Pressure grows for Missouri Governor Greitens to step down

(Reuters) - Missouri Governor Eric Greitens on Thursday faced another day of bipartisan pressure to resign or face impeachment after the release of a report finding that he abused and tried to blackmail a woman with whom he was having an affair.

Oklahoma parents fret over childcare, testing as teachers strike

OKLAHOMA CITY/TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - Oklahoma parent Matt Reynolds backs a teachers' strike that has shut schools statewide, but each day it drags on is another he has to pay for daycare for three of his children.

Trump denies report he tried to fire special counsel Mueller

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denied a newspaper report that he had planned to fire U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller late last year.

Republicans, eyeing midterms, set up 'messaging' vote on deficits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as Thursday on a "balanced budget amendment" that would prohibit federal spending from exceeding federal revenues, but it is seen as a largely symbolic gesture.

U.S. seeks to deport thousands of Vietnamese protected by treaty: former ambassador

HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - The United States is seeking to send thousands of immigrants from Vietnam back to the communist-ruled country despite a bilateral agreement that should protect most from deportation, according to Washington's former ambassador to Hanoi.

At New York's Trump Tower, condo prices have lost their glitter

(Reuters) - For Todd Brassner, an art dealer who died in a fire that ripped through his Trump Tower apartment last weekend, the New York high-rise he lived in for two decades became unbearable after Donald Trump announced he was running for president.

Cosby defense lawyers hitting back hard against accusers

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby's defense lawyers will continue grilling his accusers when his sexual assault trial resumes on Thursday following withering treatment of three so far that featured tears, confessions of drug use and charges of self-promotion.

Missing hyphens will make it hard for some people to vote in U.S. election

ATLANTA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fabiola Diaz, 18, sits in the food court of her Georgia high school and meticulously fills out a voter registration form.

ACLU sues Trump administration for separating immigrant couples

BOSTON (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging what it calls a pattern by President Donald Trump's administration of detaining illegal immigrants seeking to legalize their status based on marriages to U.S. citizens.

Family of Tesla crash driver hires law firm, questions autopilot

(Reuters) - The family of a driver killed in a Tesla car crash has hired law firm Minami Tamaki LLP to explore legal options, the law firm said on Wednesday, adding that the Autopilot feature in the electric carmaker's vehicle probably caused his death.

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