Alaska ferry workers, state try mediation to end strike
Alaska ferry workers and state officials were seeking a federal mediator’s help on Saturday to end a strike that has disrupted travel during the peak summer tourist season as the labor dispute surfaced in the 2020 presidential campaign.
U.S. student confesses to killing Italian policeman: media
A 19-year-old U.S. student has confessed to killing a policeman in central Rome, in a crime that has shaken Italy, national news agency ANSA reported on Friday.
U.S. Supreme Court lets Trump use disputed funds for border wall
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border even though lawmake…
Trump says he expects Apple to announce it will build plant in Texas
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he wanted Apple Inc to build its plants in the United States and expects the technology firm to announce it will build one in Texas.
Factbox: Trump impeachment backed by 40% of U.S. House Democrats
Ninety-five Democratic lawmakers in the 435-member U.S. House of Representatives have said they support starting impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump.
Longshoremen union local’s president charged in NY with bribery
The president of an International Longshoremen’s Association branch in New Jersey was arrested on Friday and charged with accepting at least $150,000 of bribes over a decade from a company that employed some of its members.
Trump administration plan for Bears Ears slammed as ‘recklessly’ weakening protections
The Trump administration on Friday released a plan for the newly reduced Bears Ears National Monument that it says would protect the Utah site’s cultural resources, but some Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups said the plan would leave sacred…
U.S. House panel seeks grand jury evidence to assess Trump impeachment
The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee asked a federal court on Friday for access to grand jury evidence from the Mueller probe that lawmakers say they need to determine whether to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump…
U.S. tax collectors urge owners of virtual currencies to pay back taxes, file amended returns
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Friday said it was sending thousands of letters to taxpayers who failed to report virtual currency transactions, saying they may owe taxes.
House panel seeks grand jury evidence gathered by Mueller: chairman
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said he would go to court on Friday to seek access to grand jury evidence compiled by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
