At meeting with automakers, Trump launches new attack on NAFTA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ten American and foreign automakers went to the White House on Friday to push for a weakening of U.S. fuel efficiency standards through 2025, while President Donald Trump used the occasion to launch a fresh attack on the North Am…
Ex-CIA contractor pleads guilty to retaining classified information
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former contractor for the U.S. CIA pleaded guilty on Friday for removing and retaining classified information from his government office and later lying about it to federal investigators, the Justice Department said.
Police detain suspect in shooting at Southern California school
(Reuters) – One victim was shot in the arm at a California high school on Friday morning and a suspect was detained, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
McCain’s daughter slams White House aide’s ‘he’s dying’ comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator John McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, on Friday questioned how the aide who disparaged her ailing father during a White House meeting still has a job there.
Police detain suspect in possible shooting at Southern California school
(Reuters) – Police detained a male suspect on Friday morning after responding to reports of a possible shooting at a Southern California high school, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
Top Trump aide says protected immigrants need path to citizenship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Immigrants from Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador and other countries who were given protected status to live in the United States should have a path to citizenship, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told National Public Radio on …
Trump to sit down with major automakers on Friday on fuel rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet 10 major automakers at the White House on Friday to discuss the fate of landmark fuel efficiency standards and a looming confrontation with California and other major states.
Yale says ‘committed to equity and inclusion’ after napping black student incident
(Reuters) – Yale University is committed to “equity and inclusion”, its president said on Thursday, after a white student called the police this week when she encountered a black student napping in a common room on campus.
Baltimore’s top cop charged with failing to file taxes
(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors charged Baltimore’s police commissioner on Thursday with failing to file income taxes for the three years up to 2015 in another blow to the United States’ eighth-biggest police department.
Toxic gas alert for Hawaii volcano eruption; new areas at risk
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Residents on the Big Island of Hawaii were alerted on Thursday to rising levels of toxic gas from lava-oozing fissures, and geologists warned that new areas east of the erupting Kilauea volcano may be at risk of molten rock bu…
