Trump hits back at Clinton, with a golf ball, on Twitter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a doctored video of himself taking a golf swing and hitting former Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton, who then stumbles as she boards a plane. Clinton had been back on the Republican...
California lawmakers take anti-Trump stance as session ends
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California lawmakers voted to become a sanctuary state, tussled over hot-button environmental issues and urged other states to refuse to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s Election Integrity Commission as their legislative year...
Defying Trump, California lawmakers vote to become ‘sanctuary state’
(Reuters) - California lawmakers voted on Saturday to make the most populous U.S. state a so-called sanctuary by banning police from asking for the immigration status of people who have been arrested and limiting their cooperation with immigration officers. The...
Veteran actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91
(Reuters) - Harry Dean Stanton, whose scruffy looks and off-beat demeanor made him a favorite of directors seeking a character actor to add eccentricity or melancholy to the screen, died on Friday from natural causes, his agent said. He was 91. Stanton, who appeared...
U.S. Senator Warren introduces Equifax bill, launches industry probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Friday she has begun an investigation into Equifax’s (EFX.N) massive data breach, and along with 11 other Democratic senators, introduced a bill to allow consumers to freeze their credit for free. Equifax...
Trump to ‘slap’ foes, embrace friends in first U.N. speech: envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will pummel foes and embrace friends in his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly next week, keeping pressure on Washington’s adversaries North Korea and Iran, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Friday....
Bill Cosby’s retrial for sexual assault set for April
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comedian Bill Cosby’s retrial on sexual assault charges will begin on April 2 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, a judge ruled on Friday. Cosby’s first trial ended in a mistrial in June after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict after deliberating...
Rosie O’Donnell ‘saddened’ by news of ex-wife’s death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian and talk show host Rosie O‘Donnell said she was saddened on Friday by the news that her ex-wife had died of an apparent suicide. O‘Donnell’s former wife Michelle Rounds, whom she was married to from 2012 to 2015, was found dead at her...
Senator Warren introduces Equifax bill; launches industry probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Friday she has begun an investigation into Equifax’s (EFX.N) massive data breach and, along with 11 other Democratic senators, will introduce a bill to give consumers the ability to freeze their credit for...
Pastors stand firm as Trump’s U.S. evangelical base weakens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump bowed his head in the Oval Office earlier this month, Texas Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress and other U.S. religious leaders laid their hands on Trump’s back and prayed for Hurricane Harvey’s victims. With TV...