U.S. Senate advances bill to penalize websites for sex trafficking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted 94-2 on Monday to advance legislation to make it easier to penalize operators of websites that facilitate online sex trafficking, setting up final passage of a bill as soon as Tuesday that would chip away at…
Supreme Court upholds Pennsylvania election map in win for Democrats
(Reuters) – In a boost to the Democratic Party’s chances of winning back the U.S. Congress this year, both the U.S. Supreme Court and a Pennsylvania panel of federal judges on Monday rejected Republicans’ efforts to block the state’s new congressional …
Mississippi governor signs bill banning abortions after 15 weeks
(Reuters) – Mississippi’s governor signed into law on Monday the most restrictive abortion measure in the United States, which was immediately challenged in court by abortion rights advocates who say it is unconstitutional.
As U.S. opioid crisis grows, Trump calls for death penalty for dealers
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump spelled out in new detail several steps he favors to fight a U.S. epidemic of opioid abuse, including the execution of drug dealers, a proposal that has gained little support from drug abuse and judic…
Supreme Court rejects Arizona challenge to ‘Dreamers’ program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday required Arizona to continue to issue driver’s licenses to the young adult immigrants known as Dreamers, refusing to hear the state’s challenge to an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of th…
Supreme Court upholds Pennsylvania congressional map in win for Democrats
(Reuters) – In a boost to the Democratic Party’s chances of winning back the U.S. Congress this year, both the U.S. Supreme Court and a Pennsylvania panel of federal judges on Monday rejected Republicans’ efforts to block the state’s new congressional …
Pompeo to face tough questions on North Korea, Iran: senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican who heads the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, will face tough questions on North Korea and Iran if he is to be …
Trump pushes drug-dealer death penalty as opioid crisis response
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, targeting the U.S. opioid epidemic, called again on Monday for the execution of drug dealers, a proposal that so far has gained little support in Congress, amid criticism from some drug abuse and cri…
Trump adds Washington lawyer diGenova to legal team in Russia probe
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is beefing up his legal team with a lawyer who accuses the FBI and U.S. Justice Department of trying to frame Trump with false charges of colluding with Russia during the 2016 election campaign, possibly signalin…
Trump not moving to fire Mueller but is frustrated: White House
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is not moving to fire U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller but is frustrated by the length of the ongoing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, the White House said on Monday.
