Celebrity cash, kudos boost ‘March for Our Lives’ gun control campaign
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey calls them “warriors of the light,” actor Bill Murray says the young Florida gun control campaigners remind him of the students who rallied to end the Vietnam War, and George Clooney has donated $500,000 to their c…
Maryland Republicans take electoral map fight to U.S. high court
THURMONT, Md. (Reuters) – When Maryland Democrats drew new U.S. House of Representatives district maps in 2011, long-time Republican voter Bill Eyler found himself removed from a conservative rural district and inserted into a liberal one encompassing …
Exclusive: Trump official quietly drops payday loan case, mulls others – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top cop for U.S. consumer finance has decided not to sue a payday loan collector and is weighing whether to drop cases against three payday lenders, said five people with direct knowledge of the matter.
China urges U.S. away from ‘brink’ as Trump picks trade weapons
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China urged the United States on Friday to “pull back from the brink” as President Donald Trump’s plans for tariffs on up to $60 billion in Chinese goods moved the world’s two largest economies closer to a trade war.
Congress approves $1.3-trillion spending bill, sends to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress voted early on Friday to approve a $1.3-trillion government funding bill with large increases in military and non-defense spending, sending it to President Donald Trump, who was expected to sign it into law.
Kentucky Senate passes bill restricting abortion procedure
(Reuters) – The Kentucky Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation on Thursday to ban a common abortion procedure once the patient reaches her 11th week of pregnancy, in what would amount to one of the strictest abortion limits yet in the United State…
Trump picks hardliner Bolton to replace McMaster as national security adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump shook up his foreign policy team again on Thursday, replacing H.R. McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using military force against North Korea and Iran.
Trump replaces McMaster, taps Bolton as national security adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump shook up his foreign policy team again on Thursday, replacing H.R. McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using military force against North Korea and Iran.
Government funding bill hits snag in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation to fund the government beyond Friday, which was on a fast track toward passage by the U.S. Congress, hit a bump on Thursday as Republican Senator Rand Paul employed procedural delays while he hunkered down to read the…
House Republicans vote to release Russia report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to adopt a Republican report on the panel’s investigation of Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, formally ending a probe marred for months by bitter partisa…
