Tag: Lawmaking
Trump declares emergency for border wall, House panel launches probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico...
U.S. top court to decide legality of census citizenship question
The Supreme Court building is seen from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsWASHINGTON...
Trump vows emergency declaration over wall, agrees to shutdown-averting bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to declare a national emergency in an attempt to fund his U.S.-Mexico border wall...
U.S. Congress poised to vote on border measure without Trump wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Thursday aimed to end a dispute over border security with bipartisan legislation that would avert another...
Shoplifter extortion case against Walmart, other retailers is dismissed
(Reuters) - A federal judge dismissed a racketeering lawsuit accusing Walmart Inc and six other retailers of extortion by forcing accused shoplifters to...
First U.S. tax filings under Trump’s overhaul off to slow start
FILE PHOTO: A security camera hangs near a corner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan...
U.S. appeals court to revisit open carrying of guns
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court has decided to reconsider its recent decision that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects the...
Trump stokes Democrats’ Virginia turmoil as scandal snares Republican
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - A firestorm of scandals embroiling Virginia’s governor and two fellow Democrats at the top of the state’s executive branch...
Trump vows to build border wall, warns Democrats against investigations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump vowed in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to build a border wall, which is...
Inmates shiver in frigid cells at New York jail, lawmakers say
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Inmates at a federal jail in Brooklyn have suffered for days without heat or power during a wintry cold...