Supreme Court finds SEC judge appointments unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected in-house judges who enforce investor protection laws was unconstitutional in a ruling allowing more presidential control over pivotal…
U.S. appeals court calls D.C. sniper’s life sentences illegal
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday said a sniper serving life in prison without parole over deadly shootings that traumatized the Washington, D.C. area in 2002 must be resentenced in Virginia because he was only 17 at the time of his crime…
Remains of U.S. war dead being returned from North Korea: Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the remains of U.S. troops missing from the Korean War were in the process of being returned to the United States from North Korea, correcting a statement he made a day earlier.
Trump tells federal agencies to reunite families at border; Melania visits region
WASHINGTON/MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was directing federal agencies to begin reuniting children and parents who had been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border after entering the country illegally, a first step …
First lady Melania Trump visits detained immigrant children
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – Melania Trump on Thursday went on a damage-control mission near the Texas border with Mexico, visiting children displaced by the country’s immigration crisis and showing a softer side than the hardline policies of her husband, U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump says remains of U.S. war dead in process of being returned from North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, correcting a statement he had made a day earlier, said on Thursday that remains of U.S. troops missing from the Korean War were in the process of being returned to the United States from North Korea.
U.S. watchdog auditing FAA checks of Southwest Air after engine failure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department’s inspector general is auditing the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Southwest Airlines Co after a midair incident in which an engine exploded and one person was killed.
U.S. labor market tightening; mid-Atlantic manufacturing cools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to a further tightening of labor market conditions.
Appeals court calls DC sniper’s life sentences illegal
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday said the life sentences imposed against one of two men involved in the deadly sniper shootings that traumatized the Washington, D.C. area in 2002 must be thrown out because he was only 17 at the time.
Supreme Court deems SEC in-house judge hiring unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday expanded presidential control over pivotal jobs in federal agencies, ruling that the way the Securities and Exchange Commission selected its in-house judges to enforce investor-protection laws w…
