U.N. panel urges end to detention of would-be immigrants in U.S.
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights panel urged the United States on Monday to end widespread detention of would-be immigrants including asylum-seekers, saying the practice has “grown exponentially” and violates international law.
Trump says he may pardon Arizona ex-sheriff Arpaio: Fox News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is considering pardoning Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff found guilty last month of criminal contempt for violating the terms of a 2011 court order in a racial profiling case, Fox News reported on Mo…
‘El Chapo’ Guzman allowed to meet relative in U.S. jail: lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo” who is jailed awaiting trial in the United States, may meet with a relative to discuss ways to pay for his defense, a lawyer for Guzman said on Monday.
British cyber researcher pleads not guilty to U.S. hacking charges
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – British cyber security researcher Marcus Hutchins pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges he built and sold malicious code used to steal banking credentials.
California sues Trump administration over sanctuary policy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday over federal restrictions on some law enforcement grants to so-called sanctuary cities, continuing a legal counterattack by Democrats against President Donald Trump’s ad…
Man arrested in Oklahoma bomb plot that echoed 1995 attack
(Reuters) – An Oklahoma man angry with the government has been arrested by the FBI on charges that he tried to blow up an Oklahoma City bank building with a van he thought was packed with explosives, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday.
Three CEOs resign from Trump council over Charlottesville
(Reuters) – The chief executives of Intel Corp, Merck & Co Inc and Under Armour Inc resigned from U.S. President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council on Monday, following Trump’s initially tepid response to weekend violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Texas ‘bathroom bills’ stall in special legislative session
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas measures to restrict access for transgender people to bathrooms in schools and public buildings appear doomed after moderate Republican powerbrokers blocked the bills and hundreds of businesses opposed them.
U.S. tax change proposals anger builders, realtors, charities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With U.S. Congress members focused during their August recess on finding ways to lower the corporate tax rate, industry groups and other sectors of society are gearing up to fight proposed changes to the personal income tax.
Taylor Swift wins groping trial against DJ, awarded symbolic $1
DENVER (Reuters) – Taylor Swift won her trial against a Colorado radio personality on Monday after a jury found that the former DJ assaulted and battered the pop star by groping her bare bottom, and awarded her the symbolic $1 in damages she had sought…
