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France's scandal-hit Fillon calls for inquiry to be dropped
By Richard Balmforth PARIS (Reuters) - French presidential candidate Francois Fillon struck back on Thursday over the scandal sapping his campaign, calling for fraud investigators to drop their inquiry into the "fake jobs" affair. Lawyers for Fillon, once a frontrunner to win election in May but now a third-placed loser according to opinion polls, publicly denounced the financial prosecutor's inquiry into misuse of public funds as illegal and questioned the impartiality of its investigators.
Labor nominee Puzder's company wins discrimination trial delay as confirmation looms
By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder, the controversial business leader expected to undergo a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing next week, will be spared an emotionally weighted and concurrent discrimination trial against the restaurant group he heads. A state court in Orange County, California, has granted CKE Restaurants Inc a delay from Feb. 27 - when the full Senate might still be considering Puzder's nomination - to early June for an age and disability discrimination lawsuit after the company cited "negative publicity" generated by his nomination. Puzder, CKE Restaurants' chief executive, has been under fire by Democrats and labor groups for opposing increases in the minimum wage and aiming to curb worker protections.
The Latest: Trump 'positive' on air traffic control change
The Latest on President Donald Trump's meeting with airline executives (all times local): 11:55 am A top airline industry lobbyist says President Donald Trump was "extraordinarily positive" when ...
Labor secretary nominee addresses conflicts of interest
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of labor has proposed avoiding conflicts of interest by resigning as CEO of his fast food empire, selling off hundreds of holdings and recusing himself from government decisions in which he has a financial interest, according to his ethics filings with the government.
Highlights: The Trump presidency on Feb. 9 at 12:35 P.M. EST
Trump promises a major tax announcement "that will be phenomenal" in two or three weeks. In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official with knowledge of the call. Considering his comments about Russia, NATO allies are looking for signs that Trump will stick with the U.S. commitment to the alliance made by the Obama administration.
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