New York probing Trump’s closing of Trump Tower atrium for campaign events
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City is investigating Donald Trump’s practice of closing down the public atrium in Trump Tower for presidential campaign events that are off limits to the public.
Conservative editor considering lawyer for independent White House bid: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative commentator Bill Kristol is considering choosing David French, a staff writer with National Review magazine and a constitutional lawyer, to run as an independent presidential candidate against Republican Donald Trump…
NY attorney general slams Trump’s comment on judge’s ethnicity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general, who has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s education venture, Trump University, slammed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday for his attack on a U.S. district judge’s ethnici…
Massachusetts governor would sign transgender rights bill
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said on Tuesday he is ready to sign a transgender rights bill if it passes in its current form in the state House of Representatives amid an acrimonious debate across the United States about the i…
Native Americans move to frontlines in battle over voting rights
BELCOURT, North Dakota (Reuters) – Elvis Norquay, a member of the Chippewa Indian tribe, has lived most of his 58 years on North Dakota’s remote Turtle Mountain reservation and says he’s never had a problem voting.
U.S. says North Korea’s nuclear ambitions on table in China talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to use upcoming talks with top Chinese officials to discuss ways to bring greater pressure to bear on North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
U.S. urges North Korea to curb actions that raise tensions in northeast Asia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday condemned an attempted missile launch by North Korea and urged Pyongyang to refrain from actions that create tensions in northeastern Asia.
Justice Department asks for hold on court sanctions in immigration case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed an emergency motion to stop sanctions imposed by a federal judge in Texas that included mandated ethics classes for federal prosecutors, as part of ongoing litigation over immigration…
Supreme Court rejects union appeal over Trump casino bankruptcy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a union’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that allowed Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino, founded by Donald Trump but now owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, to break its con…
Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to death penalty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal asserting that the death penalty violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment filed by a Louisiana man convicted of fatally shooting his pregnant form…
