California to hike funds for new parents on family leave
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California will increase the amount of money new parents can receive through the state’s paid family leave program under a bill signed on Monday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown.
Trump blasts ‘rigged’ rules on picking Republican delegates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump lashed out at what he called the party’s “rigged” delegate selection rules on Monday after rival Ted Cruz swept all of Colorado’s 34 delegates over the weekend.
Police arrest 400 at U.S. Capitol in protest of money in politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police arrested more than 400 protesters outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday from Democracy Spring, an organization seeking to remove big money from politics and combat restrictive voter identification laws.
California or bust: Bernie Sanders charts a White House path
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Defying opinion polls and expert predictions, Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders aims to seize the party’s White House nomination from Hillary Clinton’s grasp with a last-ditch come-from-behind triumph in California.
Senate committee to take up bill on CFTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee will soon consider legislation on the country’s commodities and derivatives regulator that is intended to keep financial-sector restrictions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law from applying to farmer…
New York City to pursue sweeping homelessness reforms: mayor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City will implement a raft of reforms to combat its high level of homelessness, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday, following a three-month review of the problem.
Obama, Fed’s Yellen discussed economic risks in White House meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen discussed risks to the economy and progress from Wall Street reform during a rare meeting in the Oval Office on Monday, the White House said.
Antitrust head Baer to serve as No. 3 at Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced on Monday that Bill Baer will serve as acting associate attorney general, leaving his position as head of the department’s Antitrust Division to take the No. 3 post at the department….
Chicago finance committee approves payouts for police custody deaths
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee on Monday approved payments totaling $6.45 million to settle cases involving two black men who died while in police custody.
Obama ‘pleased’ with Fed’s Yellen: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is happy with the job done by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, with whom he is meeting on Monday to discuss regulatory issues and world economy, the White House said.
