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.
Ex-U.S. security officials urge ‘aggressive steps’ to protect 2020 election
The United States should boost spending and take other “aggressive steps” to protect next year’s presidential election from foreign meddling, a group of former national security officials said on Monday.
Trump says he will ‘strongly consider’ testifying in impeachment inquiry
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said for the first time that he might be willing to testify in the impeachment inquiry over his dealings with Ukraine, even as Democrats questioned the truthfulness of his testimony in the Russia 2016 election inte…
Pompeo declines to defend ex-U.S. ambassador after Trump attack
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday he was proud of what the United States had done in Ukraine and declined to defend former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch who was attacked on Twitter by President Donald Trump.
Shooting in Walmart parking lot leaves three dead in Oklahoma
Three people died in a shooting outside a Walmart store in Oklahoma on Monday morning, law enforcement officials said, the third fatal shooting at the retailer in five months and the latest in a string of gun violence across the United States.
Trump defender’s fame rockets; so does her opponent’s fundraising
President Donald Trump declared “a star is born” after Republican Representative Elise Stefanik strongly defended him during last week’s impeachment hearings in Congress. But someone else also got a boost from Stefanik’s new fame: her Democratic electi…
U.S. Supreme Court puts temporary hold on Trump financial records fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily put on hold a lower court ruling that would require President Donald Trump’s accounting firm to hand over some of his financial records to a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee.
Three killed at shooting at Oklahoma Walmart
Three people were shot and killed in a morning attack at an Oklahoma Walmart on Monday, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the latest in a string of deadly shootings in the United States.
U.S. states declare emergencies to help farmers hit by propane shortage
Regional shortages of propane, which is used for heating homes and barns and by farmers to dry their crops, have led to emergency declarations covering nine U.S. Midwest states amid late harvests of soggy grains.
