Trump administration backs Texas judge who ruled Obamacare illegal
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare health care law, telling a federal appeals court it agrees with a Texas judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional and should be struck down.
OxyContin maker Purdue agrees to settle Oklahoma opioid case, source says
Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to settle a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing the maker of painkiller OxyContin of helping fuel an opioid abuse epidemic, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
U.S. high court to hear historic electoral map manipulation cases
Some conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward whether judges have a role in curbing the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power.
U.S. House to vote on overriding Trump veto of resolution ending border emergency
A test of Republican lawmakers’ loyalty to President Donald Trump comes on Tuesday when the House of Representatives votes on a long-shot effort to override his veto of a resolution ending the national emergency he declared to build a wall along the U…
Kamala Harris courts unions, minorities with call to raise teacher pay
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on Tuesday released a plan that would use federal money to raise teachers’ salaries, in a nod to several constituencies whose help she will need to win next year’s Democratic presidential nomination – teachers unions, women and black voters.
Pentagon chief says $1 billion of funding shifted to border wall
The U.S. Department of Defense shifted $1 billion to plan and build a 57-mile section of “pedestrian fencing”, roads and lighting along the border between the United States and Mexico, the Pentagon chief said on Monday.
Flooding woes add to trade war stress in ‘Trump country’ farm belt
Nebraska grain farmer Ryan Ueberrhein was barely breaking even after the U.S.-China trade war pushed prices for his soybean crop to a decade low. Then the nearby Elkhorn River burst its banks as flooding swept across the U.S. farm belt.
Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos disavows Mueller plea deal
George Papadopoulos, the first Trump campaign aide charged in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, disavowed his guilty plea in a book released on Tuesday, claiming he was unfairly pressured into cutting a deal.
Ex-coaches among 12 to plead not guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
Former coaches from the University of Southern California and Georgetown University were among a dozen people who pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that they participated in the largest college admissions fraud scheme uncovered in U.S. history.
California avocados voluntarily recalled for possible health risk
A California avocado grower and distributor has voluntarily recalled its product from six states due to concerns about possible contamination with Listeria, bacteria that can cause severe illness in some people.
