Sep 28 Judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant kids By Amy Taxin, Associated Press A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. Continue reading
Sep 28 US official: Trump's special envoy to Ukraine has resigned By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation, according to a… Continue reading
Sep 27 Who's who in the Trump impeachment process? By Candice Norwood The whistleblower complaint that helped spark the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has a dizzying cast of characters. Continue reading
Sep 27 Joe Wilson, skeptic on Iraq War intelligence, dies at age 69 By Morgan Lee, Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Wilson died of organ failure in Santa Fe, said his former wife, Valerie Plame, whose identity as a CIA operative was exposed days after Wilson's criticism of U.S. intelligence that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was attempting to purchase uranium. Continue reading
Sep 27 U.S. ambassador pressed Ukraine corruption fight before ouster By Ben Fox, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Officials described Yovanovitch as a respected and highly skilled diplomat who was carrying out two main missions on behalf of the administration: pressing the Ukrainian government to address long-standing U.S. concerns about public corruption in the East European nation and… Continue reading
Sep 27 Judge says Trump's migrant child detention rules go against Flores agreement By Amy Taxin, Associated Press The judge issued a tentative ruling indicating she will likely block the Trump rules from taking effect. Continue reading
Sep 27 Dallas officer takes stand at trial for shooting her black neighbor By Associated Press Amber Guyger was off duty but in uniform when she shot 26-year-old Botham Jean in his apartment. Guyger says she mistook Jean's apartment for her own. Continue reading
Sep 27 Pelosi 'concerned' over Trump's 'spy' comments amid whistleblower controversy By Associated Press Pelosi told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" show, "I'm concerned about some of the president's comments about the whistleblower."… Continue reading
Sep 26 Trump administration proposes historically low refugee limit By Elana Schor, Associated Press A State Department proposal released Thursday would put a cap on the number of refugees at 18,000 for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. Continue reading
Sep 26 Income inequality grew in 2018, Census data shows By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Three of the states with biggest gains in inequality from 2017 to 2018 were places with large pockets of wealth — California, Texas and Virginia. Continue reading