Obama kiteboards in Caribbean with billionaire Richard Branson
(Reuters) – Former U.S. president Barack Obama is trying some new and dangerous water sports that the Hawaii native had to miss out on for safety reasons while serving in the White House.
Trump backs negotiating drug prices under Medicare: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump supports the government negotiating directly with drug companies on prices for drugs covered by the Medicare insurance program, the White House said on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania governor seeks $2 billion of cuts in proposed budget
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday proposed a $32.3 billion state budget for fiscal 2018 that seeks to reduce an estimated $3 billion structural deficit through $2 billion in spending cuts and $1 billion in revenue enhanc…
From disputes to a breakup: wounds still raw after U.S. election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Burning passions over Donald Trump’s presidency are taking a personal toll on both sides of the political divide. For Gayle McCormick, it is particularly wrenching: she has separated from her husband of 22 years.
Judge defers ruling on dismissal of Cooperman insider trading case
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Philadelphia on Tuesday delayed ruling on whether to throw out an insider trading case against billionaire Leon Cooperman and his firm, Omega Advisors in an ongoing crackdown on illegal trading at hedge funds.
Consumer watchdog, New York state sue cash advance firm
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the state of New York on Tuesday sued a New Jersey company that advances money to people awaiting settlement payouts, accusing it of scamming first responders to the Sept. 11th attacks a…
Melania Trump settles defamation claim against blogger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – First lady Melania Trump has settled a defamation lawsuit for a “substantial sum” against a Maryland blogger who wrote about unsubstantiated rumors she had worked as an escort and falsely said she suffered a breakdown, Trump’s lawy…
Materials found by hikers not data from ’85 Bolivian air crash: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday that materials found by two American hikers in Bolivia do not contain any data from missing data recorders from a plane that crashed in 1985 killing 29 people.
Meteor lights up the night sky over Illinois and Wisconsin
A meteor plummeted in a fireball over Lake Michigan early on Monday, lighting up the night sky in bright blue just before scattering over the lake in many pieces, according to a police video and an expert’s description.
U.S. must go on taking refugees, EU migration chief to say in Washington
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s top migration official will tell the new U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly in Washington on Wednesday that the United States cannot shut its doors on refugees despite President Donald Trump’s orders.
