Snowstorm targets northern U.S. Plains, may stall spring planting
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A blizzard is expected to bring high winds and 12 inches (30 cm) of snow or more to parts of South Dakota and Nebraska on Friday and Saturday, an agricultural meteorologist said on Thursday.
Trump says he backs ‘cooperative’ approach to Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly condemned as a “witch hunt” a federal probe into possible collusion between Moscow and his presidential campaign, said on Thursday he backed a “cooperative” approach to the investig…
Cosby defense team hits accusers on monetary gains for victims
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – The defense team at comedian Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial on Thursday pressed another accuser for details about a supposed $100 million that lawyer Gloria Allred is seeking to compensate his alleged victims.
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…
