U.S. requiring enhanced cargo screening from Middle Eastern airports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said Monday it was requiring six Middle Eastern carriers to participate in an enhanced cargo screening program as part of an effort to raise global aviation security.
Government workers begin shutdown as Senate vote looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of federal workers began shutting down operations on Monday with the U.S. government closed, as a bipartisan group of senators tried to negotiate a deal just hours before the full Senate planned another vote…
Ferry service helps Alcatraz escape from government shutdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The lights are on at Alacatraz Island, the famous federal prison turned tourist destination in San Francisco Bay, even though the U.S. government has shut down. Private business is stepping up.
Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania to go on trial on corruption charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The mayor of Pennsylvania’s third largest city, Allentown, is scheduled to appear at the start of his federal corruption trial on Monday, accused of soliciting campaign contributions in exchange for public contracts.
FDA’s tobacco stance faces test with Philip Morris iQOS device
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a decision expected to test the Trump administration’s approach to tobacco regulation, U.S. health advisers will vote this week on whether to allow Philip Morris International Inc to sell its novel iQOS tobacco device and cla…
U.S. government workers awake to shutdown, Senate vote looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will wake up on Monday with the U.S. government still shut down and the Senate expected to try again to restore federal funding, if only temporarily, and work on resolving a dispute over i…
U.S. government to remain closed on Monday as Senate still short of deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government shutdown will enter its third day on Monday as Senate negotiators failed to reach a deal late on Sunday on Democrats’ demand for legislation protecting “Dreamers,” young people brought to the country illegally a…
Senators race to end U.S. government shutdown before work week begins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic senators raced on Sunday to try to break an impasse and hammer out a deal that would end a two-day-old U.S. government shutdown before the start of the work week.
Senate leaders meet in bid to end government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate held talks on Sunday seeking to break an impasse that has kept the U.S. government shut down for two days, but it was unclear if a deal could be struck to reopen federal agenci…
Major highway reopened as California mudslides toll climbs to 21
(Reuters) – California’s iconic Highway 101 in Santa Barbara reopened on Sunday nearly two weeks after it was covered with 12 feet (3.7 meters) of debris from mudslides, and a day after the discovery of a missing woman’s body pushed the death toll to 2…
