Illinois budget speeds through legislature, heads to governor
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Illinois House gave final legislative approval on Thursday to a $38.5 billion fiscal 2019 budget that will now head to Governor Bruce Rauner, avoiding the political stalemate that had plagued the state in previous years.
Trump pardons conservative, says lifestyle maven Stewart may be next
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned a conservative commentator and said he was considering pardoning lifestyle maven Martha Stewart and commuting a former Illinois governor’s prison sentence, prompting critics to accuse h…
Trump pardons conservative, says lifestyle maven Stewart may be next
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned a conservative commentator and said he was considering pardoning lifestyle maven Martha Stewart and commuting a former Illinois governor’s prison sentence, prompting critics to accuse h…
Utah sues opioid maker Purdue Pharma after settlement talks stall
(Reuters) – Utah’s attorney general on Thursday sued OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP to hold it responsible for its role in the opioid epidemic after he said talks to reach a settlement between various states and the drugmaker stopped being productive…
Trump pardons pundit D’Souza, lifestyle maven Stewart may be next
WASHINGTON/ON AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a pardon to conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to U.S. campaign finance law violations, and said he was considering pardoning lifestyle …
Goldman Sachs vice president charged with insider trading
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors charged a vice president at Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Thursday with making more than $130,000 through illegal trades using inside information about companies advised by the investment bank.
Trump to pardon pundit D’Souza for breaking campaign laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he will grant a full pardon on Thursday to conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to federal campaign finance law violations.
U.S. spelling bee champ to win crown from field of 41 finalists
OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) – For one young spelling ace aiming for the $40,000 top prize in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday will be a day of winning. For 40 others, it will mean losing and learning to move on.
Trump says will pardon conservative commentator D’Souza
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he will grant a full pardon on Thursday to conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who was sentenced in 2014 to five years of probation for federal campaign law violations.
Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants refiners biofuel credits to remedy Obama-era waiver denials
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded tens of millions of dollars worth of biofuel blending credits for this year to refiners HollyFrontier and Sinclair Oil after they argued the agency had wrongly denied them waiver…
