Supreme Court justices divided in major voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices expressed distaste on Tuesday toward the long-standing U.S. political practice of drawing electoral maps simply to entrench one party in power but appeared deeply divided over whether to do anything about i…
Trump meets victims, responders in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – President Donald Trump visited Puerto Rico on Tuesday on a mission to reassure the island’s struggling residents that he is committed to their recovery from a devastating hurricane that has tested his ability to manage…
Buckeye resumes operation at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico; tankers discharge fuel
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Buckeye Partners has resumed operations at its marine oil terminal and storage tanks in Puerto Rico, which could help ease shortages of diesel and gasoline on the island two weeks after it closed the facility ahead of Hurricane Mari…
Top U.S. court wrestles with immigration bond hearing dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled for the second time over how to resolve whether immigrants detained by the U.S. government for more than six months should be able to seek their release while deportation proceedi…
House Republicans seek $1 billion in Medicaid funds for Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Puerto Rico, struggling to recover from hurricane damage, could receive $1 billion in additional funding for the Medicaid health insurance program for the poor under a proposal from a U.S. House of Representatives panel, a congre…
FCC wants to speed funding to restore Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands comms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed making available as much as $76.9 million to fund repairs of communication networks and restore communications services in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Vi…
U.S. Supreme Court justices divided in major voting rights case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices expressed distaste on Tuesday toward the long-standing U.S. political practice of drawing electoral maps simply to entrench one party in power but appeared deeply divided over whether to do anything about i…
More groups challenge Trump’s latest travel ban in court
NEW York (Reuters) – Muslim immigrants and an advocacy group filed a fresh lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s latest version of a travel ban that placed indefinite restrictions on the entry of citizens from eight countries to the United States.
Las Vegas police look for motive in deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Police sought clues on Tuesday to explain why a retiree who enjoyed gambling but had no criminal record set up a vantage point in a high-rise Las Vegas hotel and poured gunfire onto a concert below, slaying dozens of people befor…
Russia threatens retaliation over U.S. ‘break-in’ at San Francisco consulate
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said U.S. officials had broken into residences at Russia’s consulate in San Francisco, and threatened retaliation over what it called an illegal act.
