Defense budget below $733 billion would increase risk to U.S. military: official
The Pentagon’s pick to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday that a budget below $733 billion for fiscal year 2020 would increase risk to the military.
U.S. ‘model soldier’ to be sentenced for Islamic State support
A U.S. Army sergeant described by former colleagues as a one-time “model soldier” is due to be sentenced in a Hawaii federal court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State militant group.
Parents of U.S. journalist missing in Syria appeal to U.S., Syria
The parents of an American journalist kidnapped in Syria six years ago appealed on Tuesday for the United States and Syria to work together to find their son and said they had applied for Syrian visas to lobby there for his release.
Trump will visit Bush family on Tuesday
President Donald Trump said he will visit the mourning family of former President George H.W. Bush on Tuesday at Blair House, near the White House.
Georgia to pick new elections chief amid voting rights debate
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Texas ready to execute member of ‘Texas 7’ for policeman’s murder
Texas is scheduled on Tuesday to execute a member of the “Texas 7,” a group of inmates who killed a police officer at a sporting goods store on Christmas Eve in 2000 after they escaped a maximum security prison days earlier.
Mourners line up to honor former President Bush at U.S. Capitol
The historic and ornate U.S. Capitol Rotunda hosted mourners on Tuesday paying respects to the 41st U.S. president, George H.W. Bush, who died last week at the age of 94 and will be buried on Thursday in his home state of Texas.
Tired of waiting for asylum, migrants from caravan breach U.S. border
Central American migrants stuck on the threshold of the United States in Mexico breached the border fence on Monday, risking almost certain detention by U.S. authorities but hoping the illegal entry will allow them to apply for asylum.
Number of dead, missing in California’s deadliest wildfire drops
The death toll in California’s deadliest wildfire was revised downward to 85 and the number of people believed missing dropped again to 11, down from a high of more than 1,200 about two weeks ago, officials said Monday.
Corporate tax breaks cost U.S. schools billions of lost revenue: report
Corporate tax subsidies, in the spotlight again after Amazon.com Inc’s secretive quest to find a site for its second headquarters, are costing American public schools big money, according to a report issued on Tuesday.
