Actor Kevin Spacey’s alleged sex assault victim sues over ‘lascivious conduct’
The man former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey is charged with sexually assaulting at a bar on the Massachusetts beach island of Nantucket three years ago has sued the Oscar-winning actor.
Judge gives U.S. a role in chicken price-fixing civil case amid criminal probe
A federal judge on Thursday allowed the U.S. government to intervene in long-running litigation in which grocers, retailers and consumers accused Tyson Foods Inc, Pilgrim’s Pride Corp and other poultry processors of conspiring to inflate chicken prices…
Two women say writer told them of alleged Trump assault at the time
Two women have backed up writer E. Jean Carroll’s account of an alleged sexual attack by President Donald Trump more than 20 years ago, both saying in an interview published on Thursday that she had told them about it at the time.
Michigan sues Enbridge in U.S., seeks to shut oil pipeline under Great Lakes
The U.S. state of Michigan has filed a lawsuit asking for an Enbridge Inc oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes to be decommissioned, a statement from Michigan’s attorney general said on Thursday.
Supreme Court blocks Trump’s census citizenship question, for now
The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant defeat on Thursday, ruling that his administration did not give an adequate explanation for its plan to include a contentious citizenship question on the 2020 census and preventing its …
Factbox: Women who have accused Trump of inappropriate conduct
E. Jean Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, is the latest of more than a dozen women to publicly accuse President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct in the years before he entered politics. [L2N23Y0G9]
In major elections ruling, Supreme Court allows partisan map drawing
In a major blow to election reformers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected efforts to rein in electoral map manipulation by politicians aimed at entrenching one party in power, a contentious practice known as partisan gerrymandering that critic…
White House calls on U.S. House to pass Senate’s border aid bill
The White House on Thursday called on the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives pass the Republican-controlled Senate’s version of a bill to provide funding to address the U.S. border migrant crisis.
Supreme Court faults Trump bid to add census citizenship question
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s administration did not give an adequate explanation for its plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, delivering a victory to New York state and others challenging the …
Supreme Court rejects limits to partisan gerrymandering
In a major blow to election reformers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected efforts to rein in the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power by turning away challenges to political maps in …
