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Thursday, 1 February 2018

Meadows says White House could give more time for 'Dreamer' fix

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Meadows says White House could give more time for 'Dreamer' fix

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va (Reuters) - An immigration deal protecting young "Dreamer" immigrants and allocating additional funds for border security without also addressing family migration and the visa lottery would be a "non starter," Republican Mark Meadows, head of the conservative Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday.

Train carrying Republican lawmakers hits truck in Virginia, one dead

CROZET, Va. (Reuters) - A passenger train carrying Republican members of the U.S. Congress to a retreat in West Virginia slammed into a garbage truck on Wednesday at a rural Virginia road crossing, killing one person on the truck, authorities said.

FBI expresses 'grave concerns' over Republican memo's accuracy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI said on Wednesday it had "grave concerns" about the accuracy of a top-secret House Intelligence Committee memo alleging anti-Trump bias within the Justice Department, challenging President Donald Trump's pledge to release it.

'Traumatized and broken:' Victims of gymnastics doctor detail abuse in court

CHARLOTTE, Mich. (Reuters) - Jessica Thomashow was a 9-year-old gymnast who still liked playing with American Girl dolls when USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar first molested her, she said in a Michigan courtroom on Wednesday.

Texas to execute man who murdered his two daughters

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the gunshots and her children's screams, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Thursday.

U.S. pork demand strong, but trade disputes could hit exports

CHICAGO (Reuters) - American consumers are snapping up plentiful low-cost pork, but U.S. farmers are worried that trade spats with key export markets in China, Mexico and Canada could hurt a lucrative part of their pork business.

San Francisco to dismiss thousands of pot convictions

(Reuters) - Thousands of San Francisco residents convicted of marijuana offenses since 1975 will see those convictions dismissed or reduced under an effort announced on Wednesday by the city's district attorney.

A modern land run? Trump move opens Utah to mining claims under 1872 law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land claims under a Wild West-era mining law, according to federal officials.

University of Iowa removing Steve Wynn's name amid misconduct claims

(Reuters) - The University of Iowa is removing Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn's name from a vision research institute amid sexual misconduct accusations against him, the university said on Wednesday.

U.S. allows Syrians to stay for another 18 months

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Wednesday it would allow some 7,000 Syrians to remain in the United States for at least another 18 months under protected status as civil war rages in their native country.

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