Trump says willing to be interviewed by Mueller under oath
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
Arizona man gets six months in prison for hacking university email accounts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Arizona man was sentenced to six months in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to hacking into over 1,000 email accounts at Pace University in New York in an attempt to download sexually explicit photos and videos.
Kushners drop effort to raise Chinese cash for New Jersey project: AP
(Reuters) – The real estate company of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, will no longer seek $150 million from wealthy Chinese investors for a New Jersey building project, the Associated Press reported on Wedne…
Explainer: More U.S. states eye donations to evade Trump tax changes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Legislation that first surfaced in California to give taxpayers a way to avoid the new cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions by making charitable donations has popped up in four more states so far, with others reviewing alter…
Judge narrows bribery case against New Jersey Democratic Senator Menendez
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday threw out several bribery charges against Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, five days after U.S. prosecutors announced they would seek to retry him after his first trial ended with a hung jury.
China’s illegal opioids enter U.S. through Postal Service gaps: probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Illegal shipments of the powerful and addictive opioid fentanyl are pouring into the United States by mail from China and the U.S. Postal Service must step up the use of high-tech detection methods to fight the problem, according…
Four U.S. citizens killed in Jan. 20 attack on Kabul hotel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four U.S. citizens were killed and two injured in Saturday’s attack by the Taliban on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
Trump administration presses ‘sanctuary cities’ for documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday escalated its battle with so-called sanctuary cities that protect illegal immigrants from deportation, demanding documents on whether local law enforcement agencies are illegal…
Friends mourn young sports fans slain in Kentucky school shooting
(Reuters) – When a teenaged boy opened fire in a Kentucky high school, he claimed the lives of two young, well-liked sports enthusiasts and traumatized a small farming town, where investigators on Wednesday tried to piece together the shooter’s motive….
Philip Morris sees six million U.S. smokers switching to iQOS device if cleared
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Philip Morris International Inc told a U.S. advisory panel on Wednesday that it expects around 6 million smokers to switch completely to its iQOS electronic tobacco device if the company is allowed to claim it is less risky than …
