White House pressures State Department over refugee costs: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two studies President Donald Trump hopes will buttress his case to cut the number of refugees are at the heart of a fight between senior White House adviser Stephen Miller and career U.S. government officials over immigration pol…
Investigator faults Oakland, California over police sex scandal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The mayor of Oakland, California, failed to thoroughly look into a scandal at the city’s police department after it was revealed that some officers had sex with a teenage sex worker, according to a report filed in court on Wed…
Tropical Storm Cindy moving toward the Gulf Coast: NHC
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Cindy was moving north-westward toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Wednesday.
Ex-Guantanamo detainee Ghailani may pursue prison prayer claim: U.S. court
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit in which Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted over the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, said prison officials violated his right to p…
Republicans propose bill to privatize U.S. air traffic control
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation Committee on Wednesday proposed legislation to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system and make other aviation changes, but it faces an uncertain future in C…
Anthem to reduce Obamacare offerings in Wisconsin, Indiana
(Reuters) – Anthem Inc, which has urged lawmakers to commit to paying government subsidies for the Obamacare individual health insurance system, said on Wednesday it would reduce the number of individual plan offerings in Wisconsin and Indiana next yea…
Trump lawyers make final Supreme Court pitch on travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday made its final plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its proposed ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries to go into effect as the justices weigh how to handle the hotly contest…
Gunman made no threats to Congress before Virginia shooting: FBI
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The gunman who shot at Republican lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game did not post online any threats against or references to members of Congress before the attack, the FBI said on Wednesday.
Iraqi migrant trains at U.S. border patrol academy
ARTESIA, N.M. (Reuters) – At a training facility in the middle of a desert in New Mexico, aspiring border patrol agent Stevany Shakare sprinted laps in 103-degree Fahrenheit weather as her instructors shouted at her to run faster.
FBI says probing Michigan airport stabbing as ‘act of terrorism’
DETROIT/MONTREAL (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday it was investigating as an act of terrorism the stabbing of a police officer inside the main terminal of a small airport in Flint, Michigan.
