With political power at stake, North Carolina gerrymandering trial begins
North Carolina’s state legislative districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to entrench Republicans in power and must be thrown out, a lawyer for state Democrats and a good-government advocacy group told a panel of judges on Monday.
Lockheed Martin awarded $492 million defense contract: Pentagon
Lockheed Martin was awarded a $492 million contract to produce launchers and support equipment for the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems for the U.S. Army, the Pentagon said on Monday.
Facing new asylum curb, nerves for those waiting at U.S.-Mexico border
Number 12,026 – better known as Marcial Artigas, 33, from Holguin, Cuba – waited nervously at a migration office at the U.S.-Mexico border as a Mexican official called out numbers from a long list of hopefuls waiting to cross to the United States.
U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil, gas producers begin restarting after Barry
U.S. oil companies on Monday began restoring some of the nearly 74% of production that was shut at U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms ahead of Hurricane Barry, the U.S. offshore drilling regulator said.
Trump defiant as lawmakers blast his ‘racist’ attacks on four congresswomen
President Donald Trump doubled down on his attacks against four minority U.S. congresswomen on Monday and dismissed concerns that his comments were racist, prompting outrage from Democrats, who moved to condemn him in the House of Representatives.
Louisiana civil rights activist found in car trunk was suffocated, coroner says
A Louisiana civil rights activist and founder of an African-American museum was killed by “traumatic asphyxia” before her body was found in the trunk of her car in the state capital last week, according to a coroner’s report released on Monday.
UK PM candidates Hunt and Johnson say Trump comments about U.S. congresswomen unacceptable
Both candidates vying to replace Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister said they agreed with her that the language used by U.S. President Donald Trump about a group of mostly American-born Democratic congresswomen was unacceptable.
Trump administration moves to stop more immigrants from seeking U.S. asylum
The Trump administration on Monday moved to bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the country’s southern border, requiring them to first pursue safe haven in a third country through which they had traveled on the way to the United State…
New U.S. asylum policy does not make Mexico ‘safe third country’: minister
Mexico Foreign Minister Marcel Ebrard said on Monday that a new U.S. measure to sharply limit asylum claims did not in effect make Mexico a “safe third country,” adding that the Mexican Congress would have to approve any such classification first.
Canada’s Trudeau condemns Trump attacks: ‘That is not how we do things’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday added his voice to those condemning an attack by U.S. President Donald Trump against four minority Democratic congresswomen, saying “that is not how we do things in Canada.”
