Trump says will require voter ID for midterms regardless of Congress
Feb 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that there would be voter identification requirements for midterm elections in November whether Congress approves them or not, without explaining the legal rationale underlying his assertion.
Federal officers appear to have lied about lead-up to immigrant shooting, ICE director says
By Christian Martinez Feb 13 (Reuters) – Two federal officers appear to have lied about the events that led up to the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis last month, acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
US lawmakers limp to global security summit trailed by political crises at home
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of U.S. lawmakers were trying to make their way this weekend to the Munich Security Conference to assure allies of America’s reliability, but burdened with political crises at home, their entrance to the
Federal agency flags safety shortcomings that ‘exposed’ workers to explosion at US Steel plant
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal safety agency investigating an August blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that left two workers dead said it found a series of incomplete, outdated or inadequate procedures and practices
Medical groups urge US judge to block vaccine policy shifts under RFK Jr
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Major U.S. medical groups urged a judge on Friday to block the Trump administration from implementing new guidance cutting the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children and bar
ICE to spend $38.3 billion on detention centers across US, document shows
By Ryan Patrick Jones Feb 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend $38.3 billion by the end of the year on detention centers to detain and process tens of thousands of immigrants slated
New Jersey man found guilty of killing brother and his family, then lighting fires to cover it up
A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of killing four relatives in what prosecutors said was a murder and arson plot spawned by a soured business relationship between the man and his younger brother. Paul Caneiro, 59,
Gifts and soup from ‘Uncle Jeffrey’: The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler’s run at Goldman
NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs general counsel Kathy Ruemmler has had a storied legal career. As a federal prosecutor, she helped successfully prosecute Enron executives including Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. She was part of President
Arizona man indicted on murder charges after fatal state helicopter crash
A grand jury indicted an Arizona man on two counts of first degree felony murder and dozens of other charges stemming from a state helicopter crash that killed the pilot and a trooper during a shootout between
Pennsylvania jury finds Johnson & Johnson liable for cancer in latest talc trial
By Diana Novak Jones Feb 13 (Reuters) – A jury in Pennsylvania state court on Friday awarded $250,000 to the family of a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson alleging its talc-based baby powder was to blame for