World Relief to lay off 140 U.S. staff because of Trump refugee move
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Relief refugee resettlement group will lay off more than 140 employees because of President Donald Trump’s order barring refugees from entering the United States, the nonprofit organization said.
New Hampshire lawmakers to vote on making union dues optional
(Reuters) – Lawmakers in New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled legislature are set to vote Thursday on a bill to make the state the 29th in the country where paying dues was optional for employees in union-represented jobs.
“It would be huge”: U.S. border town confronts possible import tax
NOGALES, Arizona (Reuters) – For up to 16 hours a day, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and mangoes grown in Mexico flow north through a border checkpoint into Nogales, Arizona, helping to ensure a year-round supply of fresh produce across the United State…
Governor orders evacuation of Dakota pipeline protest camp
(Reuters) – The governor of North Dakota ordered protesters on Wednesday to evacuate a demonstration camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the latest move to clear the area that has served as a base for opposition to the multibillion doll…
Workers at Boeing’s South Carolina plant reject union
SEATTLE/NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Boeing Co handily defeated a union drive by workers at the company’s aircraft factory in South Carolina on Wednesday, as almost three-quarters of workers at the plant who voted rejected union representation.
Phoenix city council rejects bid to become ‘sanctuary city’
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday rejected a bid to declare the large southwestern U.S. municipality a “sanctuary city” despite vocal cries to protect undocumented immigrants.
Key Senate committee chairman wants briefing on Flynn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday to send the committee documents and provide a briefing on the resignation…
U.S. Labor Dept nominee Puzder withdraws, in blow to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a blow to President Donald Trump as he tries to assemble his administration, his nominee for labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from consideration on Wednesday amid concerns that he could not garner enough Senat…
Woman in Fox sexual harassment case receives subpoena: lawyer
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have subpoenaed one of the women who claims she was sexually harassed by former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, and compelled her to testify before a federal grand jury, her lawyer said on Wednesday.
Robert Durst of ‘The Jinx’ sees old friend testify in murder case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion tied to several slayings explored in HBO’s series “The Jinx,” faced an old friend on Wednesday who testified in Los Angeles that before Durst’s wife disappeared in 1982 she told him she was af…
