Texas lieutenant governor calls on Christians to support bathroom bill
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas lieutenant governor said on Monday he has enlisted Christian pastors statewide to help him win approval for legislation heading to a state Senate committee this week that limits access to public restrooms for transge…
Trump maintains confidence in FBI head amid wiretap friction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump still has confidence in FBI Director James Comey, the White House said on Monday, despite his assertiveness in challenging Trump’s claim that the Obama administration wiretapped him during the 2016 ele…
FBI probes involve 300 people admitted to U.S. as refugees: congressional sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating 300 people who were admitted into the United States as refugees as part of 1,000 counterterrorism investigations involving Islamic State or individuals inspired by the militant group, congressional source…
U.S. high court rejects ‘Dracula’ sex trafficking case
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by a Jamaican pimp who styled himself as Dracula, even wearing gold-plated fangs, concerning his objection to being ordered to pay restitution to a woman he forced into prostitution…
U.S. top court backs Hispanic man over juror’s racist comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court, decrying the “recurring evil” of racial bias in the U.S. criminal justice system, ruled on Monday in the case of a Hispanic man convicted on sex charges that a juror’s racist comments during deliberations may b…
GM will lay off 1,100 in Michigan after domestic production shift
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Monday it will lay off 1,100 workers in May at its Lansing Delta Township assembly plant in Michigan as it shifts production of a vehicle to Tennessee.
U.S. top court throws out ruling favoring transgender student
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday scrapped plans to hear a major transgender rights case and threw out a lower court’s ruling in favor of a transgender Virginia student after President Donald Trump rescinded a policy protecting su…
U.S. top court rejects ex-UBS trader’s challenge to Libor indictment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by a former trader with Swiss global financial services company UBS AG to dismiss a criminal indictment filed by U.S. prosecutors over his alleged role in Libor benchmark interest r…
Twin Rhode Island sisters, 97, die in falls on frigid weekend
BOSTON (Reuters) – A pair of 97-year-old twin sisters died over the weekend after one fell while exiting her car and the other appeared to trip while rushing into their Rhode Island home to call for help, police said.
Trump signs revised travel ban in bid to overcome legal challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from traveling to the United States but removing Iraq from the list, after his controversial first attempt was bl…
