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.
U.S. judge rules suspicionless searches of travelers’ digital devices unconstitutional
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that U.S. border agents need “reasonable suspicion” but not a warrant to search travelers’ smartphones and laptops at airports and other U.S. ports of entry, a practice that has been growing in recent years.
U.S. to ease firearm export rules next month: sources
U.S. firearms makers will be able to more easily export guns, including assault rifles and ammunition, as early as mid-December under rules set to be finalized by the Trump administration, people briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.
U.S. Supreme Court divided on Mexican cross-border shooting dispute
Supreme Court justices appeared divided on whether to let foreigners bring civil rights lawsuits in U.S. courts as they considered a bid by a slain Mexican teenager’s family to revive a lawsuit against the Border Patrol agent who shot him, with Justice…
U.S. Supreme Court declines to shield gun maker from Sandy Hook lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a blow to the firearms industry, rejecting Remington Arms Co’s bid to escape a lawsuit by families of victims aiming to hold the gun maker liable for its marketing of the assault-style rifle used in the 2012 Sand…
Supreme Court leans toward Trump on ending ‘Dreamers’ immigrant program
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled support on Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s bid to kill a program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants – dubbed “Dreamers” – who entered the United States illegally as children, even a…
Democrats vow to insulate impeachment inquiry from ‘sham investigations’
The impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump will not be allowed to become a venue for “sham investigations” into Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden and his son, the head of a congressional committee leading the probe said on Tuesday…
Seventeen Democrats, three Republicans vie for U.S. presidential nominations
The handful of Republicans who have mounted long-shot bids to oust President Donald Trump as their party’s presidential nominee next year grew smaller on Tuesday, when former U.S. Representative Mark Sanford ended his campaign.
Trump campaign wanted updates on 2016 WikiLeaks releases on Clinton: ex-aide testifies
U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was keen to keep abreast of the release of emails potentially damaging to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, reaching all the way to Trump himself, the Republican’s former deputy campaign chairman testifie…
Michael Bloomberg, weighing presidential bid, appears in Arkansas to enter ballot
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul and former New York City mayor, added his name to the Democratic primary ballot in Arkansas on Tuesday as he continued to publicly toy with running for president.
