• Judge orders New York City to restart secondary-home tax rollout
    By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) – A Staten Island judge on Tuesday ordered New York City officials to mail new notices to homeowners it has determined must pay a new pied-à-terre tax, effectively calling for restarting the rollout of a surcharge on pricey secondary homes. The ruling, which sided with a group of […]
  • US Senate blocks measure demanding report on rights violations in West Bank
    By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – US Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bid to require President Donald Trump’s administration to report to Congress on increasing violence in the occupied West Bank, including the deaths of American citizens. The procedural vote was the latest sign of friction between US Democrats and Israeli Prime […]
  • TSA officers will not be allowed to sit during ID checks at US airports
    By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – US Transportation Security Administration officers will no longer be able to sit while checking IDs at US airport checkpoints, the agency and a major union said Tuesday. TSA is removing chairs from checkpoints, said the American Federation of Government Employees TSA Council 100, which represents workers and […]
  • Boeing wins US Navy’s next-generation fighter contract, Pentagon says
    By Mike Stone and Dan Catchpole WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Boeing has been selected to build the US Navy’s next-generation stealth fighter, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, marking the company’s second consecutive major win on fighter jets and capping months of delay over a program central to US strategy for countering China in the […]
  • Trump says he is embarking on 32 days of campaign travel before November elections
    By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he plans 32 days of campaign travel ahead of the November midterm elections, putting himself and his record at the center of Republicans’ fight to hold on to Congress as polls show Democrats poised for gains. The November 3 elections […]