Obama plans overhaul of child support payment rules for prisoners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration, in its final weeks, plans to ease the legal obligations on prisoners to pay for child support while they are locked up, targeting practices that critics say can saddle ex-convicts with crippling debts.
‘Absolutely false,’ Trump says defiantly after women’s groping allegations
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – Donald Trump assailed as “absolutely false” the allegations by several women that he groped them, and accused Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, the media and lobbyists of engaging in an effort to stop him from winning …
Trump hasn’t sued a newspaper for libel in decades, records show
(Reuters) – Donald Trump hasn’t sued a newspaper for libel in three decades, despite the Republican presidential nominee repeatedly threatening to do so over the course of his business career, according to databases of state and federal court records.
Thai king’s death adds to uncertainty about Obama’s faltering Asia pivot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The death of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Thursday adds a new layer of uncertainty to U.S. President Barack Obama’s faltering “pivot” to Asia less than a month before the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential elections.
Canadian court rules Trump can face claims in Toronto tower case
TORONTO (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump can be pursued for some claims made by investors in a hybrid hotel-condo tower in Toronto bearing his name, according to a Canadian court ruling released on Thursday.
U.S. conservative group backs Republicans who favor clean energy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A conservative nonprofit group that lobbies Republicans to support clean energy policy will spend more than $1 million over the next few weeks to back 10 members of Congress running in the Nov. 8 elections, hoping to attract key …
The Trump tightrope: Republicans weigh response with eye toward future
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With Donald Trump’s U.S. election prospects dimming and controversy swirling around him, future Republican presidential hopefuls may be weighing whether standing by their man is the savvy move.
Trump’s missing donors: the people who work for him
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kerry Woolard, the 37-year-old manager of Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia, went online in June and made her first political contribution: A $250 donation to the campaign of her boss, Republican presidential nominee Donald…
Trump denies women’s claims, says will provide evidence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump denied multiple women’s claims that he sexually assaulted them as “totally and absolutely false.”
New York Times stands by Trump story, rebuts claim of libel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The New York Times said on Thursday that it stands by its story about two women who say Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made inappropriate advances, and rebutted claims by a lawyer for Trump that the story is libel…
