Oct 31 WATCH: Trump signals additional troop increase along U.S.-Mexico border President Donald Trump says the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could go as high as 15,000. Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that “we’ll go up to anywhere between 10 and 15,000 military… Continue reading
Oct 31 Pittsburgh shooting suspect indicted on 44 counts, including hate crimes By Associated Press The suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Federal prosecutors have previously indicated they plan to seek the death penalty. Continue reading
Oct 31 Mafia hit man is suspect in death of Whitey Bulger, official says By Alanna Durkin Richer, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Fotios "Freddy" Geas and at least one other inmate are believed to have been involved in 89-year-old Bulger's killing Tuesday at a West Virginia prison. Continue reading
Oct 31 WATCH: Trump to speak at ‘Our Pledge to America’s Workers Event’ By Joshua Barajas Trump is scheduled to speak at 2:30 p.m. EDT. Watch his remarks here. Continue reading
Oct 31 Turkish prosecutor says Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi strangled, dismembered By Mehmet Guzel, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered before it was removed, a top Turkish prosecutor said Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 31 U.S. states split on allowing citizen ballot initiatives By David Crary, Associated Press Every two years, citizens across the U.S. manage to place some eye-catching measures on state election ballots, posing questions to voters that can be divisive and sometimes historic. But more than half of states offer no such opportunity. Continue reading
Oct 31 Pompeo and Mattis call for Yemen cease-fire, political talks By Robert Burns, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The renewed push for a political solution in Yemen comes amid growing criticism of U.S. military support for Saudi Arabia's Yemen air campaign in the aftermath of the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey. Continue reading
Oct 31 U.S. steps up scrutiny of funds for people exposed to asbestos By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The actions take aim at a system that over decades has paid out billions of dollars to the sick and cancer-stricken, but that critics say is opaque and prone to fraud and manipulation by well-connected lawyers. Continue reading
Oct 31 AP fact check: Trump far off track on birthright citizenship By Mark Sherman, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump has astonished legal scholars with his claim that he can end birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen. No, they say, he can't. Continue reading
Oct 31 DOJ says pipe bomb suspect searched targets, photos online By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc searched for addresses of his targets online and had photos of many of them on his cellphone, including one of Michelle Obama's driver's license, federal prosecutors said in a letter outlining more evidence against him. Continue reading