(Reuters) – William Donaldson, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman and co-founder of Wall Street investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette has died, Yale University’s School of Management said on Friday. Donaldson, who was also the founding dean of Yale’s School of Management, died on Wednesday, according to the university. Donaldson, born in 1931, …
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to revive its directive that schools allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms and to join sports teams that align with their gender, which has been blocked in 20 Republican-led states. A panel of the …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday told Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson that it would decline to pursue criminal contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Merrick Garland, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The letter comes just two days after the Republican-controlled House voted along …
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By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday ordered a court-supervised liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ personal assets, but he dismissed the bankruptcy of Jones’ company Free Speech Systems without ordering it to be liquidated. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez appointed a Chapter 7 trustee to sell Jones’ assets, including …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley said on Friday he is launching a new congressional oversight inquiry into the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing after a January mid-air emergency involving a 737 MAX 9. The probe is the latest in a series of investigations by lawmakers since a door panel blew …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – U.S. Catholic bishops offered an apology to Native Americans on Friday for the church’s role in inflicting trauma on their communities and adopted new guidelines for ministering to indigenous Catholics. The new policies, approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, call on church leaders to set up listening sessions …
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By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declared unlawful a federal ban on “bump stock” devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns, rejecting yet another firearms restriction – this time one enacted under Republican former President Donald Trump. The justices, in a 6-3 ruling …
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By Gabriella Borter and Joseph Ax (Reuters) – More than six years after a gunman massacred 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in one of the worst U.S. school shootings, crews began tearing down the abandoned building on Friday. The three-story school about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Fort …
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By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Nearly a week of torrential rainfall appeared to be winding down in South Florida on Friday after a slow-moving weather system dumped more than two feet (60 cm) of precipitation in the Everglades and a foot or more in parts of populous Miami-Dade County. With the storm pushing out to sea …
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By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden could soon announce a new effort to allow immigrants in the U.S. illegally to obtain legal status if they are married to U.S. citizens, three sources said, an election-year move that could energize some liberal voters. Biden is expected to unveil the …
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