Vice President Pence urges Congress to complete Obamacare repeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday urged the Republican-controlled Congress to complete the job of dismantling Obamacare this summer and move on quickly to another big-ticket item on President Donald Trump’s agenda: tax c…
Trump to hit the road for a jobs-focused reset in tough week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will hit the road next week to ramp up his long-promised plan to overhaul the nation’s aging airports, roads and railways, a push that could energize his supporters and distract from political intrigue in W…
‘President Trump believes the climate is changing’: Ambassador Haley
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump “believes the climate is changing,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Saturday after Trump’s decision to take the United States out of the Paris climate accord sparked dismay across the wo…
U.S. evangelical green groups pan Trump’s climate accord exit
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Evangelical Christian environmental groups on Friday panned President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from a global climate change pact, with leaders saying the political left does not have a monopoly on this i…
Chicago man sentenced to prison in Bali suitcase murder plot
(Reuters) – A Chicago man was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for advising his cousin and that man’s girlfriend in a plot to murder her mother in Indonesia, a gruesome 2014 crime in which the victim’s body was stuffed into a suitcase.
Police arrest man after theft from Oregon train stabbing victim
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Police in Portland, Oregon, arrested a homeless man on Friday morning for stealing the wedding ring and backpack of Ricky Best, one of two men fatally stabbed to death last week on a commuter train while defending two women.
Alleged killer of Boston toddler called her ‘demon,’ mother testifies
BOSTON (Reuters) – The man accused of murdering a 2-1/2-year-old girl whose body was found on a Boston beach in 2015, sparking a months-long search for her identity, called the child a “demon” after punching her to death, the girl’s mother said on Frid…
Comedian Kathy Griffin says her career is over after gory Trump photo
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian Kathy Griffin tearfully apologized in a Friday press conference for posing with a fake bloodied and severed head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that she felt her career was now over and that Trump “broke”…
Comedian Kathy Griffin says her career is over after gory Trump photo
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comedian Kathy Griffin tearfully apologized in a Friday press conference for posing with a fake bloodied and severed head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that she felt her career was now over and that Trump “broke”…
Nail-spiked meatballs lead to suspension for Alabama mail carrier
(Reuters) – An Alabama mail carrier has been suspended and charged with aggravated animal cruelty for allegedly feeding meatballs laced with nails to at least one dog on her route, U.S. Postal Service officials said on Friday.
