Exclusive: U.S. sending 1,600 immigration detainees to federal prisons
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are transferring into federal prisons about 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, officials told Reuters on Thursday, in the first large-scale use of federal prisons to hold detainees amid a...
Trump considering 3,000 pardons, including boxer Muhammad Ali
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he is considering pardoning some 3,000 people “who may have been treated unfairly,” including late heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. “We have 3,000 names. We’re looking at them. Of the 3,000...
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain dead of suicide at 61
(Reuters) - U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s food-and-travel-focused “Parts Unknown” television series, killed himself in a French hotel room, CNN said on Friday, in the second high-profile suicide of a U.S. celebrity this week. He was 61. Bourdain,...
Amal Clooney speaks from the heart as George gets lifetime award
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amal Clooney on Thursday paid unprecedented public tribute to her movie star husband George Clooney, calling him a gentleman, an amazing husband and father and the love of her life. The human rights lawyer was addressing a star-studded lifetime...
Republicans in tight House races feel heat from Mexican tariffs
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican tariffs are roiling U.S. congressional campaigns in states where U.S. exporters could take a hit and President Donald Trump’s Republicans face tough races in November congressional elections. Apples for sale are pictured...
Some U.S. states taking electoral maps out of politicians’ hands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule by the end of June on the contentious practice called partisan gerrymandering in which state legislators draw electoral maps designed to entrench their own party in power, but states in growing numbers...
Tatum hopes to set pulses racing with ‘Magic Mike’ London show
LONDON (Reuters) - Channing Tatum hopes to set London pulses racing with seductive dance routines and plenty of acrobatics in his new “Magic Mike” show, a live production he says offers an updated take on male stripper performances. FILE PHOTO: Cast member Channing...
Tom Cruise makes 5-mile skydive in ‘Mission: Impossible’ stunt
LONDON (Reuters) - Tom Cruise has jumped off buildings, slid off skyscrapers and clung onto the outside of a plane during take-off in his roles as action movie hero. Now he can stake a claim to being the first actor to perform a “HALO” skydive on camera: a “high...
Democrats beat vote quirk to challenge Republicans in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif./PRINCETON, N.J. (Reuters) - California Democrats overcame quirks in the state’s electoral system and managed to mount challenges to Republicans in most key Congressional races, as voters in eight U.S. states chose candidates for November’s midterm...
Giuliani says Mueller’s investigators trying to frame Trump
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, on Wednesday said U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s office was trying to frame the president in its investigation of Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election. President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy...