Republican senators urge Congress to revisit bill to protect Mueller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress should revisit proposed legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller after President Donald Trump tried to fire him last year while he investigated the Trump campaign’s ties with Russia, two Republican senators said on...
Rosenstein approved surveillance extension of former Trump adviser: NYT
(Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved to extend surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page shortly after assuming office last spring, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with a secret Republican memo. The...
U.S. farmers have much to lose if NAFTA deal collapses
CHICAGO/MONTREAL (Reuters) - A collapse of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap, could create the most profound disruption for U.S. farmers who produce grains, meats and dairy products sold to...
Trump casts pall on inauguration of U.S. statue of Marti in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. supporters of improved relations with Cuba joined the top leadership of the Caribbean country on Sunday to inaugurate a replica of a New York statue of its independence hero Jose Marti. Just a few years ago, the hundreds gathered for the event...
Swedish IKEA founder Kamprad dies at 91
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Billionaire IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who turned a business he launched as a teenager into one of the world’s best known furniture brands, has died at the age of 91, the Swedish company said on Sunday. IKEA’s simple but sturdy designs and...
Flat-pack pioneer Kamprad built Sweden’s IKEA into global brand
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swede Ingvar Kamprad, the billionaire founder of the IKEA retail empire whose cheap, functional furniture is a feature of homes around the world, has died at the age of 91. As much of a national symbol as pop group ABBA and tennis ace Bjorn Borg,...
Trump says Republicans will accept citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would be willing to shift his stance on immigration to push through a deal that protects illegal immigrants brought to the country as children from deportation and offer them citizenship. In an...
Trump warns Davos on unfair trade, says U.S. ‘open for business’
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump took his “America First” message to the world’s elite on Friday, telling a summit of business and political leaders that the United States would “no longer turn a blind eye” to what he described as unfair...
Former teen model accuses magician Copperfield of sexual assault
(Reuters) - A former teen model has accused illusionist David Copperfield of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1988 after he judged a modeling competition in Japan that she took part in. Copperfield, 61, said in statements on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday...
Russell Simmons denies latest woman’s claim that he raped her
(Reuters) - Hip hop music producer Russell Simmons on Thursday denied an accusation leveled in a civil lawsuit that he raped an aspiring documentary film maker at his Los Angeles home in 2016, the latest of several women to claim they were sexually abused by the music...