UAW’s new leader faces contract talks, federal probe
DETROIT (Reuters) – The union that represents factory workers at the Detroit Three automakers was due to elect a new leader on Wednesday ahead of tough 2019 contract talks likely to coincide with declining U.S. sales of new vehicles.
Winds, high temperatures forecast as large wildfires burn in western U.S.
(Reuters) – Prime conditions for wildfires are forecast for Wednesday in the western United States, where firefighters are battling to gain control over several large blazes that have forced the evacuation of more than 4,400 homes.
Colorado wildfires displace thousands, prompt national forest closure
DENVER (Reuters) – Firefighters battled to gain control over several large wildfires in Colorado on Tuesday, including two blazes at opposite ends of the state that have prompted the evacuation of more than 3,500 homes and the closure of a national for…
Republican Sanford loses in South Carolina after Trump urges his ouster
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Mark Sanford, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, lost a Republican congressional primary in South Carolina after Trump urged voters to punish Sanford’s disloyalty by tossing him from office.
Republican Sanford losing in South Carolina after Trump calls for his ouster
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Mark Sanford, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, was losing a Republican congressional primary in South Carolina on Tuesday after Trump urged voters to punish Sanford’s disloyalty by tossing him from of…
U.S. House sets debate next week on ‘Dreamer’ immigration bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, in a bid to settle a divisive election-year fight among his fellow Republicans, will bring two competing immigration bills to the House floor next week that are aimed at protecting…
Ivanka Trump’s ‘Chinese proverb’ tweet mystifies China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Ivanka Trump did not accompany her father to Singapore for his summit with Kim Jong Un, but in an apparent show of support, tweeted what she described as a Chinese proverb: “Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt tho…
Trump weighs in on South Carolina primary race as 5 states vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump waded into a Republican congressional primary in South Carolina a few hours before polls closed on Tuesday, urging voters to oust fellow Republican Mark Sanford because he had not been supportive enough of …
Suspect in deadly Florida standoff had stockpiled guns: police
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A convicted felon found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Orlando, Florida apartment alongside the bodies of four children after a standoff in which he shot a police officer had stockpiled an arsenal of guns, po…
Dancing FBI agent whose gun went off faces charges
DENVER (Reuters) – An off-duty FBI agent who accidentally shot a man at a Denver bar after doing a dance floor backflip was charged on Tuesday with second-degree assault, prosecutors said.
