Trump signals he’s open to mileage tax with praise of Oregon program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday praised an experimental program in Oregon that charges a mileage tax to volunteer drivers, adding to signals that President Donald Trump is open to finding new revenue sources to pay for his proposed …
New U.S. criminal charges filed under seal in Manafort case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New sealed criminal charges have been filed in federal court in the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against President Donald Trump’s former campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, a court record seen …
Number of U.S. hate groups jumps 20 percent since 2014: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. hate groups rose again in 2017, during President Donald Trump’s first year in office, and has surged 20 percent since 2014, a U.S. civil rights watchdog said on Wednesday.
Florida school massacre survivors push lawmakers for assault gun ban
TALLAHASSEE, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of teenaged survivors of the second-deadliest public school shooting in U.S. history marched on Florida’s capital on Wednesday to ask lawmakers to ban sales of assault rifles of the sort used to kill 17 s…
U.S. top court refuses to widen whistleblower protections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to broaden protections for corporate insiders who call out misconduct, throwing out a lawsuit brought against a real estate trust by a former employee who had reported alleged wrongdoin…
U.S. top court forbids seizure of ancient Persian artifacts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Americans injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem cannot seize ancient Persian artifacts from a Chicago museum to satisfy a $71.5 million court judgment against Iran, which th…
Billy Graham, preacher to millions, adviser to presidents, dies at 99
(Reuters) – U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who counseled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 years on the pulpit, died on Wednesday at the age of 99, a spokesman said…
Secret Service reopens area around White House after suspicious car
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service reopened streets around the White House and allowed workers back into an evacuated building on Wednesday after authorities cleared a suspicious car parked nearby.
Survivors of Florida school massacre rally for gun ban in state capital
TALLAHASSEE/PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – Student activists from the Florida high school where 17 teens and staff were shot and killed began a march to the state capital of Tallahassee on Wednesday, where they were to meet with lawmakers to call for a ban…
Trump meets with students, teachers after gun violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, a strong supporter of gun rights, planned to meet on Wednesday with parents, students and teachers who have been victims of gun violence, including those affected by last week’s school shooting in Flo…
