama that exposed companies to a broad range of legal claim…
Lawsuit against U.S. border searches of phones can move forward: judge
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s growing practice of conducting warrantless searches on phones and laptops of Americans stopped at the borde…
U.S. House speaker eyes immigration bill before November elections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said he wants a bipartisan immigration bill enacted before November congressional elections by addressing young illegal “Dreamer” immigrants as well as border security i…
Key senator urges any wavering U.S. high court justice to retire now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Republican chairman said on Thursday any Supreme Court justice considering retirement from the lifetime job should announce immediately so a successor can be confirmed before the November U.S. mid…
Schumer warns Trump against ‘quick, bad’ deal with North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that the release of three detained American citizens was “no great accomplishment” of North Korean President Kim Jong Un and that President Trump was weakening U.S. forei…
Pompeo to press allies on Iran after moves on North Korea: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Having returned from North Korea on Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will begin talks in coming days to persuade allies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia to press Iran to return to negotiations over its nuclear and miss…
Upbeat Trump welcomes U.S. prisoners released by North Korea
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump welcomed three Americans who had been held prisoner in North Korea back home on Thursday, thanking its leader Kim Jong Un for their release and sounding upbeat about a planned U.S.-N…
Trump welcomes U.S. prisoners released by North Korea, thanks Kim
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed three former U.S. prisoners who landed at a military base near Washington on Thursday after being released by North Korea, thanking leader Kim Jong Un and sounding upbeat on a plan…
Release of Americans by North Korea sets stage for summit, Singapore seen likely venue
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – Singapore is the most likely venue for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a U.S. official said, after Pyongyang cleared a major obstacle to the meeting with the release of thre…
Trump’s Iran move reminds some of run-up to Iraq war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifteen years after invading Iraq over weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda that both proved non-existent, the United States is again steering toward a possible confrontation with a Middle East power for suspected wor…
