Reuters - Top US News

Click to View in Browser

Friday, January 26, 2018

USA Gymnastics quiet on board resignation call after abuse scandal

(Reuters) - The leadership of USA Gymnastics (USAG) remained silent on Friday in the face of pressure from U.S. Olympic Committee officials and others to resign en masse two days after the team doctor was sentenced for abusing female athletes.

FBI agent fatally shoots kidnap victim during rescue operation

(Reuters) - An FBI agent fatally shot a bound kidnap victim on Thursday during a predawn raid meant to rescue the man from his captors at a home in Houston, The Houston Chronicle and other media reported.

Trump says Republicans will accept citizenship for 'Dreamers'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would be willing to shift his stance on immigration to push through a deal that protects illegal immigrants brought to the country as children from deportation and offer them citizenship.

Trump offers 'Dreamers' a path to citizenship, wants other immigration curbs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is offering a path to citizenship for up to 1.8 million young illegal immigrants but insists on measures that would curb some legal immigration programs and provide a border wall with Mexico, senior White House officials said on Thursday.

Medicaid work rules face tough legal challenges, experts say

(Reuters) - A lawsuit challenging the U.S. federal government's approval of work requirements for Medicaid recipients in Kentucky could rein in the power of the Trump administration to reshape the health insurance program for the poor, legal experts said.

Shooter in custody, two others sought after Colorado deputy killed

DENVER (Reuters) - A man who police believe shot and killed a deputy sheriff near Denver was in custody on Thursday while authorities sought two other men for questioning about what led up to the incident, officials said.

EPA reverses policy on 'major sources' of pollution

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it was withdrawing a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires a major source of pollution like a power plant to always be treated as a major source, even if it makes changes to reduce emissions.

U.S. Justice Department recovers FBI officials' missing text messages

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog said Thursday it recovered five months of missing text messages between two Federal Bureau of Investigation officials whom Republicans have accused of bias against President Donald Trump.

U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Alabama man for 1985 murder

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court halted the planned execution on Thursday of an Alabama man convicted of murdering a police officer in 1985 after attorneys petitioned to spare the man's life, arguing that he had suffered several strokes that left him unable to remember the crime.

Illinois judge denies transgender student unrestricted locker room access

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Thursday denied a Chicago-area transgender student's demand to use the girls' locker room at a local high school without being restricted to a private changing area inside the locker room.

{/foreach}