Explainer: Key U.S. election matchups at stake in final big nominating contests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The campaign for control of the U.S. Congress and key governor’s offices reaches a critical juncture in August, the last big month for party nominating contests as voters in 14 states pick candidates for November’s midterm elections. People walk...
U.S. court orders Trump administration to fully reinstate DACA program
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration must fully restore a program that protects from deportation some young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children, including accepting new applications for...
Democratic candidates told not to use ZTE, Huawei devices: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic National Committee warned party candidates running in November elections not to use devices made by Chinese telecommunications companies ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies because they pose a security risk, a Democratic source said...
Movie producer Weinstein seeks to dismiss sex charges based on emails
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Movie producer Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers asked a New York judge on Friday to dismiss rape and sexual assault charges against him, releasing emails between one of his accusers and Weinstein they said were not shown to the grand jury that indicted...
Chris Rock to star in new season of FX crime drama ‘Fargo’
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) - Comedian Chris Rock will star in a fourth season of the FX network’s Emmy-winning crime drama “Fargo” in a story about two 1950s crime families that have traded their eldest sons, the network announced on Friday. Actor Chris Rock...
Ex-Trump aide Manafort’s taxes to be focus of trial on Friday
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - An accountant who prepared tax returns for U.S. President Donald Trump’s one-time election campaign chairman Paul Manafort resumes trial testimony on Friday, after saying the day before that Manafort never told him that he had foreign bank...
U.S. senators introduce Russia sanctions ‘bill from hell’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to impose stiff new sanctions on Russia and combat cyber crime, the latest effort by lawmakers to punish Moscow over interference in U.S. elections and its activities in...
Los Angeles prosecutors reviewing sex assault case involving Backstreet Boys’ Carter
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said on Thursday that prosecutors were reviewing a sexual assault case involving Backstreet Boys’ singer Nick Carter. Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys poses at 30th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in...
Senators introduce bill with new Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Thursday that they said would raise pressure on Russia in response to Moscow’s interference in U.S. elections, as well as its activities in Syria and aggression in Crimea. FILE PHOTO: Senator...
Prosecutors confirm key witness as trial of ex-Trump aide hits third day
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the trial of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort confirmed on Thursday that a key witness will be called, while the court battle’s focus shifted to the accountants who prepared Manafort’s...