ACLU files suit to block Trump rule to stop asylum-seekers
The American Civil Liberties Union sued U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday, challenging a sweeping new rule that would bar almost all migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border of the United States.
California gang members charged in L.A. machete murders, racketeering
Twenty-two Los Angeles members of the notorious MS-13 gang with nicknames such as “Desastre” and “Lucifer” have been charged with running a criminal racketeering enterprise enforced with a string of murders, some by machete, prosecutors said on Tuesday…
Planned Parenthood groups announce departure of president, acting leader named
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a leading provider of reproductive services, and its political arm, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said on Tuesday they replaced their president, Dr. Leana Wen, effective immediately.
Singer R. Kelly denied bail on U.S. charges of sex crimes over two decades
R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a raft of federal charges accusing him of running a scheme to force women and girls to provide sex for himself and others, and a judge ordered that he remain in jail without bail.
Planned Parenthood groups announce departure of President Leana Wen, acting leader named
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a leading provider of reproductive services, and its political arm, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said on Tuesday that they replaced their president, Dr. Leana Wen, effective immediately.
U.S. inspector general to probe FAA helicopter oversight
The U.S. Transportation Department’s inspector general said on Tuesday it will probe the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversight of doors-off helicopter operations after a New York crash in March 2018 that killed five people.
U.S. Senate Republican McConnell says debate should not be about personal attacks
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday public debate should be on ideas, not personal attacks, in his first public remarks on a controversy touched off by President Donald Trump’s racially charged attacks on four Democratic congr…
Former tenant charged in killing of Louisiana civil rights activist
A former tenant of a Baton Rouge civil rights activist has been arrested and charged with her murder, police in the Louisiana capital said on Tuesday.
Factbox: U.S. police officers who kill unarmed black men often avoid criminal liability
A New York City policeman became the latest example of a law enforcement officer to face no criminal liability for killing an unarmed black man when the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday it would not prosecute him in the July 17, 2014 killing …
Judge scolds Trump ex-adviser Stone and bans social media posts
A visibly irritated federal judge on Tuesday banned President Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone from posting on social media, describing him as behaving like a schoolchild unable to follow simple orders, after prosecutors accused him of violati…
