Trump ex-adviser Flynn seeks to withdraw guilty plea
Lawyers for Michael Flynn, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, on Tuesday said in a court filing that he would seek to withdraw his guilty plea in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Trump administration moves closer to rolling back U.S. vehicle fuel economy increases
New rules enacting President Donald Trump’s reductions in fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles through 2026 moved closer to reality on Tuesday when U.S. agencies sent proposals to the White House for final review.
U.S. agencies send revised fuel efficiency rules to White House for final review
Two U.S. agencies sent on Tuesday to the White House for final review proposed revisions to Obama-era vehicle emissions standards through the 2026 model year that could spark a legal fight with California and other states.
F-35 logistics system to be reinvented and renamed, official says
The computer-based logistics system of the F-35 stealth fighter jet made by Lockheed Martin , which has been plagued by delays, will be replaced by another network made by the same company, a Pentagon official said on Tuesday.
U.S. judge rejects Michael Avenatti request to delay Nike extortion trial
A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Michael Avenatti’s requestto delay a scheduled Jan. 21 criminal trial accusing thecelebrity lawyer of trying to extort Nike Inc.
Democrats add last-minute evidence to Trump impeachment case before Senate trial
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they would include new evidence when they send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday, seeking to expand the scope of a trial that will dominat…
U.S. judge puts on hold House lawsuit seeking Trump tax returns
A federal judge put on hold a bid by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns, saying on Tuesday that he would wait for a much-anticipated appeals court decision relating to congressional subpoenas before…
Wisconsin court temporarily halts removal of more than 200,000 names from voter rolls
A Wisconsin appeals court intervened on Tuesday to stop as many as 209,000 names from being scrubbed from the state’s voter registration rolls, in a case voting rights advocates say could impact access to the polls in a key 2020 election state.
Delta flight dumps fuel on L.A. school, 26 treated for minor injuries
A Delta Airlines jet making an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport dumped fuel on the playground of an elementary school in the flight path on Tuesday, inflicting minor injuries on 17 children and nine adults, local and federal autho…
U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to press China on detainees
On the eve of the expected signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the United states and China, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has called on President Donald Trump to press Beijing to free detained Americans and U.S. residents.
