Trump signs defense policy bill with watered-down China measures
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a $716 billion defense policy bill on Monday that authorizes military spending and includes watered-down controls on U.S. government contracts with China’s ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL].
New Mexico compound defendants face detention hearing
Five parents arrested on charges of abusing their 11 children at a New Mexico compound where a 12th child died under suspicious circumstances were due back in court on Monday for a hearing to decide whether they should remain jailed.
Senior U.S. officials to visit wildfire-weary California
Two senior members of the Trump administration will visit California on Monday, where firefighters are battling infernos that have killed at least eight people.
Florida man charged in ‘stand your ground’ shooting: officials
A Florida man was charged with manslaughter on Monday for fatally shooting another man on July 19 during an argument over a parking spot, after police initially declined to arrest him due to the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law, officials s…
U.S. Embassy in Ankara has not made statement regarding pastor Brunson: official
The U.S. Embassy in Ankara has not put out a statement regarding pastor Andrew Brunson, an embassy official told Reuters on Monday, after a report on social media cited the embassy as saying he would be released from house arrest by Aug. 15.
Five charged with abusing children on New Mexico compound face detention hearing
Five parents arrested on charges of abusing their 11 children at a New Mexico compound where a 12th child died under suspicious circumstances were due back in court on Monday for a hearing to decide whether the defendants should remain jailed without b…
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Alaska’s oil-producing North Slope
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck on Sunday near the native Alaskan village of Kaktovik and part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where the Trump administration plans to allow oil drilling, but no injuries or damage were reported.
Washington white nationalist rally sputters in sea of counterprotesters
A white nationalist rally in the heart of Washington drew two dozen demonstrators and thousands of chanting counterprotesters on Sunday, the one-year anniversary of racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Washington police out in force for far right rally on Charlottesville anniversary
Police were out in force in Washington on Sunday ahead of a white nationalist rally that was organized to coincide with the anniversary of last year’s racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
U.S. House candidates vulnerable to hacks: researchers
Three of every 10 candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives have significant security problems with their websites, according to a new study by independent researchers that underscores the threat hackers pose to the November elections.
