Central America presses Biden on migrant rights as U.S. vows aid
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Central American leaders on Friday pressed visiting U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden to improve migrant rights, even as the United States committed tens of millions of dollars in extra aid to the region in a bid to stem a surge …
House committee ordered to hearing as SEC probes insider trading
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday directed the House Ways and Means Committee and a staffer to appear at a July 1 hearing to address their alleged refusal to respond to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenas as part of a…
New York legislature approves medical marijuana bill
ALBANY N.Y. (Reuters) – New York state lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a bill that would allow limited access to medical marijuana in New York, joining 22 other states where cannabis has been legalized for therapeutic purposes.
California lawmakers to get 2 percent pay raises
(Reuters) – A California compensation commission voted on Friday to give state lawmakers a 2 percent raise this year, boosting the nation’s highest legislative salaries.
House committee ordered to hearing as SEC probes insider trading
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday directed the House Ways and Means Committee and a staffer to appear at a July 1 hearing to address their alleged refusal to respond to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenas as part of a…
CDC anthrax scare raises worries in Congress about lab safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A growing anthrax scare at three government laboratories is drawing scrutiny from Congress about whether the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has the appropriate safety procedures in place to protect federal …
New York legislature approves medical marijuana bill
ALBANY N.Y. (Reuters) – New York state lawmakers gave final approval on Friday to a bill that would allow limited access to medical marijuana in New York, joining 22 other states where cannabis has been legalized for therapeutic purposes.
Benghazi suspect faces U.S. criminal, not military, court
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A suspected leader of the attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, captured by U.S. forces and spirited out of the country, can expect to move quickly through the initial steps of the criminal justice system withi…
Losing House Republican calls party contest a building block
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The man who lost this week’s race for No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Friday he will spend the coming months getting to know his fellow lawmakers better, but declined to say whether he would mount an…
Florida toughens law on hurting fetus, after abortion pill trick
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed into law harsher penalties for crimes in which a fetus is harmed or killed, no matter how early in the pregnancy.
