Representative Cantor to resign House seat early
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Representative Eric Cantor said on Friday he will resign his seat effective Aug. 18, months earlier than expected following a stunning defeat in a Republican primary election.
Grimm choice: Tax fraud trial could dog NY re-election campaign
NEW YORK (Reuters) – This fall, when Representative Michael Grimm asks New York voters to send him to Washington for a third term in Congress he may be splitting his time between the campaign trail and a courtroom where he is due to face tax evasion ch…
For some companies, influx of migrant children into U.S. means business
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For a handful of U.S. companies that have exclusive or longstanding contracts with federal agencies dealing with illegal immigrants, the recent wave of children crossing the southern border with Mexico is a business opportunity.
U.S. top lawyer calls for greater transparency over execution drugs
(Reuters) – Attorney General Eric Holder is calling on states to be more transparent about the drug cocktails used in executions in the wake of a series of botched lethal injections that have renewed a national debate over the death penalty.
Obama commemorates Special Olympics anniversary at star-studded White House event
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Katy Perry, Jason Derulo and Stevie Wonder were all there – but the only guest who got to give President Barack Obama a hug during his speech was restaurant owner Tim Harris.
Court clears way for California to sell $8 billion of bullet-train bonds
(Reuters) – A California appeals court has ruled a state authority may issue $8 billion in bonds to help finance a high-speed rail system in the most populous U.S. state, removing a substantial obstacle to the proposed $68 billion plan.
N.Y.’s Met Opera, unions extend talks for 72 hours, lockout delayed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Opera agreed to extend negotiations with its labor unions for 72 hours, preventing a threatened lockout at the nation’s largest performing arts organization, the Met said late on Thursday.
Man extradited to U.S. from Mexico over slaying of border patrol agent
(Reuters) – A Mexican man has been extradited to the United States in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. border patrol agent during a late-night gun battle near the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona four years ago, federal prosecutors said on Th…
Obamacare subsidy case could be reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a case about whether the federal government can subsidize health insurance for millions of Americans, a party involved in the lawsuit said on Thursday.
U.S. residents sue over immigration denials said to target Muslims
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Five long-time U.S. residents who are Muslim or from Muslim-majority countries sued the federal government on Thursday, saying the Department of Homeland Security was unfairly denying or delaying requests for citizenship and per…
