Trump tries to defuse immigrant crisis, but policy hit by confusion
WASHINGTON/MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies on Thursday to begin reuniting immigrant families recently separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, but his efforts to roll back a policy that drew global condemnation we…
Melania Trump’s jacket mixes message during visit to detained immigrant children
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – First Lady Melania Trump’s visit on Thursday to a Texas shelter housing migrant children separated from their parents was overshadowed by a jacket she wore with the words: “I really don’t care, do u?” scrawled in white brush …
Minnesota firms sue over Trump administration mine leases near wilderness
(Reuters) – Minnesota outdoor recreation firms have sued the federal government over its decision to reinstate leases for a mine next to a state wilderness as part of the Trump administration’s drive to allow mining in some of the country’s wildest are…
Despite Trump order, border child separations could go on: legal experts
(Reuters) – The much-vilified U.S. policy of separating children from parents who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border could continue under certain circumstances because of ambiguous language in President Donald Trump’s order meant to end the practic…
U.S. prosecutors accuse Texas oil man ‘Frack Master’ of fraud
(Reuters) – A Texas oil and gas businessman who called himself the “Frack Master” has been charged with securities fraud in connection with a scheme that defrauded investors out of $62.6 million, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.
Majority of Americans say Trump should agree to interview with Mueller: poll
(Reuters) – Most Americans think President Donald Trump should agree to an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, if asked, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
‘Heartbroken’ father of designer Kate Spade dies at age 89
(Reuters) – The father of fashion designer Kate Spade has died just over two weeks after the suicide of his daughter, the family said on Thursday.
Parents in California torture case ordered to stand trial: prosecutors
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A judge on Thursday ordered a married couple to stand trial on 49 counts of torture, false imprisonment and abuse over the treatment of 13 siblings who were found imprisoned and starving in their suburban California home, prose…
SEC judge appointments unconstitutional, U.S. high court says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court gave presidents more control over key jobs in federal agencies on Thursday, ruling that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected in-house judges who enforce investor protection laws violated …
U.S. states set to gain billions in sales taxes after court ruling
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. states could reap billions in online sales tax revenue and buttress their budgets after the nation’s top court ruled on Thursday that e-commerce companies could be forced to collect the money, even if they have no physical pre…
