Trump administration seeks to limit court’s ‘sanctuary cities’ order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration, escalating its fight with so-called sanctuary cities, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to narrow a lower court’s nationwide order preventing the federal government from denying public safety grants…
Trump directs establishment of U.S. force to dominate space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday said he was clearing the way for the United States to exercise extra-terrestrial dominance by establishing a new, sixth branch of the military that he dubbed a “space force.”
Americans own nearly half world’s guns in civilian hands: survey
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Americans make up 4 percent of the world’s population but owned about 46 percent of the estimated 857 million weapons in civilian hands at the end of 2017, a survey showed on Monday.
GM plans $175 million retooling of Michigan plant for Cadillac sedans
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co will invest $175 million to modernize and retool a plant in Lansing, Michigan, to build the next generation of luxury Cadillac sedans, the company said on Monday.
Supreme Court declines to curb electoral map manipulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan adva…
Prosecution urges murder conviction of former New England mob boss
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal prosecutor on Monday urged jurors to find a former New England mob boss guilty of murdering a nightclub manager in 1993, citing the eyewitness testimony of the ex-partner of convicted Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.
Supreme Court sidesteps major rulings on electoral map manipulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan adva…
Supreme Court rejects Republican bid to block Maryland electoral district
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed Republican voters in Maryland by refusing for now to block congressional district lines drawn by Democrats to maximize partisan advantage.
Americans grapple with recognizing facts in news stories: Pew survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Only a quarter of U.S. adults in a recent survey could fully identify factual statements – as opposed to opinion – in news stories, the Pew Research Center found in a study released on Monday.
Too frail for death row? Texas inmate seeks execution reprieve
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – After two recent botched U.S. executions of inmates with compromised veins, a convicted murderer and rapist is arguing he is too ill to be put to death by lethal injection in Texas later this month.
