Banks back Democrats in bid to rebuild bipartisan support
Banks are going to bat for Democrats in the U.S. November midterm congressional elections as part of an ambitious strategy to rebuild the bipartisan support they enjoyed before the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
Kavanaugh likely to be pivotal U.S. high court vote on divisive social issues
In the likely event that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed by the U.S. Senate this weekend he will soon be wading into some of the nation’s most contentious issues.
Senate heads to final vote on Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
Brett Kavanaugh, the embattled U.S. Supreme Court nominee put forward by President Donald Trump, was poised to win Senate confirmation on Saturday, weathering sexual misconduct allegations and attacks on his character and temperament.
California wild horses to be captured, activists fear slaughter
One thousand wild horses are to be rounded up in California by the U.S. Forest Service and animal rights activists fear hundreds of them could be sold for slaughter.
Trump says Pentagon to produce lithium sea-water batteries
President Donald Trump said on Friday there was a shortfall in the U.S. defense industrial base relating to lithium sea-water batteries and the Defense Department would purchase equipment for pilot production of the batteries that are critical for anti…
Fire that prompted Yosemite closure sparked by vehicle
U.S. Forest Service investigators have determined that a motor vehicle is to blame for sparking the massive, deadly California wildfire that prompted a nearly three-week closure of Yosemite National Park’s best known landmarks.
Immigration violations, possible sex trafficking found at Nevada brothels
An investigation of three legal Nevada brothels owned by a reality TV star and candidate for the state legislature found immigration violations and indications of possible human trafficking, the county sheriff said.
Group seeks U.S. DNA to identify missing migrants
Human rights advocates on Friday pushed the U.S. government for access to an FBI-run DNA database to help identify the remains of thousands of immigrants who have disappeared on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Utah man charged with ricin mail threat against Trump, Mattis
A U.S. Navy veteran from Utah was charged on Friday with threatening President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary James Mattis, the FBI director and an admiral by mailing them letters containing castor beans, from which the deadly poison ricin is derived….
JBS sued by Kentucky woman over ground beef in salmonella recall
A Kentucky woman is suing the U.S. arm of Brazil’s JBS SA, alleging she was hospitalized after consuming ground beef produced by the company that was tainted with Salmonella, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in Arizona state court.
