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Republican governors pursue new congressional maps after US Supreme Court ruling

By Joseph Ax May 1 (Reuters) - The Republican governors of Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee made clear on Friday they will try to push through congressional maps more favorable to their party ahead of November's midterm elections, the latest fallout from the U.S. Supreme ...
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Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take office

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana Republicans have eliminated an elected position days before an exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based clerk seat was set to take office. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry quietly signed legislation abolishing the longstanding Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court ...
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US Justice Department can use military lawyers to prosecute civilians, judge rules

By Nate Raymond May 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's assignment of military lawyers to help the Department of Justice prosecute civilians for offenses unrelated to the military does not violate federal law, a Minnesota judge ruled on Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Shannon Elkins in Minneapolis ...
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Trump announces 25% tariff on cars, trucks from EU

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will increase tariffs on European Union cars and trucks to 25% next week, claiming in a social media post that the EU is "not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal.""Based on the fact ...
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Fed’s Hammack says no longer appropriate to signal rate cut bias

By Michael S. Derby May 1 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said Friday she dissented against the central bank holding on to an easing bias this week due to uncertainty around the economic and inflation outlooks. "Uncertainty around the economic outlook ...
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Fed should drop rate-cut lean because of oil price shock, policymakers say

By Howard Schneider and Michael S. Derby WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials who dissented against this week's policy statement said the developing oil price shock from the U.S.-backed war with Iran means the U.S. central bank should be clear it can no ...
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US FDA taps Szarama as acting head of vaccine unit

By Kamal Choudhury May 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has named Katherine Szarama as the acting director of its vaccines and biologics unit, a Health and Human Services official told Reuters on Friday, replacing Vinay Prasad, whose turbulent tenure came to ...
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Fed’s Logan says central bank’s next rate move could be cut or hike

By Michael S. Derby May 1 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said on Friday uncertainty over the outlook and ongoing concerns about inflation means the central bank should not be sending signals that the next policy move will be a ...
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US Congress passes 45-day surveillance law extension

By AJ Vicens April 30 (Reuters) - Congress on Thursday passed a 45-day extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, prolonging a debate about a section of the spy law that critics say enables the abusive surveillance of American citizens. The law was set to expire ...
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FIFA leader Infantino starts race for re-election in 2027 vote hosted by African ally Morocco

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - The FIFA presidential vote in 2027 that is set to give Gianni Infantino a final four-year term in office will be hosted by Morocco - the soccer body's second straight election meeting in Africa where he has built strong ...
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Alaska governor vetoes election bill citing ‘significant operational burdens’

By Jasper Ward April 30 (Reuters) - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy on Thursday vetoed a major election reform bill, citing "significant operational burdens" and unspecified legal challenges. The bill, at least a decade in the making, sought to allow absentee and other voters to track ...
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Louisiana’s congressional primaries delayed in light of SCOTUS map decision

(WASHINGTON) -- Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on Thursday said that the Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday against the state's congressional map means that the planned May 16 congressional primaries won't proceed as scheduled as lawmakers consider drawing a ...
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