Ian Simpson
Recent Stories By Ian Simpson:
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Chinese state media: US government shutdown exposes 'chronic flaws'January 21, 2018
Funding for federal agencies ran out at midnight on Friday in Washington after lawmakers failed to agree on a stopgap funding bill."What's so ironic is that it came on the first anniversary of Donald...
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As Trump begins second year, women stage nationwide protestsJanuary 21, 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of women and their male supporters turned out on Saturday for the second Women's March, a nationwide series of protests against U.S. President Donald...
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Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?January 20, 2018
In shutdowns, non-essential government employees are furloughed, or placed on temporary unpaid leave. Workers deemed essential, including those dealing with public safety and national security, keep...
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Trump decries 'permissive' U.S. abortion laws at rallyJanuary 19, 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump criticized U.S. abortion laws as among the most permissive in the world in a speech to anti-abortion activists at the annual March for Life on Friday,...
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Republicans control Virginia House after concession, court rulingJanuary 10, 2018
(Reuters) - Republicans took narrow control of the Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday after a Democrat conceded in a race decided by a tie-breaker and a federal appeals court refused to keep...
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Democrat loses bid to overturn tie in key Virginia House raceJanuary 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A lottery-style drawing to determine the winner of a tied Virginia House of Delegates race will go ahead after a recount court on Wednesday rejected a bid by the Democratic...
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Record-shattering cold reaches into FloridaJanuary 2, 2018
(Reuters) - Record-shattering arctic cold reached as far south as Florida on Monday with freeze warnings in place from Texas to the Atlantic Coast and the Northeastern United States facing another...
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Some U.S. truckers ask Trump to tap brakes on electronic logsDecember 6, 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many independent U.S. truckers are pushing President Donald Trump to back his anti-regulatory rhetoric by delaying an Obama-era rule requiring electronic monitors in trucks, a...
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Democrats sue to get documents on Trump's Washington hotelNovember 2, 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Democrats filed suit on Thursday seeking the release of government documents related to Republican President Donald Trump's ownership of a Washington hotel...
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U.S. court blocks immigrant teen's bid to obtain abortionOctober 21, 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday prevented an illegal immigrant teenager detained by the government from immediately obtaining an abortion, although it left open the possibility...
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Suspect in Maryland shooting that killed three arrested in DelawareOctober 19, 2017
(Reuters) - An employee of a Maryland kitchen countertop company suspected of fatally shooting three co-workers and critically wounding two others on Wednesday was arrested in neighboring Delaware, a...
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U.S. white nationalists sued over Virginia protest violenceOctober 12, 2017
(Reuters) - Eleven people have sued white nationalists whose rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly this summer, saying they suffered emotional and physical trauma from protesters' threats...