Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort seeks to move, postpone trial
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort on Friday asked for his July trial to be moved further away from Washington D.C., saying potential jurors in the capital had consumed too much negative press coverage about him and were...
Judge orders U.S. to provide list of separated migrant children
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government must provide a list by Saturday evening of the estimated 100 children under the age of 5 who were separated from their parents when entering the United States, a federal judge ordered on Friday. U.S. Judge Dana Sabraw also...
Singer Elvis Costello cancels tour after revealing cancer surgery
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello announced on Friday he was cancelling the remainder of his European tour after revealing he had undergone surgery for cancer. Costello, 63, whose hits include “Oliver’s Army”, “Everyday I write the Book” and...
Confusion in L.A. court over affairs of Marvel legend Stan Lee
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Friday dissolved a temporary restraining order on a business manager accused of elder abuse against Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, saying she was unsure who was authorized to represent Lee. FILE PHOTO - Marvel Comics...
U.S. seeks court guidance on deadlines to reunite migrant families
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is seeking guidance from a federal court over its efforts to reunite migrant parents and their children before court-imposed deadlines, after the administration separated the families for crossing the U.S.-Mexico border...
Under fire for ethics scandals, EPA chief Pruitt resigns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, who had been lauded by President Donald Trump for his aggressive efforts to roll back environmental regulations, resigned on Thursday under heavy fire for a series of ethics-related...
Inside Qatar’s charm offensive to win over Washington
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - There was much bonhomie as a few dozen people, including members of Congress and U.S. administration officials, gathered last week for dinner in a posh Washington neighborhood in honor of Qatar’s foreign minister. FILE PHOTO: U.S....
French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, creator of ‘Shoah’, dies at 92
PARIS (Reuters) - French filmmaker, writer and commentator Claude Lanzmann, best known for his searing documentary film “Shoah”, a nine-and-a-half-hour oral history of the Holocaust, has died in Paris at the age of 92, his publishers Gallimard said on Thursday. FILE...
Senate panel backs intelligence agencies on Russia-Trump conclusions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate Intelligence Committee report released on Tuesday supports three U.S. intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia tried to help Donald Trump win the 2016 U.S. presidential election. FILE PHOTO: Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence...
Top Supreme Court candidates’ views on abortion under scrutiny
NEW YORK (Reuters) - From the moment Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court last week, speculation has centered on whether his replacement would vote to overturn a woman’s right to abortion. Amy Coney Barrett is seen in this photo...