Mueller says former Trump adviser Flynn’s cooperation ‘otherwise complete’
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has completed his cooperation with the special counsel’s Russia investigation, although he is still aiding another federal probe, according to a court filing on Tuesday.
Pentagon sets limits on transgender troops
The U.S. Defense Department signed a memo on Tuesday that would enforce limitations on transgender people serving in the military, a policy that has been the subject of court challenges.
Former Trump adviser Flynn asks judge to delay sentencing: court filing
Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn asked a judge on Tuesday to delay his sentencing in a case that stemmed from an investigation of possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 …
U.S. college admissions scandal sweeps up Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin, CEOs
Federal authorities arrested dozens of people on Tuesday in what they described as a $25 million scam to help actors Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin, some CEOs and other wealthy Americans commit fraud to get their children into elite universities, such…
Dr. Seuss lawsuit over Star Trek-themed parody is dismissed
A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop publication of a “Star Trek”-themed book parodying the Seuss book “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”
Texas Republican opposes Trump plan to fund border wall with U.S. defense funds
The top Republican on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee said on Tuesday he opposed President Donald Trump’s plan to use $7 billion from the military budget to build a wall on the border with Mexico.
Factbox: Coaches implicated in U.S. college admissions fraud scheme
Nine current or former college coaches, as well as an associate athletic director, were charged by federal prosecutors in Boston on Tuesday in the biggest admissions fraud scheme uncovered in the United States.
Party on: Real estate booms in cradle of China’s Communist revolution
Staring at an array of floor plans in a showroom packed with models of apartment blocks set to go up in the northwestern city of Yanan, the young couple was faced with a tough decision.
Factbox: U.S. Army captain, father-to-be among Americans in Ethiopia crash
A former U.S. Army captain from Illinois, a father-to-be from California and a truck driver from Minnesota were among at least eight Americans killed in Sunday’s crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jetliner in Ethiopia in which 157 people died.
Blizzard threatens central U.S. with two feet of snow, powerful winds
A late-winter storm this week could dump up to two feet (60 cm) of snow and bring fierce winds to the U.S. Central Plains states, potentially snarling travel and bringing flooding to the Upper Midwest, U.S. forecasters said on Tuesday.
