Supreme Court set to hear second major Obamacare challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh a second major case targeting President Barack Obama’s healthcare law on Wednesday when it considers a conservative challenge to tax subsidies critical to the measure’s implementation.
Mentally ill British man near plea deal in U.S. terror case: lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A mentally ill Briton is near a plea deal to resolve U.S. terrorism charges that he conspired with radical London cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to set up a jihadist training camp in Oregon in 1999, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Former Rhode Island speaker pleads guilty to corruption charges
(Reuters) – The former speaker of Rhode Island’s statehouse pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal charges relating to alleged corruption, admitting he used campaign funds to buy baubles at Tiffany and accepted more than $50,000 in bribes, according to o…
Federal agents raid 20 suspected ‘maternity hotels’ in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Federal agents raided about 20 Southern California locations on Tuesday suspected of involvement in “maternity tourism” schemes offering travel and lodging services to pregnant foreign women seeking to give birth in the United S…
Vietnamese man charged with helping Yemeni militants extradited to U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Vietnamese man charged with helping militants in Yemen affiliated with al Qaeda has been extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Top U.S. officials brief House Democrats on Pacific trade pact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials on Tuesday briefed Democrats in the House of Representatives on a Pacific trade pact, as the administration pushed to overcome skepticism about trade deals among members of President Barack Obama’s own party…
Pennsylvania governor proposes tax system revamp in $29.9 billion budget
HARRISBURG, Penn. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf proposed a $29.9 billion budget on Tuesday that includes $2.5 billion of net tax increases for fiscal 2016.
Engineer from California train derailment has died, police say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 62-year-old train engineer who was hospitalized after a train crash and derailment last week in Southern California has died, in the first fatality from the incident that left about 50 people injured, police said on Tuesday.
Oklahoma House passes bill to use nitrogen gas for executions
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday allowing nitrogen gas as a means of execution, a measure that comes after a troubled lethal injection last year raised questions about how the state executes inmat…
Ohio gay rights activist charged with making hoax kidnap claim
(Reuters) – An Ohio gay rights activist was charged early Tuesday with falsely claiming he had been kidnapped and his family was in danger, setting off a police search in the Cincinnati area, authorities said.
