Nia Williams

Calgary

Senior Reporter at Reuters

Reuters correspondent in western Canada writing about energy, climate and environmental policy.

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Articles

Trump cannot end union bargaining for federal workers, judge rules

3 days ago | today.westlaw.com | Nate Raymond |Franklin Paul |Nia Williams |Alexia Garamfalvi

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Republican President Donald Trump's administration from eliminating union bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers at 21 agencies.
Divided US appeals court allows Biden-era biofuel rule to stand

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Nate Raymond |Nia Williams |Alexia Garamfalvi

(Reuters) -A federal appeals court declined to throw out the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel standards for 2023 to 2025 on Friday, even as it concluded regulators failed to adequately assess the potential effect the rule would...
US Senate referee rules against cuts to CFPB, financial regulators in tax and spending bill

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Pete Schroeder |Nia Williams

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican provisions to slash funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other financial watchdogs violate budgetary rules, the U.S. Senate's nonpartisan referee said on Friday, jeopardizing their inclusion in a...
Trump contradicts his spy chief on Iran's nuclear program

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Don Durfee |Jonathan S. Landay |Nia Williams

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday repudiated Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's assessment that Iran has not been building a nuclear weapon, publicly contradicting his spy chief for the first time during his...
US Democrat seeks to curb Trump's war powers on Iran, Republicans divided

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Patricia Zengerle |Nia Williams |Saad Sayeed

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic senator introduced legislation on Monday to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from using military force against Iran without Congress's authorization, as an escalating battle between Israel and Iran raised fears...
Abrego Garcia seeks sanctions against Trump administration in wrongful deportation case

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Andrew Goudsward |Nia Williams

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported from Maryland to El Salvador before being returned to the United States on migrant smuggling charges, is seeking sanctions against the Trump administration for allegedly...
US Attorney General Bondi's brother loses election to lead Washington DC bar

2 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | David Thomas |Nia Williams |David Bario

(Reuters) -Brad Bondi, the brother of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, has lost his bid to lead Washington's attorney bar association after an unusually closely-watched election that drew record turnout from the U.S. capital's 120,000 lawyers.
Britain urged to lower energy costs ahead of industrial strategy

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | David Milliken |Alistair Smout |Nia Williams

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's first industrial strategy for eight years will be undermined unless the government also announces measures to reduce sky-high energy costs faced by companies, lawmakers and business leaders said on Friday.
Canadian regulator says Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project has started

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Anjana Anil |Nia Williams

(Reuters) -British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Office has determined that work on the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has been substantially started, the provincial government said on Thursday.
Guatemalan deportee arrives in US after judge orders Trump to facilitate return

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Nate Raymond |Leslie Adler |Nia Williams

BOSTON (Reuters) -A Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico despite stating he feared being persecuted there was flown back to the United States on Wednesday after a judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.