“Hunger Games” actor Donald Sutherland to get lifetime Oscar
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Donald Sutherland, the star of “MASH,” “The Hunger Games” and more than 140 other movies, is to get a lifetime achievement Oscar, along with Belgian director Agnes Varda, Oscar organizers said on Wednesday. Sutherland and Varda will be joined...
More Clooney babies? Not likely, says Amal Clooney
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After welcoming twins earlier this year and mastering the art of changing diapers, George Clooney and wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney are not looking to expand their brood further. Clooney, 56, spoke candidly in an interview with...
New York to file lawsuit protecting DACA beneficiaries
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s decision to end protections and benefits for young people who were brought into the United States illegally as children faces a legal challenge from New York and other states. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman...
Congressional Democrats back Harvey aid with three-month debt limit increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democratic leaders on Wednesday said they would support an effort to tie government financial relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey to a three-month extension of the nation’s debt limit. “Democrats are prepared to offer our...
Trump ends ‘Dreamer’ immigration program, places onus on Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, delaying implementation until March and giving a gridlocked Congress six months to...
House panel to consider measure seeking Comey firing documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it will consider this week a resolution asking President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to provide documents related to Trump’s firing of James Comey as FBI director. The...
Five would-be heirs of Prince lose Minnesota court appeal
(Reuters) - A Minnesota state appeals court on Tuesday said five people who claimed to be half-siblings of Prince did not deserve to share in the late pop superstar’s estate. The Minnesota Court of Appeals said the judge overseeing Prince’s estate correctly...
Trump poised to rescind Dreamer program, pressure Congress to fix
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to rescind a program shielding from deportation some immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children, throwing their fate to Congress, which would have six months to find a fix....
New York vows to sue Trump over immigrant children protections
(Reuters) - New York and Washington state on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children. The Trump administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that...
Subdued by Harvey, Congress reconvenes facing fiscal tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas, but could bring some fiscal order to Washington where Republicans and Democrats will need to put political differences aside in order to approve spending to repair the damage from flooding in and around...