Mail bomb suspect to appear in New York court on Tuesday
The south Florida man accused of mailing pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and other critics of U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to make his first appearance in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, after his case was moved to New York from Florid…
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to California gun restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court for a second straight year refused on Monday to hear a challenge to California’s limits on carrying handguns in public, dealing another setback to gun rights proponents.
Democrats, Republicans make last pitch as campaigns clatter to hectic end
Bitter U.S. political campaigns thundered to a hectic, unpredictable finish on election eve on Monday, as candidates scoured the country for votes in dozens of crucial races that opinion polls showed were still razor-close.
Jury selection begins in U.S. trial of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’
The trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges, which is expected to last four months, began Monday with the selection of jurors in Brooklyn federal court.
Alaska’s moose-hunting hovercraft pilot returns to U.S. top court
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday for a second time wrestled with an Alaska moose hunter’s claim that the federal government overstepped its authority in banning hovercraft on National Park Service land in the northernmost U.S. state.
Exclusive: Pentagon balked at U.S. border troops building detention facilities – officials
The Trump administration discussed using the U.S. military to build facilities to house detained migrants as part of its new mission on the Mexican border but the idea was dropped after the Pentagon expressed doubts about it, U.S. officials said.
Ex-Wall Street banker’s insider trading conviction overturned
A divided federal appeals court on Monday overturned the insider trading conviction of a former Wall Street investment banker accused of passing tips about five mergers in the healthcare industry to his father, and ordered a new trial.
‘Not how I raised him,’ mother of U.S. mail-bomb suspect writes
The mother of the Florida man accused of mailing 15 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and other critics of U.S. President Donald Trump said her son had long suffered from mental illness in a letter sent to ABC News, the network reported over the weeken…
U.S. Supreme Court ends fight over Obama-era net neutrality rules
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a request by the Trump administration and the telecommunications industry to wipe away a lower court decision that had upheld Obama-era net neutrality rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet, though the…
Accused Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ faces U.S. trial
The trial of extradited Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is set to begin on Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, where he is facing drug trafficking and conspiracy charges.
