Ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort lied to FBI: special counsel
Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to the special counsel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, breaching his plea agreement, according to a court filing on Monday.
Ex-New York teacher, brother plead guilty to attempted bomb-making
A former New York City high school teacher and his brother on Monday pleaded guilty to attempting to build a bomb using explosive materials stashed in their apartment, federal prosecutors announced.
Trump wins dismissal of wine bar’s unfair competition lawsuit
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by the owners of a Washington, D.C., wine bar who accused President Donald Trump of unfair competition for operating a nearby hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue.
‘El Chapo’ oversaw drug shipments, bribes as head of cartel, trial witness says
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was “the boss” of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, a witness told jurors in the accused Mexican drug lord’s trial in Brooklyn federal court on Monday, contradicting the claim by Guzman’s lawyers that his dominance of the drug trade wa…
Trump urges Mexico to send migrants home after border clash
President Donald Trump said on Monday Mexico should send Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their homelands, a day after U.S. authorities shut the country’s busiest border crossing and fired tear gas into a crowd ther…
Trump rejects findings of U.S. government climate change report
President Donald Trump on Monday rejected projections that climate change will cause severe economic harm to the U.S. economy, findings outlined by a report his own U.S. government published last week.
Cyber Monday on track for U.S. online shopping record
Cyber Monday was on track to bring in a record $7.9 billion in U.S. online sales, as millions of shoppers scoured for steep discounts on everything from Lego sets to big-screen TVs.
Trial begins for man charged with murder at Charlottesville rally
(In this November 26 story corrects name of victim in fourth paragraph)
Factbox: Almost 200,000 without power in U.S. Midwest during snowstorm
Almost 200,000 homes and businesses in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan were without power on Monday during a major snowstorm, local power companies said.
U.S. prosecutors oppose request for unsealing possible Assange charges
Federal prosecutors have told a United States District Court judge that they oppose a request by a journalists’ group for the unsealing of any pending U.S. criminal indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and declined to admit whether such…
