House Republicans to meet with Trump on Thursday: aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Republican leaders and members of the Ways and Means Committee will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday at the White House, a Republican aide said. U.S. President Donald Trump departs the Oval Office of the...
Netflix suspends ‘House of Cards’ production after Spacey allegation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) indefinitely halted production of political drama “House of Cards” on Tuesday following an allegation of sexual misconduct against series star Kevin Spacey. FILE PHOTO: Cast member Kevin Spacey poses at the premiere for the...
Activist Rose McGowan claims drug case is attempt to silence her
(Reuters) - Actress Rose McGowan, who has emerged as a prominent voice speaking out against sexual assault in Hollywood, said a months-old warrant for her arrest on drug possession charges was an attempt to silence her. FILE PHOTO: Actor Rose McGowan raises her fist...
Trump chief of staff’s Civil War comment draws fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s comment that the U.S. Civil War was sparked by a lack of “compromise” drew criticism and reignited a debate over Confederate monuments and the role of slavery. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly speaks...
Senators to introduce bill to protect state voting systems from hacking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators plans to introduce legislation on Tuesday seeking to boost the cyber defenses of state election systems, after warnings from senior U.S. officials that future elections may be vulnerable to foreign...
Protesters disrupt Polanski retrospective after new rape allegations
PARIS (Reuters) - Protesters have disrupted the opening of a retrospective of Roman Polanski’s work in Paris following new rape allegations against the French-Polish film director. Feminist protesters gather outside the Cinematheque Francaise to demonstrate upon the...
Kevin Spacey embroiled in Hollywood’s latest sexual misconduct scandal
(Reuters) - Actor Kevin Spacey has apologized for an alleged attempt to seduce a 14-year-old boy more than 30 years ago, an encounter the two-time Oscar winner denied recalling but attributed to drunkenness as he also came out as a gay man on Twitter. But rather than...
Ex-Trump campaign manager Manafort indicted on conspiracy, other charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, was indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiracy against the United States, the most serious step yet in a special counsel investigation into Russian links with...
Trump likely to pick Jerome Powell as next Fed chair: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to pick Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell as the next chair of the U.S. central bank, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Jerome H. Powell, a governor on the board of the...
Kevin Spacey apologizes after actor describes sexual advance at 14
(Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has apologized to fellow actor Anthony Rapp who said Spacey made a sexual advance to him in 1986 when Rapp was 14 years old. Spacey said in a post on Twitter on Sunday that he was “beyond horrified” to hear Rapp’s story of...