Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis-Pediatricians win Round 1 in vaccine fight, but damage has been done
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, March 17 (Reuters) - A federal court injunction on Monday put a check on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s rapid assault on U.S. vaccine recommendations, but month...
Thomson Reuters Mar 17, 2026
Minority contractors say Trump DEI rollback poses threat to their livelihoods
By Bianca Flowers CHICAGO, March 17 (Reuters) - Five months after a federal court ruled in favor of the Trump administration's overhaul of a U.S. Department of Transportation program, minority-owned b...
Thomson Reuters Mar 17, 2026
Illinois US Senate primary to test power of progressive Democratic voters
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - Illinois' Democratic primary election on Tuesday will test progressives' power and give voters an opportunity to elect a new generation of lawmakers, ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 17, 2026
Analysis-How Trump's long-shot voting bill could hurt his own supporters
By Joseph Ax March 17 (Reuters) - For weeks, President Donald Trump has demanded that Republicans pass legislation requiring Americans to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote, arguing...
Thomson Reuters Mar 17, 2026
Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Cuba, EMSC says
March 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Cuba on Tuesday, European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake had a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Tennessee minors sue Musk's xAI, alleging Grok generated sexual images of them
By Mrinmay Dey March 16 (Reuters) - Three Tennessee plaintiffs, including two minors, sued Elon Musk's xAI on Monday, alleging that it knowingly designed its Grok image generator to let people create ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
US says 10% of airport security officers did not work Sunday amid shutdown
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said just over 10% of Transportation Security Administration airport security officers on Sunday did not show up for work ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Trump administration cannot implement 'sweeping' funding freeze, US court rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday largely upheld a ruling that blocked a "sweeping and unprecedented" freeze on trillions of dollars in government financia...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia released from US immigration detention
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A Palestinian woman was released on bond from a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas after a judge's order, the last pro-Palestinian activist h...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
Trump proposal would make $5 billion US EV charger fund unusable, Democrats say
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A group of 20 state attorneys general said on Monday the Trump administration proposal to boost American parts and components in federally funded e...
Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2026
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