U.S. officials allow trickle of ‘caravan’ migrants to make asylum case
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – U.S. immigration officials accepted a slow trickle of asylum applications on Tuesday from a caravan of Central American migrants camped at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump of their a…
Dominion Energy unit wins $770 million U.S. contract: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Virginia Electric and Power Co, a subsidiary of Dominion Energy Inc is being awarded an estimated $770 million firm-fixed-price order for electric and regulated energy management services in Hampton Roads and surrounding areas in…
Texas sues Trump administration to end Obama-era immigrant program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Texas and six other Republican-governed states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to end a program launched by Democratic former President Barack Obama that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally …
Central American migrants from caravan wait and worry at U.S. border
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Some 140 Central American migrants waited anxiously on the Mexican side of the U.S. border on Tuesday following a second night in a makeshift camp, determined to remain until their asylum requests are processed after the fir…
United Airlines resumes animal transport program
NEW YORK (Reuters) – United Airlines is resuming the shipment of pets in its airplane cargo holds, the carrier said on Tuesday, after having paused the program for improvements following the high-profile death of a puppy on one of its flights earlier t…
17 U.S. states sue Trump administration over vehicle emissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – California and a group of 16 other states on Tuesday challenged the Trump administration’s decision to revise strict U.S. vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency rules put in place under former President Barack Obama.
Louisiana election chief resigns amid sexual harassment scandal
(Reuters) – Louisiana’s chief election official, Secretary of State Tom Schedler, resigned on Tuesday in the face of what he called “an incredibly serious allegation” that he had sexually harassed a female employee.
Central American migrant caravan camps at U.S. border, 11 arrested
SAN YSIDRO PORT OF ENTRY (Reuters) – Some 140 Central American migrants waited anxiously on the Mexican side of the U.S. border on Tuesday after a second night in a makeshift camp, determined to remain until their asylum requests are processed after th…
Arizona governor hopeful of teachers deal on walkout’s fourth day
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona’s governor said on Tuesday that he hoped to sign a budget deal raising teachers’ pay as early as Wednesday, as the latest statewide teacher walkout in the country kept most of Arizona’s 1.1 million students out of class for …
FAA orders more engine inspections after Southwest accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it has ordered additional inspections of fan blades in hundreds of additional engines similar to the one that failed in a deadly Southwest Airlines Co accident last month.
