Workers at Boeing’s South Carolina plant reject union
SEATTLE/NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Boeing Co handily defeated a union drive by workers at the company’s aircraft factory in South Carolina on Wednesday, as almost three-quarters of workers at the plant who voted rejected union representation.
Phoenix city council rejects bid to become ‘sanctuary city’
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday rejected a bid to declare the large southwestern U.S. municipality a “sanctuary city” despite vocal cries to protect undocumented immigrants.
Key Senate committee chairman wants briefing on Flynn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday to send the committee documents and provide a briefing on the resignation…
U.S. Labor Dept nominee Puzder withdraws, in blow to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a blow to President Donald Trump as he tries to assemble his administration, his nominee for labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from consideration on Wednesday amid concerns that he could not garner enough Senat…
Woman in Fox sexual harassment case receives subpoena: lawyer
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have subpoenaed one of the women who claims she was sexually harassed by former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, and compelled her to testify before a federal grand jury, her lawyer said on Wednesday.
Robert Durst of ‘The Jinx’ sees old friend testify in murder case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the real estate scion tied to several slayings explored in HBO’s series “The Jinx,” faced an old friend on Wednesday who testified in Los Angeles that before Durst’s wife disappeared in 1982 she told him she was af…
Trump blasts ‘criminal’ leaks by intelligence agencies, calls Flynn ‘wonderful’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday assailed what he said were illegal and “criminal” leaks from U.S. intelligence agencies in the controversy over contacts with Russian officials that forced his national security adviser Mi…
U.S. says arrest of Mexican immigrant part of existing policy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities on Wednesday said the arrest of a Mexican man who had permission to work in the country was consistent with a years-long policy to target threats to public safety.
Illinois governor raises prospect of tax hike in budget speech
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner said on Wednesday he will entertain tax measures to address the state’s deep financial woes but continued to tie his possible support to the legislature agreeing to measures he thinks will spur economi…
Trump administration proposes stricter Obamacare rules
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed changes to the Obamacare individual insurance market that insurers welcomed as a good start but that raised the possibility of higher out-of-pocket cost for consumers.
