A teenage girl died in a hospital three weeks after she was severely burned in a fire that tore through Mendocino County, California, raising the number of those killed in the state’s wildfires this month to 43. Kressa Shepherd, 17, died Sunday night at a Sacramento hospital, her aunt, Mindi […]
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Judge largely blocks Trump’s military transgender ban
A federal court judge in Washington, D.C., has largely blocked President Trump’s controversial ban on transgender people serving in the military. The judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, issued a preliminary injunction on Monday halting two portions of Trump’s presidential memorandum issued in late August, including his reinstatement of the ban on transgender […]
Bergdahl to get fair sentence despite Trump’s comments, judge says
President Donald Trump‘s comments about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl do not mean the soldier can’t receive a fair sentencing, a military judge ruled on Monday as the soldier and captive took the stand for the first time. But those disparaging comments, including calling Bergdahl a traitor and suggesting he should be […]
Trump says ‘no collusion’ as White House, Democrats react to Russia probe charges
In the wake of two indictments and a guilty plea in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, the White House insisted that the criminal charges have nothing to do with President Donald Trump or his campaign. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders also said Trump has no intention of firing Mueller. […]
ANALYSIS: Mueller makes bold first moves, how will Trump respond?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has shown his first cards – and they make statements by themselves. The next move belongs to President Donald Trump, setting up a clash that could reverberate through the rest of his presidency. On one level, the first action from Mueller’s team produced a narrow pair […]
China to US: Stay out of South China Sea talks
The United States shouldn’t obstruct efforts by China and its neighbors to agree on a code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea, China’s ambassador said Monday as President Donald Trump prepared for his first official visit to Asia. Ambassador Cui Tiankai said the U.S. has no territorial claim […]
DC court bars Trump from reversing transgender troops policy
A federal court in Washington is barring President Donald Trump from changing the government’s policy on military service by transgender people. Trump announced in an August memo that he intended to reverse course on a 2016 policy that allowed troops to serve openly as transgender individuals. He said he would […]
Trump campaign adviser pleads guilty to misleading investigators on Russia contacts
George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, pleaded guilty earlier this month to making false statements to FBI agents about his correspondence with Russian nationals and attempts to arrange a meeting between the campaign and Russian officials. News of the plea came Monday morning, shortly […]
Husband and wife who survived Vegas shooting die in car crash
When gunfire erupted in Las Vegas earlier this month in what would become the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, Dennis Carver shielded his wife, Lorraine, from the bullets and guided her to safety, even as others were shot around them. “We are safe,” Lorraine (Lora) Carver wrote on […]
Ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and associate indicted in probe
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and Manafort’s longtime business associate Rick Gates were indicted Monday as part of Special Prosecutorl Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference, and a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents. Manafort surrenedered to federal […]