Matthew Lee

Matthew Lee

June 06, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Trump Says 'Lot of Progress' Needed to Stop 5% Mexico Tariff

Republicans in Congress warned the White House that they are ready to stand up to the president to try to block his tariffs.

By Jill Colvin, Matthew Lee and Luis Alonso Lugo

6 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Daily Business Review

US Cuts Embassy Staff, Urges No Travel to Cuba

The Trump administration is waving off U.S. tourists and evacuating 60 percent of its staff in Cuba, citing "specific attacks" on diplomats.

By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee

5 minute read

June 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Cuba Hard-Liners, US Defenders Battle Over New Trump Policy

Five months into the Trump administration, Cuba has a new set of American defenders: a coalition of high-tech firms, farming interests, travel companies and young Cuban-Americans thrown into action by the looming announcement of a new Cuba policy.

By Michael Weissenstein and Matthew Lee

5 minute read

January 12, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Obama Scrapping 'Wet Foot, Dry Foot' Policy for Cubans

In its final days, the Obama administration announces it's scrapping a longtime policy protecting Cuban immigrants arriving in the United States without visas.

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Julie Pace and Matthew Lee

8 minute read

October 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review

US Abstains in UN Vote on Cuba Embargo for the First Time

The United States abstained for the first time in 25 years on a U.N. resolution condemning America's economic embargo against Cuba, a measure it had always vehemently opposed.

By Edith M. Lederer and Matthew Lee, Associated Press

9 minute read

March 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Can They Do That? Great Wall of Trump Faces Great Hurdles

Can Donald Trump really make good on his promise to build a wall along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexican border to prevent illegal migration? What's more, can he make Mexico pay for it?

By Matthew Lee and Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

5 minute read

August 20, 2012 | Daily Report Online

US: Assange trying to distract from sex case

The Obama administration on Monday accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of making "wild assertions" about U.S. persecution to deflect attention from sex allegations he faces questioning for in Sweden.

By Matthew Lee

3 minute read

January 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Bush administration paid $5 million reward to Moussaoui tipster, colleagues wonder why

By MATTHEW LEE

5 minute read

October 04, 2004 | National Law Journal

Employee Stock Plans

In just the last few years, the federal courts have seen an unprecedented spate of lawsuits challenging eligible individual account plan (EIAP) investment in employer stock. It is too soon to predict what will become of these suits, and whether they will lead EIAP sponsors to rethink plan investment in employer stock. Already there are signs, though, that the federal courts do not quite know what to do with these suits.

By Matthew Lee Wiener and Brian T. Ortelere

8 minute read