Retired U.S. military officers urge Congress to fully fund diplomacy, aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 120 retired U.S. generals and admirals urged Congress on Monday to fully fund U.S. diplomacy and foreign aid, the same government functions expected to be targeted for cuts in President Donald Trump’s first budget propo…
Trump meets insurers, promises catastrophic year for Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told several chief executives of large insurance companies on Monday that 2017 will be a “catastrophic” year for the Affordable Care Act as he seeks to make good on a campaign promise to repeal the measure….
U.S. top court snubs challenge to death penalty constitutionality
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a direct challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an appeal by a Louisiana death row inmate convicted of killing three brothers.
U.S. top court rejects challenge to political ad disclosure rules
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld federal disclosure rules for political advertising, rejecting an appeal by a Denver-based libertarian think tank that wanted to run an ad without being forced to divulge its major donors.
Trump seeks ‘historic’ U.S. military spending boost, domestic cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is seeking what he called a “historic” increase in defense spending, but ran into immediate opposition from Republicans in Congress who must approve his plan and said it was not enough to meet the military’…
Ex-President Bush backs ‘welcoming’ U.S. immigration policy, free media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican U.S. president George W. Bush diverged sharply from Donald Trump’s new administration on Monday, saying he supported a welcoming immigration policy and praising the media as “indispensable to democracy.”
Countering anti-Trump protests, president’s fans stage rallies
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump rallied in communities across the country on Monday, partly as a rebuttal to anti-Trump protests that have taken place since his election in November.
Judge lets Cosby have jurors from other Pennsylvania county
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – A judge granted a request by Bill Cosby’s defense lawyers on Monday to have jurors picked from a different Pennsylvania county in his upcoming sexual assault trial.
American who intervened in shooting that killed Indian says was happy to risk life
(Reuters) – A Kansas man wounded when he intervened in a bar room shooting that killed an Indian engineer and injured another said on Sunday he was glad he risked his life in an incident U.S. authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime.
Trump’s pick for Navy secretary withdraws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of the Navy withdrew from consideration on Sunday, the second time a Trump nominee to lead one of the armed services bowed out because of government conflict-of-interest rules.
