Trump administration backpedals on citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. official told Congress on Tuesday it would be “rational” to legislate a path for citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children, but within hours the administration backtracked, saying his com…
Justice Department appeals lawyer on Mueller Russia probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. Justice Department appeals lawyer is on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team probing interference in the 2016 presidential election, Reuters has learned.
Justice Kennedy on hot seat in major voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices clashed on Tuesday over whether courts should curb the long-standing U.S. political practice of drawing electoral maps to entrench one party in power, with conservative Anthony Kennedy likely to cast the de…
U.S. expels 15 Cuban diplomats, drawing protest from Havana
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats after pulling more than half of its own embassy staff out of Havana last week, drawing an angry protest from the Cuban government.
Foreign government code reviews ‘problematic’: White House cyber official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Allowing foreign governments to require reviews of software secrets of technology products built by U.S. companies is “problematic,” the top White House cyber security official said on Tuesday, adding that the increasingly common…
U.S. Interior Secretary investigated over speech to donor’s hockey team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is investigating whether Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke broke the law when he gave a speech to a professional hockey team owned by a political donor in June, the agency said on Tuesday.
Trump administration backs citizenship path for ‘Dreamers’: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration would support legislation allowing illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to gain lawful permanent status and eventually citizenship, a Department of Homeland Security official said …
Foreign government code reviews ‘problematic’: top White House cyber official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Allowing foreign governments to require reviews of software secrets of technology products built by U.S. companies is “problematic,” the top White House cyber security official said on Tuesday, adding that the increasingly common…
Two Wall Street giants criticize Trump tax plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan came under new criticism on Tuesday from two towering Wall Street figures, including billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who called into question a Republican drive to slash the U.S. corp…
Supreme Court justices divided in major voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices expressed distaste on Tuesday toward the long-standing U.S. political practice of drawing electoral maps simply to entrench one party in power but appeared deeply divided over whether to do anything about i…
