Pentagon approves additional 2,100 troops to U.S.-Mexico border
The Pentagon said on Wednesday it had approved a request to send an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard and 1,100 active duty troops to the border with Mexico, the latest deployment in support of President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration cra…
Pelosi says she would like to have U.S. debt limit proposal on House floor by July 25
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she would like to have a proposal on raising the U.S. debt ceiling on the House floor by July 25.
Paint makers reach $305 million settlement in California, ending marathon lead poisoning lawsuit
After a 19-year legal struggle, three former makers of lead paint have agreed to a $305 million settlement with California county and city governments to mitigate poisoning dangers still present in old housing.
Ohio Senate to vote on bill to save state’s nuclear power plants
The Ohio Senate will likely pass a bill on Wednesday that will create subsidies to avoid the early shutdown of the state’s two nuclear power reactors, according to analysts and those watching the legislation.
El Chapo’s winding road from mountain village to drug lord to U.S. prison
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from humble origins in a mountain village to lead the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most powerful drug trafficking gangs, was sentenced on Wednesday by a U.S. judge to life in prison, plus 30 y…
U.S. judge blasts drug lord El Chapo’s ‘overwhelming evil,’ imposes life sentence
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord who twice escaped maximum-security prisons in that country, will spend the rest of his life in a U.S. penitentiary, a federal judge said on Wednesday after accusing him of “overwhelming evil.”
Sanders to urge 2020 rivals to reject health insurance industry donations
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, pushing an ambitious “Medicare for All” health plan that has split Democratic White House contenders, will urge his rivals on Wednesday to reject campaign donations from the health insurance and pharmaceutica…
U.S. to seek execution for Illinois man in gruesome slaying of Chinese student
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday will begin arguing that an Illinois man should be executed for the gruesome murder of a Chinese graduate student in 2017.
Factbox: El Chapo’s winding road from mountain village to drug lord to U.S. prison
Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from humble origins in a mountain village to lead the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most powerful drug trafficking gangs, is expected to be sentenced to life in a U.S. prison on Wednesday.
After two escapes, ‘El Chapo’ may go to ‘Supermax’ prison to avoid a third
Joaquin Guzman, the convicted Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, has escaped twice from maximum-security prisons in Mexico, once by digging a mile-long tunnel from his cell.
