New York state legislature votes to make Trump tax returns available
New York state’s legislature on Wednesday passed a bill that would make it easier for U.S. congressional committees investigating President Donald Trump to get access to his state tax returns.
Trump administration holds off redirecting California’s high-speed rail money
The Trump administration on Wednesday agreed not to immediately redirect nearly $1 billion it is withholding from California’s high-speed rail project, one of several disputes between Republican Trump and the Democratic-controlled state.
‘American Taliban’ to be released from prison Thursday
John Walker Lindh, the American captured in Afghanistan in 2001 fighting for the Taliban and vilified as a national traitor, is to be released early from a federal prison on Thursday while some U.S. lawmakers worry he still poses a security risk.
Republican senator wants U.S. Census to ask about criminal records
The U.S. census should include questions about criminal records to help policymakers get former convicts back into the workforce, a Republican lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Trump cuts short infrastructure meeting, blasts Pelosi’s ‘cover-up’ accusation
President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly cut off a meeting with U.S. congressional Democrats on infrastructure spending, then ripped into them over intensifying investigations by lawmakers and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusation that he is…
Conservative economist suggests U.S. Census ask about criminal records
The U.S. Census Bureau should ask about survey-takers’ criminal records to help policymakers address weaknesses in the judicial system and rehabilitation, an economist at a conservative think-tank plans to tell lawmakers on Wednesday.
Pipeline opponents challenge Louisiana law targeting protesters
Environmental groups and demonstrators arrested near an Energy Transfer LP crude pipeline filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a 2018 Louisiana state law that made trespassing near oil and gas pipelines a criminal offense.
Trump accuses Democratic leaders of ‘tearing the United States apart’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused the top Democrats in Congress of “tearing the United States apart” by pursuing investigations stemming from the now-concluded Russia probe.
Pelosi says Trump obstruction, cover-up could be impeachable offense
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday President Donald Trump was engaged in obstruction of justice and a cover-up which could be an impeachable offense.
Deadly storms hit U.S. Southern Plains, more severe weather coming
A storm system that blasted U.S. southern and central states weakened on Tuesday but more severe weather was on the way after thunderstorms and tornadoes left a swath of destruction, killing at least three people and tearing up a NASCAR grandstand.
