One month in, anti-Trump movement shows signs of sustained momentum
BRANCHBURG, N.J./VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Leonard Lance, who has held more than 40 town hall-style meetings with constituents in his central New Jersey district, has never faced a crowd like he did on Wednesday.
Israel bans Human Right Watch worker, accuses group of peddling pro-Palestinian line
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has denied a work permit to a Human Rights Watch researcher, accusing the group of serving as Palestinian propagandists in a move the U.S.-based organisation called an “ominous turn”.
Kansas man charged with killing Indian in possible hate crime
KANSAS CITY/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A white U.S. Navy veteran has been charged with killing an engineer from India and wounding two other men when he opened fire in a Kansas bar in what federal authorities were investigating on Friday as a possible hate …
Arkansas lawmaker wants to strip Clintons’ name from airport
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) – The largest and busiest airport in Arkansas would no longer be named after the only president and first lady from the state if a bill introduced in the legislature on Thursday succeeds.
Deadly U.S. heroin overdoses quadrupled in five years: study
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The number of deadly heroin overdoses in the United States more than quadrupled from 2010 to 2015, a federal agency said on Friday, as the price of the drug dropped and its potency increased.
Groups sue EPA to protect wild salmon from climate change
(Reuters) – U.S. fishing and conservation groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to protect wild salmon threatened by rising water temperatures attributed in part to climate change in two major rivers of the Pacific Northw…
Detroit mayor proposes trust fund to cover future pension payments
(Reuters) – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Thursday proposed setting aside money in a special trust fund to cover higher-than-expected pension payments expected to begin in fiscal 2024.
U.S. companies decry Trump action on transgender student rights
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. companies led by tech firms Yahoo Inc , Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp criticized the Trump administration’s decision to revoke Obama administration guidance that allowed transgender public school students to use the bathroom …
Internet poker company founder pleads not guilty to U.S. charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of what had been one of the largest online poker websites agreed on Thursday to confront U.S. charges stemming from a long-running criminal case targeting internet firms like his operating illegally in the United States…
U.S. reverses Obama-era move to phase out private prisons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has reversed an order by the Obama administration to phase out the use of private contractors to run federal prisons.
