Trump likes renaming people, places and things. He’s not the first to deploy that perk of power
History, it has been said, is written by the winners. President Donald Trump is working that lever of power — again. This time, he’s insisting that Washington’s NFL team change its name from the Commanders back to
A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark
A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge of surpassing 100,000 acres to become what’s officially known as a megafire. Nearly 900
Trump says Obama was leader of gang who plotted against him
President Trump says that journalists should devote more investigative attention to his two Democratic predecessors than to, what he has termed, a sordid and deceased Jeffrey Epstein. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday, President Donald
US ends a mail fraud case, 32 years late
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -In an apparent example of better-late-than-never, a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday dismissed a mail fraud criminal case after the U.S. Department of Justice realized it should have ended in
Family, supporters urge release of Spanish-language journalist in ICE custody
ATLANTA (AP) — A Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest just outside Atlanta last month and is being held in a federal immigration jail felt a duty to help those whose voices often go
Trump rehashes years-old grievances on Russia investigation after new intelligence report
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump rehashed longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his first term, lashing out Tuesday following a new report from his intelligence director aimed at casting doubt on long-established
Prominent Miami defense attorney Roy Black dies, represented William Kennedy Smith in rape trial
Prominent Miami defense lawyer Roy Black, who gained national attention by winning an acquittal in the 1991 William Kennedy Smith rape trial and was involved in scores of other high-profile cases, has died at the age of
New York to make phone calls free in its state prisons
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will soon make phone calls free in its state prisons, officials said Tuesday. People who are incarcerated in the state’s prisons currently receive three free, 15-minute phone calls a week. After
Pentagon tightens rules on getting medical waivers to join the military
WASHINGTON (AP) — People with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve in the military, according to new
US government employee banned from leaving China
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government employee has been banned from leaving China after traveling there in a personal capacity, the State Department said Tuesday, marking the latest case where Beijing has stopped U.S. nationals from departing
