Ex-judges, families of murder victims, call for halt to U.S. federal death penalty
The relatives of murder victims, along with former judges and corrections officials, asked President Donald Trump and his attorney general on Tuesday to halt federal executions, at least for now, citing concerns about how the penalty is carried out.
Regulators begin probe into Google-Ascension cloud computing deal: WSJ
A U.S. federal regulator has initiated an investigation into a cloud computing deal between Alphabet Inc’s Google and Ascension Health [ASCNH.UL] which would give Google access to detailed health information of millions of patients, the Wall Street Jou…
Automakers expect Trump will delay decision on imposing EU, Japan auto tariffs
Major automakers think U.S. President Donald Trump will again this week push back a self-imposed deadline on whether to put up to 25% tariffs on national security grounds on imported cars and parts from the European Union and Japan amid an ongoing trad…
U.S. House panel to hold impeachment hearings next week
The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee will hold public hearings for three days next week in its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, the panel’s chairman, Representative Adam Schiff, said on Tuesday.
U.S. House prepares stopgap bill to fund government through December 20: aide
The U.S. House of Representatives, with just more than a week left before federal funds expire for a wide range of government programs, will attempt next week to pass a stopgap spending bill through Dec. 20, according to a senior aide familiar with neg…
Advice for impeachment witnesses: don’t let lawmakers get under your skin
As televised hearings on whether to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump begin this week, witnesses are preparing for a grilling by lawmakers keen to score political points in front of ranks of TV cameras, watched by a public tuning in that may not know…
Judge blocks White House from allowing downloads of 3-D printed gun blueprints
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration’s effort to allow blueprints for making guns from 3-D printers to be posted online.
‘Dreamers,’ Democrats rally behind DACA as U.S. top court mulls program’s fate
Immigrants known as “Dreamers” and senior Democrats rallied behind the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether to let President Donald Trump end it.
Victims of anti-Latino hate crimes soar in U.S.: FBI report
The number of victims in anti-Latino or Hispanic hate crimes rose over 21% in 2018, the FBI reported on Tuesday, and attacks overall are increasingly targeting people instead of property.
Fed’s election year challenge: Is slowing U.S. job growth a ‘material’ change?
Having guided interest rates lower this year and declared a stopping point, Federal Reserve officials face a potentially volatile election year problem if U.S. job growth slows in coming months as many expect it will.
