MEXICO CITY — The morning after his crushing election victory, Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador thanked President Donald Trump for his congratulation message and said he'll contact the U.S. leader to "reach an understanding." Lopez Obrador said in an interview Monday with the Televisa news network that Trump's Tweet...
Father & Son Who Argue About Trump Run For Same Office
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A father and son in Rhode Island who disagree about President Donald Trump are running for the same office, one as a Republican, the other as an independent. David Quiroa Sr., 47, and David Quiroa Jr., 22, both filed Tuesday to run for a state House seat...
Putin, Trump Will Hold Summit in Helsinki on July 16
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Helsinki on July 16, a long-expected encounter that comes amid spiraling tensions between Moscow and Washington. A terse synchronized statement issued by the Kremlin and the White House said Putin and Trump will discuss...
Amazon Wants To Set You Up in Delivery Business For $10K
SEATTLE — Your Amazon packages, which usually show up in a UPS truck, an unmarked vehicle or in the hands of a mail carrier, may soon be delivered from an Amazon van. The online retailer has been looking for a while to find a way to have more control over...
Trump Gets Another SCOTUS Pick. Justice Kennedy Is Retiring.
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Wednesday that he is retiring, and that presents President Donald Trump with the opportunity to cement the bench's conservative majority. The 81-year-old Kennedy is stepping down after more than 30 years on the court. Hs retirement will take effect at the end of July....
Judge: Separated Families Must Be Reunited Within 30 Days
MCALLEN, Texas — A judge in California on Tuesday ordered U.S. border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days, setting a hard deadline in a process that has so far yielded uncertainty about when children might again see their parents. If children are younger than 5, they must be...
Trump Cheers as Supreme Court Deals Big Setback to Labor Unions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor. The court's conservative majority scrapped a 41-year-old decision that had allowed states to require that public employees pay...
Janz Presses Attack Against Trump & Nunes on Immigration
Democratic congressional candidate Andrew Janz of Fresno returned from his weekend trip to the U.S-Mexico border "disappointed" that he wasn't able to see the conditions there for incarcerated detainees. But the Fresno County prosecutor continues to press the attack against President Donald Trump's immigration policies. He remains on the offensive,...
Humane Enforcement of U.S. Border Laws is Possible
The Trump administration's reversal of its family separation policy for immigrants crossing the border illegally is less than meets the eye, according to a June 22 opinion published in the New York Times. "On Wednesday, President Trump said in an executive order that he planned to keep families together by jailing parents...
Victory for Trump and McConnell. Supreme Court Upholds Travel Ban.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, rejecting a challenge that it discriminated against Muslims or exceeded his authority. The 5-4 decision Tuesday is the court's first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy, and the president quickly...