South Carolina Republican’s town hall starts rowdy, ends peaceably
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Tim Scott faced a quandary on Saturday in hosting his town hall: he promised to meet with his South Carolina constituents, but he wanted to avoid the kind of adversarial free-for-all so many Republicans e…
Democrats pick Perez to lead party against Trump
ATLANTA (Reuters) – U.S. Democrats elected former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as chairman on Saturday, choosing a veteran of the Obama administration to lead the daunting task of rebuilding the party and heading the opposition to Republican President Don…
Kuwait could pay up to $60,000 for party at Trump Hotel in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – This February 25 story was corrected to show that the event took place on Wednesday, not Saturday. Corrects reference to event in second paragraph to past tense from present tense. Corrects paragraph 5 to clarify that ambassador …
Dakota protesters regroup, plot resistance to other pipelines
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline who were pushed out of their protest camp this week have vowed to keep up efforts to stop the multibillion-dollar project and take the fight to other pipelines as well.
Wisconsin man jailed for cutting off woman’s pinky finger: media
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin man was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on Friday for cutting off a woman’s pinky finger with a machete and trying to close the wound with a blow torch during a ceremony for a fellow fan of a hip hop band…
Groups appeal decision that upheld U.S. rule on retirement advice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five U.S. financial services groups on Friday appealed a federal court decision handed down earlier this month that upheld an Obama-era rule designed to avoid conflicts of interests when brokers give retirement advice.
Overhaul of Medicaid expansion could cost states $32 billion: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Proposals in Congress that would effectively end Medicaid expansion in 31 U.S. states would cost those states at least $32 billion altogether in 2019, according to a report released on Friday.
NAACP calls for boycott of North Carolina over voting, bathroom laws
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Friday said it would not hold its convention in North Carolina and urged other organizations to boycott the state in protest of laws adopted by the Republ…
FCC chair to block stricter broadband data privacy rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will block some Obama administration rules that subject broadband providers to stricter scrutiny than websites, a spokesman said on Friday, in a victory for internet providers such as AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc.
Teenage wrestler takes transgender rights to the mat in Texas championship
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – High school athlete Mack Beggs and many of his opponents want him to wrestle against boys, but the transgender boy on Friday wrestled in a Texas championship for girls because of state sport regulations on gender.
