U.S. backs off bid to reopen CIA ‘black site’ prisons: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has for now backed off a draft executive order that would have called for a review of whether the United States should reopen overseas “black site” prisons, where interrogation techniques often condemned …
Guards’ Super Bowl sick call blitz threatens to lock down Chicago jail
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Employees at one of the largest U.S. jails would rather watch the big game than the big house, raising concerns with a Chicago-area sheriff that an annual problem with Super Bowl fever could force a lockdown on Sunday.
Trump’s pick for Army secretary drops out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vincent Viola, an Army veteran and founder of a high-speed trading firm nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to be secretary of the Army, withdrew his name from consideration on Friday, a U.S. official said.
Dakota Access Pipeline to start in second quarter: stakeholder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chief executive of Phillips 66 said on Friday he expects the Dakota Access Pipeline to start operations in the second quarter, even though the project – which has sparked protests by Native Americans and environmentalists – is …
Justice Department will not file immediate stay against Seattle immigration ruling
TORONTO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice will not be filing an emergency stay on Friday night to overturn a Seattle’s judge ruling that blocked a U.S. executive order temporarily barring refugees and nationals from seven countries from enteri…
Federal agency considers bolstering force in Chicago to fight crime
(Reuters) – A U.S. law enforcement agency is considering transferring some federal agents to Chicago to combat violence in the nation’s third-largest city, where homicides last year reached a 20-year high, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday.
Trump’s travel ban has revoked 60,000 visas for now
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 60,000 visas were revoked under U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, the State Department said on Friday, in one of several government …
Over 9.2 million sign for Obamacare amid Trump repeal push
(Reuters) – More than 9.2 million U.S. consumers signed up for health insurance using the Healthcare.gov website during the open enrollment period between November and Jan. 31, the U.S. government said on Friday.
Body found off Florida coast thought to be missing Canadian filmmaker
(Reuters) – A Florida dive team found a submerged body thought to be Rob Stewart, a Canadian filmmaker and environmental activist who went missing after a deepwater dive off the southern Florida coast, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman.
U.S. military releases, withdraws old Islamist video from Yemen raid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In an awkward reversal, the U.S. military promptly withdrew an old video by Islamist militants it had released on Friday as evidence that a fatal raid in Yemen by American special forces this week was a counter terrorism success….
