Pentagon to provide recommendation on transgender individuals to Trump this week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will provide his recommendation to President Donald Trump on transgender individuals and military service sometime this week, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
BMW settles U.S. claims it refused lease refunds to military personnel
(Reuters) – BMW AG agreed to pay more than $2.2 million to settle U.S. government claims that it failed to provide required refunds to 492 military personnel who lawfully terminated their vehicle leases because they were called to duty.
Lawsuit says race motivated Trump to end immigrant protections
BOSTON (Reuters) – A group of Haitian and Salvadoran immigrants on Thursday filed a lawsuit claiming that the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to terminate the protections that allowed them to remain in the country was racially …
Pence rallies conservatives with call to fight hard at 2018 elections
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Mike Pence rallied thousands of conservative activists on Thursday to fight back against a Democratic drive to take over the U.S. Congress in 2018 elections, calling a Republican victory at the…
Guyana strengthens border security with Venezuela
GEORGETOWN (Reuters) – In an attempt to thwart “incursion and invasion,” Guyana set up two army bases this week on its jungle frontier with ailing Venezuela, following similar moves by larger neighbors Colombia and Brazil.
NRA chief attacks anti-gun ‘elites’ after Florida school shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the National Rifle Association lashed out at gun control advocates on Thursday, calling them Democratic elites who are politicizing the latest mass school shooting in the United States to chip away at the country’s co…
Puerto Rico should rebuild power from scratch: Fed official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico should “start from scratch” rebuilding its already outdated power infrastructure after deadly Hurricane Maria last year devastated it and left citizens marooned, the U.S. central banker overseeing the island territory s…
NRA backs Trump on arming U.S. teachers, attacks anti-gun ‘elites’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the National Rifle Association lashed out at gun control advocates on Thursday, calling them Democratic elites who are politicizing the latest mass school shooting in the United States to chip away at the country’s co…
Puerto Rico should rebuild power from scratch: U.S. Fed official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico should “start from scratch” rebuilding its already outdated power infrastructure after deadly Hurricane Maria last year devastated it and left citizens without power, the U.S. central banker overseeing the island territ…
Trump says arming some teachers would stop shootings ‘instantly’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday pushed his call to arm teachers following last week’s school massacre in Florida, saying it would be limited to those with military or special training but “would solve the problem instantl…
