An electronic billboard displays a marijuana hashtag at Times Square in New York, U.S., November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use, meaning possession of small amounts of the drug will be punished with fines rather than jail time, a step short of Governor Andrew
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who strongly defended him at a recent congressional hearing, to replace Dan Coats as the U.S. spy chief. FILE PHOTO: Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies to the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about “worldwide threats”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic on Saturday, calling him a “brutal bully” who should concentrate on cleaning up his “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S. immigration officers on the Mexican border. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to
(Reuters) – Ninety-five Democratic lawmakers in the 435-member U.S. House of Representatives have said they support starting impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald Trump. Several more lawmakers joined the ranks of those wanting to launch the impeachment process after congressional testimony on Wednesday by former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Trump and the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee asked a federal court on Friday for access to grand jury evidence from the Mueller probe that lawmakers say they need to determine whether to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. A 53-page petition filed in U.S. District Court in Washington targets evidence of interactions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had no hatchet to bury on Friday, playing down tensions after a meeting between the powerful speaker and freshman lawmaker who in recent months has seized the Democratic Party spotlight. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) poses with Rep.
A recent study by The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that the topic of “Slavery in America” has been conspicuously absent in high school curricula going back for over two decades. It states teachers are largely unprepared and and text books are inadequate to teach this “hard history.” Thanks to a grant initiated by Darren Walker,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on Friday that he will go to court on Friday to seek access to grand jury evidence compiled by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation touted by President Donald Trump that would accelerate rising federal budget deficits and suspend limits on Washington’s borrowing powers over the next two years. FILE PHOTO: A view of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington DC, U.S., June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago By a
(Reuters) – A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border. Migrants wait to apply for asylum in the United States outside the El Chaparral border, in Tijuana, Mexico July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller emphasized on Wednesday he had not exonerated Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, as the president has claimed, but his long-awaited congressional testimony did little to add momentum to any Democratic impeachment ambitions and Trump heartily declared victory. “This was a very big day for the Republican
(Reuters) – Ninety Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives as of early this week have said they support starting impeachment investigations against Republican President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses Turning Point USA’s Teen Student Action Summit in Washington, U.S. July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst With congressional testimony set for Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Robert Mueller stayed mum for nearly two years in the face of repeated verbal attacks on his integrity by President Donald Trump and his conservative Republican allies in Congress. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller arrives to make his first public comments on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday will propose a rule to tighten food stamp restrictions that would cut about 3.1 million people from the program, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials said. FILE PHOTO: A worker places packaged food onto a counter inside of a food distribution center on the Cheyenne River Indian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to drop in on a Monday meeting of top technology companies, including the chief executives of Intel Corp and Broadcom Inc, held to discuss blacklisted Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and other topics, two people briefed on the matter said. White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his attacks on four liberal Democrats in Congress, all women of color who have criticized his policies, calling on them to apologize as he himself faced charges of racism. FILE PHOTO: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during an Immigration Town Hall at The Nancy DeBenedittis