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Lisa Cook is latest target for Bill Pulte, Trump’s housing regulator

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Bill Pulte was nominated as the country’s top housing regulator, he told senators that his “number one mission will be to strengthen and safeguard the housing finance system.” But since he started the job, he’s distinguished himself by targeting President Donald ...
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Trump’s effort to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook likely headed for Supreme Court

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump's attempted removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors – an unprecedented assertion of executive power – sets the stage for a consequential legal battle likely bound for the U.S. Supreme Court.In creating the nation's central bank, Congress ...
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Fed’s Cook to seek judicial decision to continue in her role, Fed statement says

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, whose removal is being sought by President Donald Trump over allegations of misstatements on her mortgages, will seek court approval for her continued ability to serve in her role at the U.S. central ...
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Gov. Wes Moore rejects Trump’s claims he called him the ‘greatest president of my lifetime’

(WASHINGTON) -- After a weekend of tit-for-tat jabs on social media and television, President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore are continuing their feud -- with Trump claiming the governor called him the "greatest president of my lifetime," but Moore referring to this ...
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Just 38% of Americans support Trump’s use of troops to police DC,  Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Few Americans outside President Donald Trump’s Republican Party support his deployment of National Guard troops to police the streets of Washington, D.C., according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The three-day poll, which concluded on Sunday, found that just 38% of Americans ...
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Pennsylvania must count undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a Pennsylvania law requiring mail-in ballots in the presidential battleground state be thrown out if they arrive in envelopes with the wrong or missing date written on them is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of ...
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Fed’s Lisa Cook turns to top Washington lawyer Lowell in Trump fight

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, fighting U.S. President Donald Trump’s unprecedented effort to fire her from the central bank, has tapped a prominent Washington lawyer who launched a new firm this year to represent officials targeted by the Republican president. Abbe Lowell, ...
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US prosecutors fail three times to secure indictment in FBI assault case

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal prosecutors failed three times to persuade a grand jury to indict a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent during an immigration operation in Washington, D.C., last month, a highly unusual failure as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to ...
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Trump critic Bolton concerned by lack of Secret Service protection

By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -John Bolton, a former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump who is now a persistent critic, said on Tuesday he was concerned about the withdrawal of his Secret Service protection and criticized raids on his home and office last week.  Bolton, ...
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Trump-appointed judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Maryland federal judiciary over deportations

(WASHINGTON) -- A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge has dismissed the case brought by the Department of Justice against the entire Maryland judiciary over a standing order that bars the government from deporting undocumented immigrants for at least one day after they file a legal challenge to ...
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Trump administration cannot sue Maryland federal judges over immigration order, judge rules

By Nate Raymond and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday threw out an unusual lawsuit the U.S. Department of Justice filed against every federal judge in Maryland, which had challenged a court order blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting migrants ...
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US threatens to withhold funding from states over truck driver English proficiency rules

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it will withhold federal funding from California, Washington state, and New Mexico unless they adopt English proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers. The administration of President Donald Trump has taken a series of steps to address ...
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