Hawaii urges U.S. top court not to lift Trump refugee ban curbs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state of Hawaii on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to lift curbs imposed by a lower court on President Donald Trump’s ban on most refugees entering the United States. Hawaii’s filing came in response to a Trump administration...
Trump to meet senators in bipartisan push on taxes
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to host a bipartisan group of senators for dinner on Tuesday to make a push for tax reform and other top agenda items a week after he made an alliance with Democrats on raising the debt ceiling and funding government. The...
Trump’s White House: a gift or a curse for TV comics?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If you thought the election of Donald Trump has been a gift for comedians, think again. Just as news media outlets struggle to keep pace with the controversies and personalities at Trump’s White House, comedy writers, producers, and talk show...
Supreme Court justice temporarily preserves Trump refugee ban
4 Min ReadWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Monday provided a temporary reprieve for President Trump’s order blocking most refugees from entering the United States, putting on hold a lower court’s ruling loosening the prohibition....
Republican attempt to deflect Trump-Russia probes could backfire: sources
(Reuters) - Republican lawmaker Devin Nunes’ investigation into whether Obama administration officials used classified intelligence reports to discredit Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign team could backfire on the congressman - and the president, sources familiar with the...
Directing allows Angelina Jolie to ‘champion other people’
TORONTO (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie says she never intended to step behind the camera, but traveling around the world for the United Nations opened her eyes to the conflicts that have inspired many of her most recent films. “I never thought I...
Singer Kid Rock: Outcry over headlining new arena is political hatchet job
DETROIT (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Kid Rock, an outspoken supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Monday that calls by “the extreme left” and civil rights groups for his removal as the first headliner for a new arena in Detroit were politically motivated....
U.N. rights boss urges U.S. Congress to give ‘Dreamers’ legal status
Reuters Staff1 Min ReadGENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official voiced concern on Monday at the Trump administration’s decision to end the DACA program for immigrants who arrived illegally as children and urged the U.S. Congress to give them lasting legal...
Republicans could lose U.S. House in 2018 over immigration fight: Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican infighting over the fate of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children could be so vitriolic that the party loses control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President...
Trump on Hurricane Irma: ‘This is some big monster’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump called Hurricane Irma “some big monster” as it battered the Florida coast, saying he wants to go to the state very soon and praising emergency officials for their efforts to protect people. “The bad news is that this...