U.S. spy agency abandons controversial surveillance technique
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency said on Friday it had stopped a form of surveillance that allowed it to collect without a warrant the digital communications of Americans who mentioned a foreign intelligence target in their mess…
Possible $440 million sale to Israel of naval guns approved: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to Israel of 76mm naval guns and technical support worth an estimated $440 million, a Pentagon agency said on Friday.
Trump, streaming, likely winners in potential TV writers’ strike
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump may finally get a break.
Court scolds New York county for ‘total obstructionism’ on housing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday admonished New York’s wealthy Westchester County to stop its “total obstructionism” in implementing an agreement designed to boost affordable housing.
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush discharged from hospital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was discharged on Friday from a Houston hospital where he was treated for a mild case of pneumonia and chronic bronchitis, a family spokesman said.
United Airlines chief executive set to testify before Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief executive of United Airlines Inc will testify before a House panel on Tuesday in the aftermath of the forced removal on April 9 of a passenger from a Chicago flight, an incident that drew international condemnation.
U.S. appeals court grants Trump request on climate regulations case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted a Trump administration request to put on hold a legal challenge by industry and a group of states to former President Barack Obama’s regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse emissions mainly …
‘Get off of Twitter’: As Trump nears Day 100, some stirrings of discontent
CLEARWATER, Fla. (Reuters) – Some of his supporters fret that President Donald Trump is backing himself into a corner with promises that can’t be kept. Others lament he is not pulling America from international conflicts as he vowed – or say he should “get off of Twitter.”
More Americans say race relations deteriorating: Reuters poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tiffany Cartagena said she was eating with her mixed-race girlfriend at a restaurant in Ohio last month when she heard nearby diners remark about the “monkey” at the next table.
Flood of Cuban migrants to United States shrinks to a trickle
HAVANA (Reuters) – The flood of Cubans to the United States via perilous journeys by sea or land has turned into a mere trickle since the end of the U.S. preferential asylum policy for them, data obtained by Reuters shows.
