Whitaker alerts U.S. trade regulator to his justice role in fraud query response
Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker responded to a 2017 fraud query from the Federal Trade Commission by noting his new senior level position at the Justice Department and agreeing to be “very helpful,” records released on Friday show.
Trump’s ex-campaign chairman faces March sentencing
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will tentatively face sentencing on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Friday, after the U.S. special counsel investigating whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia said Manafort …
Trump demand that asylum seekers wait in Mexico may turn on legal clause
U.S. President Donald Trump’s unprecedented proposal to keep migrants waiting in Mexico while seeking U.S. asylum will likely face challenges that it endangers refugees and denies them due process, and may be decided by an obscure provision of U.S. imm…
Catholic archdiocese in New Mexico, facing abuse cases, to file for bankruptcy
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, will file for bankruptcy protection as it faces litigation arising from accusations of sexual abuse by clergy, its archbishop said on Thursday.
Search for remains in California’s deadliest wildfire officially ends
Three weeks after flames incinerated most of a Northern California town in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, the search for more human remains has officially ended with at least 88 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still listed as missing.
Handful of caravan migrants launch hunger strike at U.S. border
A handful of the thousands of Central American migrants camped out at the U.S.-Mexican border waiting to plead their case for asylum in the United States launched a hunger strike on Thursday to protest the Mexican police blocking their way.
Two toddlers shot in front of Mississippi hospital, expected to survive
Two toddlers in a car were hit by gunfire from another vehicle in front of a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on Thursday and were in stable condition at the medical facility, police said.
California Democratic Party chair resigns amid sexual misconduct investigation
The chairman of the California state Democratic Party said on Thursday he would resign amid allegations that he engaged in unspecified sexual misconduct with party staffers.
Two children shot in front of Mississippi hospital, condition unknown
Two children in a car were hit by gunfire in front of a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on Thursday, the Jackson Police Department said.
Two children shot in front of Mississippi hospital: local media
Two children in a car were hit by gunfire in front of a Jackson, Mississippi, hospital on Thursday, the city’s police chief told the Clarion Ledger.
