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WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Florida said she will review a deal between the Justice Department and President Donald Trump to settle his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, intensifying scrutiny of the heavily criticized agreement. Trump filed the lawsuit against his own government over an alleged mishandling of …
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — In a career-worst scoreless slump, Christian Pulisic is confident goals will come for him at the World Cup. “I’ve had this happen before in my career,” he said Saturday, a day before the U.S. faces Senegal in the Americans’ next-to-last warmup match. “There’s difficult times and then sometimes one will bounce …
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Tim Ream was surprised, his voice filled with emotion. On the verge of becoming the oldest U.S. player to appear in a World Cup, the 38-year-old defender was picked by coach Mauricio Pochettino to captain the Americans next month. “Wow,” Ream said during a news conference Saturday, seated alongside Pochettino. “This …
A federal judge in 11th Judicial Circuit received a “private reprimand” after a court investigation found that the judge had sex in the courthouse with a high-ranking uniformed police officer within earshot of staff, attended a partisan event and then initially lied to deny the allegations. The court’s investigation did not publicly identify the judge …
BUENOS AIRES, May 30 (Reuters) – Colombia’s foreign ministry on Saturday accused Ecuador of “deliberate interference” in Colombia’s Sunday presidential election after Ecuador’s president agreed to lift tariffs in a conversation with a presidential candidate.Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Friday said his country would remove bilateral tariffs on June 1 after reaching an agreement with …
MATREI AM BRENNER, Austria, May 30 (Reuters) – Thousands of local residents shut down Austria’s Brenner motorway on Saturday, a vital north-south corridor through the Alps between Germany and Italy, in protest at trucks and tourists perennially clogging up their roads. The protest was led by Karl Muehlsteiger, mayor of Gries am Brenner, one of …
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering canceling a planned series of concerts on Washington’s National Mall commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary after a string of artists withdrew from the event, and replacing them with a speech and political-style rally instead. The concerts were planned as part …
NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses big and small have started receiving tariff refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump lacked the constitutional authority to impose higher import taxes on goods from nearly every other country. The process could grind to a halt, however, after the Trump administration said Friday that it …
HILLSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Virginia died Friday after a man shot at deputies who were conducting a welfare check, law enforcement officials said. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said the fatal shooting occurred after law enforcement received a request from a family member to do a welfare check. A man at …
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30 (Reuters) – Health authorities in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state are investigating a suspected case of Ebola reported on Saturday in the state capital, officials said. A man from the Democratic Republic of Congo presented with a fever after recently visiting the African country, which is experiencing an Ebola outbreak. The …