By Daniel Wiessner Oct 30 (Reuters) â A US appeals court on Friday paused a judgeâs ruling that said Idahoâs near-total ban on abortion is unconstitutional because it does not provide exceptions for when pregnancies pose risks to womenâs health. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeal
By Marisa Taylor and Chris Prentice WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) â A top US housing regulator led by Trump appointee Bill Pulte refused to provide records to its internal watchdog, obstructing congressionally mandated reviews of its oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other housing lenders, acc
By Jonathan Stempel Oct 30 (Reuters) â A federal judge on Friday rejected McDonaldâs request to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of defrauding consumers about the content of its McRib sandwich. The plaintiffs accused McDonaldâs of intentionally shaping McRib patties with ridges to resembl
Oct 30 (Reuters) â Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, in her first statement after she survived a botched execution a month ago, said she was in constant physical and mental pain and largely isolated from other people in a prison hospital ward. Pike is being held in the Debra K. Johnson Rehabi
By Ann Saphir and Michael S. Derby Oct 30 (Reuters) â A trio of Federal Reserve officials made the case on Friday for more interest rate increases to combat high levels of inflation, in the first round of commentary made by central bankers after this weekâs monetary policy meeting that saw short-ter
Oct 30 (Reuters) â A Texas grand jury has indicted a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after he struck a man with his vehicle earlier this month, according to the Harris County District Attorneyâs office and media reports. ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales was charged with aggravated as
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) â US District Judge Ana Reyes on Friday ordered an investigation into whether Department of Justice attorneys violated ethics rules in their defense of a lawsuit filed over President Donald Trumpâs planned renovation of a Washington-area golf course. Re
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) â A US federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a juryâs verdict against the National Football League in an antitrust lawsuit claiming it overcharged subscribers to its Sunday Ticket game telecasts for more than a decade, but said the league can have
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) â A White House flyover by the US presidential airplane as part of a childrenâs Halloween party on Thursday evening delayed dozens of flights and raised concerns among some in the nationâs capital. The flyover forced a temporary halt to traffic at one
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) â Pope Leo XIV cast a ballot by mail in the US midterm elections, the Vatican press office said on Friday, a historic first for the American-born pontiff. âIn keeping with this long-standing practice of civic participation, he has submitted his mail-
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) â US President Donald Trump has restored canceled campaign rallies in Iowa and Kansas days before November 3 midterm elections, a White House official said on Friday. âRallies are BACK ON! President Trump loves his supporters, and in addition to nearly 20 tele-rallies, h
By Helen Coster NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters) â Three dozen governorsâ races will be decided in the November 3 elections, with President Donald Trumpâs unpopularity and the cost of living at the top of votersâ minds, alongside local concerns ranging from water rights and data centers to cancer rates. S
By Brad Brooks FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct 30 (Reuters) â Texas has been the Democratic Partyâs great, unrealized hope for three decades: a vast and fast-changing state that often seems within reach, only to slip away. On the eve of a midterm election that could decide control of the US Senate, Democrats
By Daniel Trotta Oct 29 (Reuters) â New York state police will take over future sexual assault investigations at Cornell University, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday, in the latest fallout over the universityâs handling of an alleged gang-rape on campus. The announcement follows widespread cri
By David Shepardson and Christina Amann WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) â US President Donald Trumpâs administration has promised tariff relief to Volkswagenâs luxury unit Audi to help secure its $4 billion assembly plant in Georgia, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. US officials told Aud
(Fixes typo in name of Stroock in paragraph 15) By Mike Scarcella and Sara Merken Oct 29 (Reuters) â Prominent US law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is planning to wind down amid a partner exodus, setting the stage for complex decisions involving its lawyers, their clients and rival firms looking to ca
By AJ Vicens Oct 29 (Reuters) â The US Department of Homeland Security asked an Icelandic hosting company on Thursday to take down or limit access to data related to thousands of agency personnel, saying the content put them at risk, according to the request posted online by hosting company FlokiNET
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) â Trump administration official Frank Bisignano, who serves as Internal Revenue Service CEO and as Social Security commissioner, said on Thursday he will donate $250 to each âTrump accountâ in his home ZIP code in the Brooklyn borough of New York City for children aged 2
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) â The US filed a lawsuit accusing Google of failing to give an employee his old job back or find him a similar job after he took one year of military leave as a US Army reservist. Thursdayâs lawsuit in Manhattan federal court is a rare instance of the U
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) â The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits hovered near 57-year lows last week amid labor market resilience. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 194,000 for the week ended October 24, the Labor Dep
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) â The US economy grew at its fastest pace in a year in the third quarter, shrugging off higher oil prices stemming from the conflict in the Middle East as consumers maintained robust spending and businesses doubled down on investment in AI. The better-t
By Chantha Lach SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia, Oct 29 (Reuters) â Americans Lynn and Paul Montoya sold their house and cars in Wyoming so they could afford to buy a $179,000 cabin on the residential cruise ship Villa Vie Odyssey, plus roughly $6,000 a month in fees, to spend their retirement sailing the g
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) â US economic growth likely accelerated in the third quarter as resilient consumer spending and AI-driven business investment more than offset the impact of higher oil prices stemming from the conflict in the Middle East. The anticipated strength would
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) â A fire on Wednesday at a South Carolina complex that produced plutonium and tritium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War left one person with minor injuries, a US Department of Energy spokesperson said. The spokesperson, citing officials at the Savann
By Nate Raymond Oct 28 (Reuters) â Utahâs attorney general brought criminal charges against Kalshi and two of its top executives, accusing the prediction market platform of illegally promoting online gambling and allowing an undercover agent to place wagers on sports events. Utah Attorney General De
By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) â The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets said on Wednesday it has released data on more than 40,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including details about officials working in sensitive fields such as surveillance and h
Oct 28 (Reuters) â Measles cases in Pennsylvania have risen to 1,398 as of Wednesday, up 38 from the state health departmentâs last update on Monday, as the state battles its worst measles outbreak in years. Here are more details: ⢠Measles-related hospitalizations stand at 265 so far this year, acc
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) â Alvin Hellerstein, a senior federal judge who oversaw many high-profile cases in nearly three decades on the bench, including matters involving US President Donald Trump and the prosecution of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, died on Wednesday
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) â The top US agency for consumer financial protection is not adequately protecting databases with large volumes of sensitive consumer and business information, potentially exposing them to hackers or theft, a watchdog report said on Wednesday. The aud
By Bill Trott WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) â Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) with Cesar Chavez and fought legislators and powerful growers in the US to improve the lives of a previously powerless constituency, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, her family said in a stat
