House Speaker Ryan touts farm, immigration bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he would like to see action this year on a rewrite of U.S. farm policy and legislation protecting young, undocumented immigrants from deportation, despite signs both are likely to sta…
U.S. launches crackdown on sexual harassment in housing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is launching an initiative on Thursday to crack down on sexual harassment of women by landlords and encourage victims to come forward for help from the U.S. Justice Department and Department of Housing an…
U.S. state pension funding gap rises to $1.4 trillion in 2016: Pew
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The funding deficit for U.S. state public pension systems rose to a record-high $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2016, a nearly $300 billion increase from fiscal 2015, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report released on Thursday.
At New York’s Trump Tower, condo prices have lost their glitter
(Reuters) – For Todd Brassner, an art dealer who died in a fire that ripped through his Trump Tower apartment last weekend, the New York high-rise he lived in for two decades became unbearable after Donald Trump announced he was running for president.
Pressure grows for Missouri Governor Greitens to step down
(Reuters) – Missouri Governor Eric Greitens on Thursday faced another day of bipartisan pressure to resign or face impeachment after the release of a report finding that he abused and tried to blackmail a woman with whom he was having an affair.
Trump denies report he tried to fire special counsel Mueller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denied a newspaper report that he had planned to fire U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller late last year.
Republicans, eyeing midterms, set up ‘messaging’ vote on deficits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as Thursday on a balanced budget amendment that would prohibit federal spending from exceeding federal revenues, but it is seen as a largely sym…
Cosby defense lawyers hitting back hard against accusers
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s defense lawyers will continue grilling his accusers when his sexual assault trial resumes on Thursday following withering treatment of three so far that featured tears, confessions of drug use and charges of sel…
Oklahoma parents fret over childcare, testing as teachers strike
OKLAHOMA CITY/TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Oklahoma parent Matt Reynolds backs a teachers’ strike that has shut schools statewide, but each day it drags on is another he has to pay for daycare for three of his children.
U.S. seeks to deport thousands of Vietnamese protected by treaty: former ambassador
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) – The United States is seeking to send thousands of immigrants from Vietnam back to the communist-ruled country despite a bilateral agreement that should protect most from deportation, according to Washington’s former ambassa…
