Exclusive: Wells Fargo account scandal extends to small business – U.S. senator
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co’s account scandal is not limited to its consumer banking sector, U.S. Senator David Vitter told the bank’s chief executive in a letter.
In new blow to campaign, Trump’s foundation ordered to halt fundraising
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general ordered Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s charitable foundation to immediately stop fundraising in the state, warning that a failure to do so would be a “continuing fraud.”
Trump defends remarks on veterans and mental health
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign defended comments he made on combat veterans and mental health on Monday, after some said his remarks implied service members diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disor…
U.S. appeals court sides against Pence in Syrian refugee case
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the Republican nominee for U.S. vice president, lost another round in federal court on Monday in his bid to keep refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war from resettling in his state.
U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to rehear a bid to revive President Barack Obama’s plan to spare from deportation millions of immigrants in the country illegally, a case in which the justices split 4-4 in June.
Presidential race tightens in Florida, Ohio, Arizona
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. presidential race tightened in a number of traditional battleground states, though Democrat Hillary Clinton remained the favorite to win the White House, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project p…
U.S. top court rejects bid to revive Wisconsin governor probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request to revive an investigation in Wisconsin into whether Governor Scott Walker’s campaign to withstand a union-backed 2012 recall election illegally coordinated with conservative ad…
GAO to examine panel on foreign investment in U.S. strategic firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The investigative arm of Congress has agreed to examine whether a panel that oversees foreign investment in the United States has the legal powers it needs to keep up with efforts by state-owned firms in Russia and China to buy s…
U.S. Sept. 11 law weakens international relations, Saudi cabinet says
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Monday that a U.S. law allowing citizens to sue the kingdom over the Sept. 11 2001 attacks represented a threat to international relations and urged Congress to act to prevent any dangerous consequences from the n…
Trump’s tax writeoff shows his ‘genius’ at business, advisers say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s decision to take a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax return showed his business acumen and “genius” at figuring out how to minimize his tax bill, two of the Republican presidential candidate’s advisers said …
