Exclusive – Trump border ‘wall’ to cost $21.6 billion, take 3.5 years to build: internal report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s “wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Ethics review sought after Trump adviser touts Ivanka Trump products
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Congressional committee said on Thursday it was seeking a review into whether senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway had violated ethics rules by using her position to promote product lines of President Donald Trump’s daug…
Immigrant whose daughter pleaded to pope has first California hearing
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Mexican immigrant to the United States whose daughter asked Pope Francis for help in stopping her father’s deportation attended his first hearing before an immigration judge in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Trump disputes account of his Supreme Court nominee’s comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump castigated a Democratic senator on Thursday for saying U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch had voiced dismay in a private meeting over Trump’s attacks on the judiciary, while Republicans came forward to…
Construction resumes on Dakota pipeline despite tribe’s challenge
CANNON BALL, N.D./HOUSTON (Reuters) – The company building an oil pipeline that has fueled sustained public protests said on Thursday it has started drilling under a North Dakota lake despite a last-ditch legal challenge from a Native American tribe le…
Two die as winter storm wallops northeastern United States
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fiercest snowstorm of the winter slammed the northeastern United States on Thursday, leaving a foot (30 cm) of snow in places, canceling thousands of flights and shutting down schools. At least two deaths were blamed on …
Arizona mother deported to Mexico in immigration action
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona mother of two who lived in the United States for more than 20 years was deported to Mexico on Thursday, becoming one of the first to be swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrants in the United …
New York man pleads guilty to attempted support of Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City man admitted on Thursday that he had sought to provide support to Islamic State and tried to kill an FBI agent with a knife when authorities came to his home to execute a search warrant in 2015.
Trial opens over armed 2014 standoff at Bundy ranch in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Six men accused of taking part in a standoff at the Nevada property of rancher Cliven Bundy aimed rifles at law enforcement during the confrontation, prosecutors said on Thursday during opening remarks in the first of three trials…
Rolling Stone magazine seeks overturn of rape story verdict in Virginia court
Attorneys for Rolling Stone magazine were back in federal court on Thursday seeking to overturn a $3 million defamation verdict over publication’s retracted story about an alleged University of Virginia gang rape, a court spokeswoman said.
