Trump backs down, signs order to end family separations at U.S. border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump backed down on Wednesday on an immigration policy that sparked outrage at home and abroad, signing an executive order to end the separation of children from their parents when immigrant families are ca…
Tent city for migrant children puts Texas border town in limelight
TORNILLO, Texas (Reuters) – A small Texas farming community near El Paso with no traffic lights, a cotton gin and two dollar stores has found itself playing the uncomfortable host to a U.S. government tent city for children suspected of illegal border …
Several U.S. airlines: Don’t put separated migrant children on our flights
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three major U.S. airlines have asked the federal government to refrain from using their flights to transport migrant children who have been separated from their families as part of the Trump administration’s policy on illegal immig…
New York sues 3M, others over firefighting foam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York has filed a lawsuit seeking to recoup more than $38 million from 3M Co and five other companies to cover the cost of cleaning up environmental contamination caused by toxic chemicals in firefighting foam that they manufact…
Michael Bloomberg to spend $80 million to help elect Democrats: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a frequent critic of Republican President Donald Trump, intends to spend $80 million helping Democratic candidates in November’s U.S. congressional elections, the New York Times repor…
Trump to order end of immediate immigrant family separations at U.S. border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order on immigration on Wednesday to end the immediate separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, which has sparked outrage in the United States and abr…
American Airlines, United: don’t put separated migrant children on our flights
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines and United Airlines have asked the federal government to refrain from using their flights to transport migrant children who have been separated from their families.
U.S. charges West Virginia Supreme Court justice with fraud
(Reuters) – West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Allen Loughry was arrested on Wednesday and charged with 22 federal criminal counts including fraud, as U.S. prosecutors alleged that he misused government property.
Trump says will sign something ‘pre-emptive’ on immigration border policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would sign something “pre-emptive” soon to solve the problem of immigrant families being separated at the U.S. southern border, which has sparked outrage in the United States and a…
Special Report: Trump’s catch-and-detain policy snares illegal immigrants long in U.S.
OCILLA, Georgia (Reuters) – Morena Vasquez didn’t want to drive that February night last year, but a co-worker at her job cleaning offices near Atlanta needed some keys dropped off.
