WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. tariff exemption for package shipments valued under $800 ends permanently on Friday, with a six-month transition period under which postal service shippers can opt to pay a flat duty of $80 to $200 per package depending on the country of origin, Trump administration officials said on Thursday. The U.S. Customs and…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming U.S. President Donald Trump has no power to remove her from office, setting up a legal battle that could reset long-established norms for the U.S. central bank’s independence. Cook’s lawsuit said Trump violated a federal law allowing him to remove…
By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Olivia Le Poidevin LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from Washington’s global engagement on rights and justice issues. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) expects all 193 U.N. member…
By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Thursday it has fired Surface Transportation Board member Robert Primus, as the U.S. rail regulator considers the proposed $85-billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The ouster is the latest in a series of dismissals by President Donald Trump’s administration from…
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal land conservation projects around southern Idaho’s rivers and lakes, famous for rainbow trout and smallmouth bass, are in limbo along with dozens of conservation projects nationwide, according to advocates, who worry they may not be completed by President Donald Trump’s administration this year. The delays — caused by the…
