Trump publicly asks China to investigate Biden, even amid impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of request that has already triggered an impeachment inquir…
New York sues big U.S. student loan servicer for abusing borrowers
New York state on Thursday sued one of the largest federal student loan servicers, whose practices the U.S. government singled out for criticism earlier this year, saying it abusively treated borrowers working in lower-paying public service jobs.
U.S. Coast Guard officer said to plot attacks pleads guilty to weapons, drug charges
A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant who was arrested in February after prosecutors said he was plotting to attack Democratic politicians and TV personalities pleaded guilty on Thursday to weapons and drug charges, changing his earlier not-guilty plea.
Trump broke his oath of office in asking China to probe Biden: Schiff
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee’s chairman, Democrat Adam Schiff, said on Thursday that President Donald Trump broke his oath of office in asking China to probe former Vice President Joe Biden, who could end up running against Trump in the 2020 e…
One month of prison for corporate lawyer in U.S. college admissions scandal
The former co-chairman of the New York corporate law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher was sentenced on Thursday to one month in prison for his role in what prosecutors say is the largest college admissions scam uncovered in the United States.
Trump again seeks foreign help to investigate Bidens, calling on China
President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a U.S. presidential election, publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden – similar to a request that has already triggered an impeachment inquir…
Pentagon wasn’t listening to Trump call with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy
No one from the U.S. Defense Department was listening to a July phone conversation between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that is at the heart of a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry, the Pentagon said on T…
Biden campaign: Trump is ‘melting down’ with request to Ukraine, China to investigate Bidens
A spokeswoman for Joe Biden, a leading candidate seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump was “desperately clutching for conspiracy theories that have been debunked and dismissed by independ…
U.S. House intel panel chief: Trump’s cannot use office to probe rivals
U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments calling on Ukraine and China to probe one of his top Democratic rivals in the 2020 election only add to the urgency of the House of Representative’s impeachment inquiry, the head of the intelligence panel said on …
Las Vegas massacre survivors, families reach $735 million settlement with MGM
Survivors and family of 58 people who were slain in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history have reached a settlement of at least $735 million with MGM Resorts, a law firm representing the victims and MGM Resorts International said on Thursd…
