Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks during an FCC oversight hearing held by the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday, August 16, 2018. US Sen. John Thune (R-SD) yesterday blasted the Federal Communications Commission, saying it has failed to prevent budget cuts in funding for rural broadband. "It has been more than a year since…
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who is accused of shooting black Chicago youth Laquan McDonald 16 times in October 2014. Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke watches the prosecution's closing statements during his trial for the shooting death of…
The US Senate has voted 51-49 in favor of invoking cloture on the confirmation of the embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, meaning the final floor vote on his confirmation could occur as soon as Saturday night after no more than 30 hours of floor debate. Heading into the vote, all eyes were on crucial…
WASHINGTON — The Senate, deeply divided over the results of an F.B.I. investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, moved uneasily toward a Friday morning vote that will most likely determine whether President Trump’s nominee will reach the Supreme Court. Republican leaders were increasingly confident that despite a barrage of accusations, the…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionProtesters take to Capitol Hill Hundreds of protesters against US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have been arrested in Washington, DC.Comedian Amy Schumer and model Emily Ratajkowski were among 302 people held for demonstrating against the nominee.Republicans earlier declared an FBI report had exonerated…
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling more than 2 million of its iconic Prius hybrids globally on the risk that a software malfunction could end in a crash. Of a total of about 2.43 million vehicles affected, 94% are the Prius and its derivatives, with the hybrid version of the Auris compact hatchback making up the…
IT MAY never be possible to know what really happened in the suburban Maryland home where Christine Blasey Ford recalls being sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh in the summer of 1982. Mr Kavanaugh vehemently denies the accusation. Given the difficulty of litigating a 36-year-old case, the risk of destroying the reputation of a man who…
It rained for most of my time with the Jetta in DC, so some of these are going to be VW's stock images. (Expect to see more of this—it was an epically wet summer, in fact. Which is why more people need to start driving BEVs and taking public transport, but that's a rant for…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge in California barred the Trump administration on Wednesday from implementing a plan to end temporary protections for more than 300,000 immigrants in the United States from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan. Paint is seen on cars before members of the Teamsters Union participate in a tractor trailer…
Paulo Whitaker/Reuters US equity markets were under pressure Thursday as the 10-year yield touched its highest level since the spring of 2011. Selling weighed heaviest on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which saw losses in excess of 2%. Super Micro Computers crashed more than 50% after it was reported that Chinese spies implanted tiny chips in server motherboards…
