Congresswoman urges Trump to extend Puerto Rico Jones Act waiver
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Nydia Velazquez urged President Donald Trump to extend a waiver on shipping limitations for hurricane-battered Puerto Rico on Friday, two days before the 10-day measure was set to expire.
Immigrants in U.S. seeking safe haven worry Trump may send them back
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands of Salvadorans, Haitians and others now sheltered in the United States from danger in their home countries might have to leave under a crackdown the Trump administration is weighing on a program that critics slam as “ba…
Tesla to send more battery installers to Puerto Rico to restore power
(Reuters) – U.S. electric car and battery maker Tesla Inc’s CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the company will send more battery installers to Puerto Rico to help restore power after Hurricane Maria knocked out all power on the island over two weeks ago.
U.S. Gulf Coast prepares for tropical storm that killed 22
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Oil and gas producers pulled staff from offshore platforms while Alabama, Florida and Mississippi declared states of emergency as Tropical Storm Nate twisted toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday after killing at least 22 people in …
Trump undermines U.S. birth control coverage requirement
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday undermined requirements under the Obamacare law that employers provide insurance to cover women’s birth control, keeping a campaign pledge that pleased his conservative C…
U.S. voting commission vice chair urged new voting restrictions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The vice chairman of a voter fraud panel set up by U.S. President Donald Trump began soon after the election to draft legislative changes that would allow states to require voters to prove their citizenship when registering, cour…
EPA may not replace Obama-era climate rule on repeal: draft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not decided whether it will replace the Clean Power Plan – the centerpiece Obama-era climate change regulation – after it moves to repeal it, according to a draft of the proposal seen …
In Puerto Rico, lives depend on volunteer doctors and diesel generators
OROCOVIS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – At a community center in Orocovis, an isolated agricultural town of 23,000 in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, six oxygen-dependent patients drew breath with the help of the diesel generator powering their equipme…
U.S. traffic deaths jumped 5.6 percent in 2016 to decade-high
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. traffic deaths jumped 5.6 percent in 2016 to a decade-high of 37,461, and pedestrians killed rose 9 percent to 5,987, the highest number since 1990, the U.S. auto safety agency said on Friday.
U.S. EPA may not replace Obama-era climate regulation after repeal: draft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not decided whether it will replace the Clean Power Plan – the centerpiece Obama-era climate change regulation – after it moves to repeal it, according to a draft of the proposal seen …
