U.S. court refuses to block Pennsylvania congressional redistricting
(Reuters) – A panel of federal judges in Pennsylvania on Monday refused to block the state’s new congressional district map from taking effect, rejecting Republican arguments that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overstepped its authority in issuing new …
Pompeo to meet Tillerson, U.S. senators on transition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, will meet with Rex Tillerson at the State Department on Monday before heading to the Capitol to start trying to win confirmation from the Senate, a U.S. o…
Tenants group alleges Kushner Companies falsified permits
(Reuters) – A New York tenants rights group and local politician said on Monday they would launch an investigation into the real estate company formerly headed by Jared Kushner, a top aide to President Donald Trump, over alleged falsification of buildi…
Former GM, Microsoft CFO named senior White House policy official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former General Motors Co and Microsoft Corp Chief Financial Officer Christopher Liddell was named White House deputy chief of staff for policy coordination, officials said on Monday.
Trump’s pick for U.N. migrant job says he is not anti-Islam
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States’ nominee to lead the United Nations migration agency denied on Monday that he was anti-Islam while acknowledging a controversy over some of his social media posts and retweets in the past.
Republican senator joins call for Facebook CEO to testify about data use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator John Kennedy has joined his Democratic colleague Amy Klobuchar in calling on Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress following reports that a political consultancy gained inappro…
U.S. top court will not hear challenge to federal agency power
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider rolling back the wide latitude federal agencies are given to interpret their own regulations in a case that could have bolstered President Donald Trump’s push toward deregulat…
U.S. 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 so-called Dreamers immigrants and refused to hear the state’s challenge to an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands o…
Collateral damage: How Trump threw Canada’s refugee system into turmoil
TORONTO (Reuters) – Buffered by three oceans and the United States to the south, Canada has for decades had the luxury of being able to pick and choose its newcomers. So few asylum seekers crossed the U.S. border illegally over the years that Canada didn’t consistently track the numbers.
White House lawyer says Trump is not considering firing Mueller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House lawyer Ty Cobb said on Sunday that President Donald Trump was not considering or discussing firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
