Colorado white supremacist charged with plotting to detonate explosives at synagogue
A self-described white supremacist in Colorado has been arrested following an FBI sting operation and charged with plotting to detonate pipe bombs and dynamite at one of the state’s oldest synagogues, officials said on Monday.
New York police commissioner to step down from ‘a job that consumes you’
New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill will step down to take a new job in the private sector, he said on Monday, about three months after his decision to fire an officer accused of using a banned chokehold that caused the death of a bla…
In impeachment testimony, U.S. diplomat says she was told to tweet support for Trump
Two U.S. diplomats told lawmakers the State Department was being used for domestic political purposes under President Donald Trump and warned that would hurt American interests, according to transcripts released on Monday from Congress’ impeachment inv…
Factbox: The Trump impeachment inquiry – What we’ve learned so far
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives began an inquiry on Sept. 24 to determine whether President Donald Trump abused his office for political gain when he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a July phone call to investigate polit…
U.S. Supreme Court mulls making it easier to deport immigrants for crimes
U.S. Supreme Court justices considered on Monday whether to make it easier for federal authorities to deport certain immigrants who have committed crimes, a population targeted by President Donald Trump’s administration.
New York City police commissioner to be replaced by chief of detectives: mayor
New York Police Department Commissioner James O’Neill was expected to step down on Monday and be replaced by the department’s chief of detectives, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Twitter.
Hundreds of Oklahoma prison inmates granted early release
Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates who served time for low-level, non-violent crimes will walk out of prison on Monday in the largest single-day commutation of criminal sentences in U.S. history, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said.
U.S. career diplomats testify that State Department was misused for domestic politics
Two U.S. career diplomats told the Trump impeachment inquiry that they did not feel supported by the State Department under President Donald Trump and that the department was being used for domestic political purposes, according to transcripts of their…
California blazes mostly contained as flame-fanning winds die down
Winds that had fanned California’s wildfires were calmer on Monday, helping firefighters contain blazes that have destroyed homes, prompted large-scale evacuation orders and forced mass power outages since late last month.
Trial of longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone to begin on Tuesday
The criminal trial of President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone is set to begin on Tuesday in what could become a colorful sideshow generating unflattering headlines for the president even as he faces a fast-moving impeachment inquiry.
