Trump personal pilot under consideration for FAA chief: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is considering his longtime personal pilot, John Dunkin, as a candidate to lead the Federal Aviation Administration among a small group of candidates, two administration officials briefed on the matter…
Supreme Court divided in pivotal challenge to union fees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided along ideological lines on Monday in a high-stakes case that could deprive unions representing police, firefighters and certain other public employees of a key source of funds — millions o…
Trump calls for closer attention to warnings after Florida massacre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said authorities need to do a better job of handling warnings about violent people of the sort that were missed ahead of this month’s shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people.
Asylum seeker in detention sues U.S. administration over family separation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Congolese woman seeking asylum in the United States for herself and her daughter sued the Trump administration on Monday, alleging that she and other immigrants in detention have been unfairly separated from their children.
U.S. appeals court says Title VII covers discrimination based on sexual orientation
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in Manhattan on Monday ruled that a federal law banning sex bias in the workplace also prohibits discrimination against gay employees, becoming only the second court to do so.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to EPA water regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge led by states and environmental groups to an Environmental Protection Agency regulation that lets government agencies transfer water between different bodies, such as river…
Supreme Court to hear pivotal challenge to union fees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was set to hear a high-stakes case that could deprive unions representing police, firefighters and certain other public employees of a key source of funds — millions of dollars in fees they can c…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to EPA water regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge led by states and environmental groups to an Environmental Protection Agency regulation that lets government agencies transfer water between different bodies, such as river…
Supreme Court rejects Trump over ‘Dreamers’ immigrants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to President Donald Trump, requiring his administration to maintain protections he has sought to end for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally into the United State…
U.S. energy drilling boom could mean $6 billion in federal well cleanups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cleaning up the tens of thousands oil and gas wells on U.S. federal land after they stop producing could cost over $6 billion, and taxpayers may need to pitch in, according to an analysis of state and federal data commissioned by…
