Trump slams federal court ruling on funding for ‘sanctuary cities’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday attacked a federal judge’s ruling that blocked his executive order seeking to withhold funds from “sanctuary cities” for illegal immigrants, vowing to appeal it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump’s plan to slash business taxes seen as ‘guidepost’ by congressional Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump unveiled a one-page plan on Wednesday proposing deep U.S. tax cuts, many for businesses, that would make the federal deficit balloon if enacted, drawing a cautious welcome from fiscal conservatives and fina…
Giant rabbit dies on United Airlines flight to United States
LONDON (Reuters) – A 3-foot giant rabbit has died on a United Airlines flight from London, prompting a review at the Chicago-based airline which faced a global backlash this month over its treatment of a passenger who was dragged from his seat.
Exclusive: A New York hotel deal shows how some public pension funds help to enrich Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Public pension funds in at least seven U.S. states have invested millions of dollars in an investment fund that owns a New York hotel and pays one of President Donald Trump’s companies to run it, according to a Reuters review of …
Air travel to U.S. drops in first quarter, Canada, Mexico gain: ForwardKeys
BERLIN (Reuters) – Air passenger arrivals in the United States fell in the first quarter of the year, while arrivals in Canada and Mexico rose, according to data from travel analysis company ForwardKeys.
ACLU sues Los Angeles police over public records requests
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union along with a journalist, a professor and an activist on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department, accusing the agency of violating California’s open records law, local media report…
U.S. lawmakers push Yucca nuclear dump facing transport crunch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will debate legislation on Wednesday to breathe life into the stalled Yucca Mountain spent nuclear fuel dump in Nevada, but critics say the project is hindered by the lack of an eas…
Trump administration to review dozens of U.S. national monuments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday will order a review of national monuments created over the past 20 years with an aim toward rescinding or resizing some of them – part of a broader push to reopen areas to drilling, mining…
Palantir settles U.S. lawsuit charging bias against Asians
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The data analytics and security company Palantir Technologies Inc has agreed to pay nearly $1.7 million to resolve charges it discriminated against Asian applicants for engineering jobs at its Palo Alto, California, office, the U…
Automakers ask California to ease rules for self-driving car tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Automakers on Tuesday urged the state of California to further ease its proposed regulations for autonomous vehicles, saying the state did not respond to their earlier objections by making enough revisions to its planned set of r…
