Amtrak train with 183 aboard freed after 37 hours in snowy Oregon
An Amtrak train with 183 passengers and crew on board was on its way back to civilization on Tuesday after it hit a fallen tree and was stranded in the snowy Oregon wilderness for about 37 hours, railroad officials said.
New York leaders agree on plan for ‘congestion’ charge on vehicles
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to a plan to charge vehicles for entering much of Manhattan to help pay for repairs to the city’s deteriorating subway system, according to a joint statement on Tuesday.
House set to reject Trump’s border wall emergency declaration
The U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Tuesday to vote to terminate President Donald Trump’s proclaimed national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, in what would be another stinging rejection of his proposed border wall.
Mother, daughter charged with slaying five family members in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania officials on Tuesday charged a 45-year-old woman and her daughter with murdering five family members whose bodies were discovered in an apartment outside Philadelphia, court records showed.
Can a sitting U.S. president face criminal charges?
The U.S. Constitution explains how a president can be removed from office for “high crimes and misdemeanors” by Congress using the impeachment process. But the Constitution is silent on whether a president can face criminal prosecution in court, and th…
Judge gives green light to Trump ban on gun ‘bump stocks’
A federal judge gave the Trump administration the go-ahead on Monday to ban “bump stocks” – rapid-fire gun attachments used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history – in a defeat for firearms rights advocates.
House set to vote to end Trump’s border wall ’emergency’
The U.S. House of Representatives votes on Tuesday on a resolution to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a wall on the border with Mexico.
Manafort asks judge for sentence far below the maximum: court filing
Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort asked a federal judge in Washington on Monday to impose a prison term “significantly below” the statutory 10-year maximum, saying he was remorseful for his misdeeds and facing deteriorating healt…
Wisconsin governor pulls troops from U.S.-Mexico border
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Monday signed an order withdrawing the state’s National Guard troops from the U.S.-Mexico border, saying there was not enough evidence of a national security crisis to justify keeping them there.
California AG endorses bill expanding consumer privacy protections
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday endorsed a state bill that would expand the state’s new privacy act to allow consumers to sue companies over their handling of personal data, despite months of tech lobbying against such a move.
