Trump’s pick for Army secretary drops out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vincent Viola, an Army veteran and founder of a high-speed trading firm nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to be secretary of the Army, withdrew his name from consideration on Friday, a U.S. official said.
Dakota Access Pipeline to start in second quarter: stakeholder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chief executive of Phillips 66 said on Friday he expects the Dakota Access Pipeline to start operations in the second quarter, even though the project – which has sparked protests by Native Americans and environmentalists – is …
Justice Department will not file immediate stay against Seattle immigration ruling
TORONTO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice will not be filing an emergency stay on Friday night to overturn a Seattle’s judge ruling that blocked a U.S. executive order temporarily barring refugees and nationals from seven countries from enteri…
Federal agency considers bolstering force in Chicago to fight crime
(Reuters) – A U.S. law enforcement agency is considering transferring some federal agents to Chicago to combat violence in the nation’s third-largest city, where homicides last year reached a 20-year high, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday.
Trump’s travel ban has revoked 60,000 visas for now
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 60,000 visas were revoked under U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, the State Department said on Friday, in one of several government …
Over 9.2 million sign for Obamacare amid Trump repeal push
(Reuters) – More than 9.2 million U.S. consumers signed up for health insurance using the Healthcare.gov website during the open enrollment period between November and Jan. 31, the U.S. government said on Friday.
Body found off Florida coast thought to be missing Canadian filmmaker
(Reuters) – A Florida dive team found a submerged body thought to be Rob Stewart, a Canadian filmmaker and environmental activist who went missing after a deepwater dive off the southern Florida coast, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman.
U.S. military releases, withdraws old Islamist video from Yemen raid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In an awkward reversal, the U.S. military promptly withdrew an old video by Islamist militants it had released on Friday as evidence that a fatal raid in Yemen by American special forces this week was a counter terrorism success….
Trump aide cites ‘massacre’ that never occurred to defend immigrant ban
(Reuters) – A Trump administration aide corrected herself on Friday after being widely criticized for referencing a 2011 “Bowling Green massacre” in Kentucky that never occurred to defend President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on immigrants from seven …
‘El Chapo’ lawyers complain about strict New York jail conditions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman complained on Friday that he was being subjected to excessive conditions of confinement in a federal jail and that his wife was not being allowed to visit him.
