Bid-rigging trial begins for ex-State University of New York official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The former president of the State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute went to trial on Monday on charges that he helped rig a 2013 bidding process for a billion-dollar development project intended to revitalize the Buffa…
Trump orders creation of space-focused U.S. military branch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he was ordering the creation of a sixth branch of the military to focus on space, a move critics said could harm the Air Force.
Heat wave wilts much of U.S. Midwest, Northeast
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago and St. Louis sweltered on Monday at the center of a heat wave that stretched across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, although relief could come as soon as Monday evening in some areas.
Embattled Rosenstein wins case at U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rod Rosenstein, the No. 2 U.S. Justice Department official who has come under criticism from President Donald Trump, picked up a legal victory for Trump’s administration at the Supreme Court on Monday in the first case he ever ar…
Trump orders creation of U.S. force to dominate space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he was ordering the establishment of a sixth branch of the military to clear the way for American dominance of space.
Trump administration seeks to limit court’s ‘sanctuary cities’ order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration, escalating its fight with so-called sanctuary cities, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to narrow a lower court’s nationwide order preventing the federal government from denying public safety grants…
Trump directs establishment of U.S. force to dominate space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday said he was clearing the way for the United States to exercise extra-terrestrial dominance by establishing a new, sixth branch of the military that he dubbed a “space force.”
Americans own nearly half world’s guns in civilian hands: survey
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Americans make up 4 percent of the world’s population but owned about 46 percent of the estimated 857 million weapons in civilian hands at the end of 2017, a survey showed on Monday.
GM plans $175 million retooling of Michigan plant for Cadillac sedans
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co will invest $175 million to modernize and retool a plant in Lansing, Michigan, to build the next generation of luxury Cadillac sedans, the company said on Monday.
Supreme Court declines to curb electoral map manipulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan adva…
