Union raises money to help U.S. diplomats pay impeachment legal bills
The union representing U.S. diplomats said on Monday it has raised tens of thousands of dollars in the last week alone to help defray the legal costs of foreign service officers who have testified in U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry.
U.S. to change migration rules in a bid to send asylum seekers elsewhere
The Trump administration is set to harden the rules this week on those allowed to seek asylum in the United States, as it attempts to stem a wave of migration on its southern border with Mexico.
Latest Epstein accuser calls on Prince Andrew to talk to U.S. authorities
A woman who accuses Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her as a child on Monday said Britain’s Prince Andrew should tell U.S. authorities what he knows about the financier.
Police say victims of Fresno football party shooting were ‘targeted’
Gunmen who killed four men and wounded six others at a backyard football-viewing party of mostly ethnic Hmong had targeted the residence in Fresno, California, possibly in retaliation for a previous altercation, police said on Monday.
Louisiana government computers hit by ransomware: sources
Louisiana state government computers were hit by ransomware, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday, as results from the closely-fought election for governor in the southern state are still awaiting certification.
House investigating whether Trump lied in U.S. Russia probe
The U.S. House of Representatives is looking into whether President Donald Trump lied in his written testimony for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, a House lawyer said on Monday.
Witnesses scheduled to testify this week in the U.S. impeachment inquiry
The U.S. House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump shifts into higher gear this week when a parade of officials will face questioning by lawmakers over Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
U.S. diplomat David Holmes to testify in public impeachment hearing on Thursday
David Holmes, a U.S. embassy official in Ukraine, will testify publicly on Thursday before the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee in the inquiry into whether President Donald Trump should be impeached, the panel said on Monday.
U.S. charges Miami professor in Venezuela money laundering scheme
A University of Miami professor who studied drug trafficking and organized crime in Latin America was arrested on charges he helped launder funds embezzled from Venezuela into the United States, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday.
Late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s estate faces lawsuit from new accuser
Another woman sued the estate of Jeffrey Epstein in Manhattan federal court on Monday, saying the late financier subjected her to a “vicious, prolonged sexual assault” at his New Mexico ranch when she was 15.
