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Democrats introduce ‘Virginia’s Law’ alongside Epstein victims

By Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday that they said would eliminate the statute of limitations that has shielded sex traffickers such as the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Representative ...
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Acting ICE director, CBP commissioner to testify for first time since fatal shootings

(WASHINGTON) -- Amid a funding fight on Capitol Hill and polls showing more than 60% of Americans disapproving of how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is enforcing immigration laws, senior immigration officials will testify Tuesday before the House Department of Homeland Security Committee.Acting ...
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As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns

By Julia Harte Feb 9 - Joyce Kenney is even happier with Donald Trump today than when she voted for him in 2024. "I would gladly vote for him any time," said the 74-year-old retiree in Prescott Valley, Arizona. As Trump heads into the second ...
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US appeals court lets Trump continue ending deportation protections

By Blake Brittain Feb 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court in California on Monday temporarily lifted a federal judge's order that had blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for nearly 89,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals ...
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Trump set to repeal landmark climate finding in huge regulatory rollback this week

Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is set this week to overturn an Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday. Repealing the so-called endangerment finding, a scientific determination that greenhouse ...
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Howard Lutnick, Trump’s commerce secretary, faces calls to resign over Epstein ties

(WASHINGTON) -- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a key member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, is facing bipartisan calls to resign over new revelations about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.Documents released by the Justice Department late last month show Lutnick remained in contact with Epstein ...
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Trump seeks to limit legal options for fired federal workers

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is trying to make it harder for fired federal employees to contest their dismissal, according to a government plan released on Monday, by limiting their right to appeal their dismissal to an independent board. The ...
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Judge temporarily halts order requiring Trump to unfreeze tunnel funding

By David Shepardson Feb 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in New York on Monday temporarily put her ruling on hold forcing the Trump administration to lift a four-month-old freeze on federal funding for the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel Project connecting New York City ...
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Trump to exclude Democratic governors from usually bipartisan meeting at the White House

(WASHINGTON) -- Later this month, President Donald Trump is hosting an annual meeting with governors at the White House, but he will not invite any Democrats, only Republicans, breaking a long-standing tradition.The meeting, part of the National Governors Association winter gathering, will only include ...
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Maxwell invokes the Fifth Amendment at closed virtual House Oversight deposition

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, invoked the Fifth Amendment during the closed-door virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, according to Chairman James Comer.It was expected that Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison in ...
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Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump received rare blowback from Republican lawmakers over a video posted to social media that included a racist image of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, depicted as primates. Since Trump's return to the White House, Republican ...
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Ghislaine Maxwell won’t answer questions during congressional deposition, lawmaker says

By Karen Sloan Feb 8 (Reuters) - Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell intends to refuse to answer questions at a Monday deposition before the House's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, according to a Sunday letter from U.S. Representative Ro Khanna. Maxwell, who was found ...
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