New charges filed against parents in California abused siblings case
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (Reuters) – A California couple accused of keeping 13 children imprisoned, chained and starved in a squalid suburban home were hit with additional charges on Friday as defense lawyers said they were overwhelmed by the sheer amount of …
Corporate partners cut cord with NRA as gun control debate rages
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fallout over last week’s shooting rampage at a Florida high school started to take its toll on the National Rifle Association’s roster of corporate partners on Friday as a half dozen companies severed marketing ties with the gu…
New indictment alleges Manafort payments to former European politicians
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new indictment filed on Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller alleges that President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort secretly paid former senior European politicians in 2012 and 2013 to lobby for the pro…
Alabama’s aborted execution comes under court review
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge ordered Alabama on Friday to preserve death chamber evidence of an aborted execution and be ready to present it at court after lawyers for the condemned man warned his poor health left him with veins unusable for a lethal injec…
Indicted Missouri governor resigns from post with GOP governors group
(Reuters) – Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, under indictment for invasion of privacy in connection with the cover-up of an extramarital affair, has resigned from a leadership position with the Republican Governors Association, the organization said on…
Former Trump campaign aide pleads guilty in Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former senior official in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Rick Gates, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy against the United States and lying to investigators, and he is cooperating with a federal probe into Russi…
Vehicle strikes White House barrier, driver apprehended
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A passenger vehicle struck a White House security barrier on Friday but did not breach it, and the female driver was immediately apprehended, the U.S. Secret Service said.
Add another item to Trump’s list of frustrations: his bald spot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has a bald spot and it evidently annoys him.
Trump: Chief of staff Kelly to settle Kushner security dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he will leave it to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to settle a security clearance dispute involving son-in-law and top aide Jared Kushner, but left little doubt he wants the case settl…
Corporate partners cut cord with NRA as ground shifts in gun debate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than half a dozen U.S. companies have abruptly cut ties with the National Rifle Association as gun safety activists on Friday intensified calls for a boycott in the wake of last week’s Florida high school massacre.
