Ex-CIA officer sentenced to 19 years in prison for conspiring to spy for China
(The Nov 22 story corrects spelling error in Jerry Chun Shing Lee’s name in paragraph 2.)
Trump says he will allow states to import prescription drugs to lower costs
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he will soon release a plan to let Florida and other states import prescription medicines to combat high drug prices, and he blasted the Democrat-led House for not going far enough in a drug-pricing bill.
Pennsylvania court sustains prison sentence of child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky
A Pennsylvania judge on Friday sustained the 30-to-60-year prison sentence that former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky received after his 2012 conviction for sexually assaulting teenage boys.
Trump says ban of e-cigarette products could lead to illegal sales
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday expressed concern over a possible ban of some vaping products, saying outlawing the popular products would lead to people obtaining them illegally.
Trump says his administration will determine an age for e-cigarette buys
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration would come up with an age for e-cigarette purchases.
U.S. Republican senators ask Treasury for suspicious activity reports on Hunter Biden
The Republican chairmen of two U.S. Senate committees have asked the Treasury Department to provide any reports of money laundering or fraud related to former Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s business dealings with a Ukraine energy firm, according to a…
What comes next in the Trump impeachment inquiry?
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee had its last public hearing on Thursday in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
Warren taps all-woman lineup to chair U.S. presidential campaign
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren announced on Friday that her presidential campaign will be chaired by a diverse group of congresswomen elected in 2018 in a record-breaking wave of women who helped Democrats retake the U.S. House of Representatives.
Trump acknowledges Pompeo could run for U.S. Senate
President Donald Trump on Friday acknowledged that his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, could run for a U.S. Senate seat next year in his home state of Kansas and predicted he would win.
Ban on flavored vapes could lead to loss of 150,000 jobs, $8.4 billion sales hit: report
A potential U.S. ban on e-cigarette flavors could result in a loss of more than 150,000 jobs and a direct sales hit of $8.4 billion, according to a report released on Friday by a vaping industry trade group.
