Cisco Systems does not win $724 million U.S. defense contract: Pentagon
(This June 18 story corrects to say Pentagon says contract not yet awarded)
Trump says immigration roundup will start next week
U.S. President Donald Trump repeated on Tuesday that immigration authorities would next week target migrants in the country illegally in large-scale arrests, but still gave no details about the planned action.
Guatemala says it has not pledged to be safe third country for migrants
Guatemala has not committed to becoming a “safe third country,” or a buffer zone for asylum seekers, but is analyzing with the United States how to contain migrant flows from Central America, interior minister Enrique Degenhart said on Tuesday.
Michael Avenatti gets trial date over alleged Nike extortion
Lawyer Michael Avenatti, an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, is scheduled to go to trial on Nov. 12 in federal court in Manhattan on charges of extorting Nike Inc.
Five TSA agents hurt as man tries to rush Phoenix airport checkpoint
Five U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers were hurt on Tuesday when a man attacked them as he tried to rush a checkpoint at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona, a TSA spokeswoman said.
Pipeline explodes in Grady County, Oklahoma: local media
A pipeline exploded in Grady County, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, according to a local news website.
A nightmare that was not: New York rescuers find dead baby is actually a doll
It was a first responder’s worst nightmare: the discovery early on Tuesday of a dead infant.
Women’s sex toy maker sues New York City subway, calls ad ban sexist
A new lawsuit asks why New York City’s subway accepts advertisements depicting erectile dysfunction, bare buttocks, inflatable plastic breasts, “Kyng”-sized condoms and cactuses shaped like phalluses, but is refusing ads for women’s sex toys.
Factbox: Trump’s immigration enforcement lags behind Obama’s first term in office
President Donald Trump said on Monday that U.S. authorities next week would begin removing “millions” of immigrants living illegally in the United States, without giving more details.
Defense lawyer for Harvey Weinstein asks to leave New York case: report
One of the lawyers representing Harvey Weinstein in his rape trial due to begin in September has asked a judge to let him drop the former movie producer as a client, the New York Post reported, citing a letter from the attorney to the New York court.
