Ex-Trump aide Manafort faces charges in first trial of Russia probe
The first trial of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe got underway on Tuesday with Paul Manafort, a former chairman of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, facing charges that he hid tens of millions of dollars earned in Ukraine in o…
Factbox: Key players in U.S. case versus ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Tuesday will become the first person to go to trial after being ensnared in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Ron Dellums, U.S. lawmaker who led push for sanctions against South Africa, dead at 82
Former California congressman Ron Dellums, who first won election to Capitol Hill as an anti-Vietnam War candidate and later led a 15-year effort to enact U.S. sanctions against South Africa’s apartheid government, died on Monday at age 82.
Ron Dellums, former California congressman, Oakland mayor, dead at 82
Former California congressman Ron Dellums, who first won election to Capitol Hill as an anti-Vietnam War candidate and later led a 15-year effort to enact U.S. sanctions against South Africa’s apartheid government, has died at age 82.
Supreme Court pick wins over holdout Republican, meets Democrat
A Republican senator who was publicly undecided over whether to back U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh threw his support behind the judge on Monday, improving chances Kavanaugh would win Senate confirmation despite a p…
Trump leaves room for negotiation in push for U.S. border wall funds
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened again on Monday to shut down the federal government over his demands for a border wall and other changes in immigration policy, but said he remains open to talks with Congress on the issue.
Trump says he is willing to talk to Iran’s leader without preconditions
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would be willing to meet Iran’s leader without preconditions to discuss how to improve ties after he pulled the United States out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying, “If they want to meet, we’ll meet.”
U.S senators call for investigation of road toll systems vendor
Two U.S. senators on Monday asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate an electronic toll systems vendor, accusing the company of mismanaging road toll systems in several states.
Trump administration eyes capital gains tax cut for wealthy: NY Times
The Trump administration is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100 billion tax cut to wealthy Americans by allowing taxpayers to account for inflation while determining capital gains tax liabilities, the New York Times reported on Monday.
U.S. states make last-minute legal bid to halt 3-D online guns
Several U.S. states said on Monday that they would jointly sue the Trump administration in a last-ditch effort to block the public from being able to download blueprints for 3-D printable guns.
