Nov 27 Melania Trump and Karen Pence assemble comfort kits for troops By Associated Press Mrs. Trump said Tuesday the packs are "one small way that we can say thank you and honor the sacrifices that members of the military make year-round."… Continue reading
Nov 27 Judge hears request to unseal pending Assange charges after being mistakenly revealed By Yanan Wang, Associated Press Typically, criminal charges remain under seal until a defendant has been arrested to prevent a target from fleeing arrest or destroying evidence ahead of prosecution. Continue reading
Nov 27 Pence and Kushner make push for criminal justice rewrite on Capitol Hill By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senators announced a bipartisan agreement on the legislation earlier this month, but McConnell has yet to say whether he will hold a vote on the bill. Vice President Kike Pence and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner are expected to… Continue reading
Nov 27 WATCH: White House addresses Manafort’s alleged breach of plea deal By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders held a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon, and discussed the accusation that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort violated a plea agreement in the Russia investigation, as well as the Mississippi Senate runoff. Continue reading
Nov 27 Mississippi voters go to the polls in last Senate race of 2018 midterms By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press History will be made either way: Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, 59, would be the first woman ever elected to Congress from Mississippi, and Democrat Mike Espy, 64, would be the state's first African-American U.S. senator since Reconstruction. Continue reading
Nov 27 After Khashoggi killing, Saudi prince looks to rebuild image abroad By Aya Batrawy, Associated Press Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's first trip abroad since the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi will offer an early indication of the repercussions he faces from the gruesome slaying. Continue reading
Nov 27 Trump rejects key conclusion of U.S. government climate report By Seth Borenstein, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The president has rejected a central conclusion of a report on the economic costs of climate change released by his own administration, but economists said the warning of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in global warming costs is… Continue reading
Nov 27 AP fact check: Obama didn’t have a family separation policy By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump is falsely asserting that the federal policy that split migrant families at the border was practiced by his predecessor, Barack Obama, as well. Here's a look at Trump's claim. Continue reading
Nov 26 Ex-Trump campaign chair Manafort lied and broke plea agreement, special counsel says By Chad Day, Associated Press Prosecutors say in a new court filing that after former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed to truthfully cooperate with the investigation, he "committed federal crimes" by lying about "a variety of subject matters." They are now asking a federal… Continue reading
Nov 26 Associate of Roger Stone says he’ll reject plea offer in Mueller probe By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Jerome Corsi, a conservative author who has pushed conspiracy theories, told news organizations he planned to reject a potential plea deal with prosecutors because it would force him to admit to willfully lying, which he insisted he did not do. Continue reading