Tennessee governor grants clemency to woman championed by Kim Kardashian
Tennessee’s governor on Monday commuted the life sentence of a woman convicted as a teenager of murdering a man who paid to have sex with her, after Kim Kardashian and other celebrities took up her cause.
Alabama attorney general asks feds to investigate 2017 election
Alabama’s attorney general asked federal elections officials on Monday to investigate allegations that the 2017 U.S. Senate election that Republican Roy Moore lost to Democrat Doug Jones was tainted by use of a misleading social media campaign.
California’s new governor takes aim at Trump as he takes office
Democrat Gavin Newsom was sworn in as California’s 40th governor on Monday, and immediately girded for battle with President Donald Trump while flying the banner of his party’s progressive wing.
Parolee charged with murder, attempted murder in Malibu shootings
A man already jailed on parole violations was charged with murder and attempted murder on Monday in connection with a string of shootings in the foothills above Malibu that killed a research scientist camping with his daughters.
Trump has ‘made no decision’ whether to declare emergency over border wall: Pence
U.S. President Donald Trump has not made a decision on whether to declare a national emergency over his demand for border wall funding and the White House counsel’s office is studying the matter, Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday.
Tennessee governor grants clemency to woman championed by Kim Kardashian
Tennessee’s governor on Monday commuted the life sentence of a woman convicted as a teenager of murdering a man who she said paid a trafficker to have sex with her, after Kim Kardashian and other celebrities took up her cause.
U.S. House committee queries airport staffing during shutdown
The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security committee has asked the Trump administration how it is ensuring adequate staff at airports as some transportation employees fail to show up for work due to a partial U.S. government shutdown.
Trump plans televised address, visit to Mexico border
President Donald Trump announced on Monday he would make a prime-time address and visit the U.S.-Mexico border this week as the partial federal government shutdown entered its 17th day after a funding impasse over his demand for money to build a border…
Trump has not made decision on declaring emergency over border wall: Pence
U.S. President Donald Trump has not made a decision on whether to declare a national emergency over his demand for border wall funding and the White House counsel’s office is looking at the legality of such a declaration, Vice President Mike Pence said…
Explainer: Trump’s emergency threat on wall risks dual legal challenge
President Donald Trump would almost certainly face a legal challenge if he carries out his threat to get funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall by declaring a national emergency and circumventing Congress’s purse-strings power.
