U.S. lawmaker moves to scrap SEC’s ‘resource extraction’ rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. lawmaker unveiled a legislative plan on Monday to scrap a rule devised under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law requiring publicly-traded mining, oil and gas companies to disclose payments they make to foreign…
Los Angeles police solve 1976 murder of singer Bill Medley’s ex-wife
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police and prosecutors scheduled a press conference on Monday to announce that they had solved the 1976 murder in Los Angeles of the ex-wife of Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley, saying the killer was identified through fami…
Trump’s heartland voters shrug off global uproar over immigration ban
(This version of the Jan 29 story has been corrected to show former Senate Republican leader Trent Lott is from Mississippi not Missouri)
Trump says Delta, protesters caused airport problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday continued to defend his controversial immigration order, saying disruptions at airports over the weekend were due to Delta Air Lines and protesters, and that U.S. Secretary John Kelly has sai…
Washington faith leaders reject immigration orders in Sunday sermons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sun had just risen when the head of St. John’s Church across the street from the White House broke from his standard practice of avoiding politics and spoke passionately against sweeping new restrictions on immigration ordere…
Delta resumes limited U.S. domestic operations after systems outage
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc said it had resumed limited operations after a systems outage grounded its domestic U.S. flights on Sunday evening.
New York City wastes billions on affordable housing tax breaks:study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City wasted as much as $2.8 billion over an 11-year period on condominium apartments included in a massive affordable housing tax break program, according to a new study to be released on Monday.
Trump aides call travel ban success despite broad criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aides to U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called the implementation of a temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries a “massive success story” despite criticism from some top Republicans, protests and…
U.S. judges limit Trump immigration order; some officials ignore rulings
(Reuters) – U.S. judges in at least five states blocked federal authorities from enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.
Silicon Valley puts money and muscle into fighting Trump immigrant curbs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Silicon Valley took the lead over the weekend in corporate resistance to President Donald Trump’s clampdown on immigration, financing legal opposition, criticizing the plan, as well as helping employees ensnared by his executi…
