Gun control takes center stage in 2020 Democratic presidential race
U.S. Senator Cory Booker on Monday released a sweeping plan to curb gun violence by creating a national licensing program and repealing a law that gives gun manufacturers legal immunity, becoming the latest Democrat in the 2020 presidential race to mak…
Ex-lawyer Cohen arrives at prison after taking parting shot at Trump
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, took a parting shot at his former boss – denouncing “xenophobia, injustice and lies” – before arriving at a U.S. federal prison on Monday to begin serving a three-year sentence.
U.S. Democrats move toward contempt citation for Barr over Mueller report
Congressional Democrats moved closer on Monday to citing Attorney General William Barr for contempt of Congress over his failure to hand over an unredacted version of the Mueller report, escalating a showdown with the White House.
Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen takes parting shot at Trump as he heads to prison
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, headed to a U.S. federal prison to begin a three-year sentence on Monday, taking a parting shot at his former boss in remarks to reporters as he left his Manhattan apartment building.
U.S. reports 60 new measles cases in worst outbreak since 1994
The most widespread U.S. measles outbreak in a quarter-century has infected 60 new patients in the last week, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 764, federal health officials said on Monday.
House panel issues report citing Barr for contempt
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Monday issued a report citing Attorney General William Barr for contempt over a panel subpoena seeking Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full unredacted report on his Russia investigation.
Trump’s former lawyer Cohen to report to prison for hush payments
Michael Cohen, the lawyer who once vowed to “take a bullet” for President Donald Trump but now calls him a “con man,” on Monday will begin serving a three-year prison sentence for arranging hush payments to two women who said they had sexual encounters…
Factbox: Tweets tell story of souring Trump, Cohen relationship
President Donald Trump and his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, have both used Twitter to spar with enemies over the last decade. Cohen, 52, is due to report to federal prison in New York state on Monday to begin serving a three-year sentence for…
Special teams at U.S. universities try to identify students at risk of violence
Last week’s shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte that killed two students and wounded four was just the kind of tragedy a team of officials at the school was trying to prevent.
Showdown looms between Congress and attorney general over Mueller report deadline
U.S. Attorney General William Barr is headed for a showdown on Monday with Democrats in Congress, as lawmakers prepared to begin contempt proceedings against the top U.S. law enforcement officer if he fails to hand over the full, unredacted Mueller rep…
