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Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the team he assembled to investigate U.S. President Donald Trump and his associates have been funded through the end of September 2019, three U.S. officials said on Monday, an indication that the probe has funding to keep it going for months if need be. The operations and funding of Mueller’s …

The federal election oversight agency has levied a record fine against the Super PAC that backed former presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, who ran as a Republican in 2016, and a Chinese-owned corporation, according to a watchdog group that filed the initial complaint. The Campaign Legal Center had asked the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to impose …

A U.S. citizen held in Iran has been sentenced for an unspecified crime, Iranian news agencies reported Monday, in a case likely to worsen already terrible relations with the United States. Michael White, a 46-year-old U.S. Navy veteran, was arrested last July while visiting his Iranian girlfriend, the New York Times has reported. The arrest …

Kelly Catlin, an Olympic track cyclist who helped the U.S. women’s pursuit team win a silver medal at the 2016 summer games in Rio de Janeiro, has died at the age of 23. USA Cycling announced her death in a statement Sunday, saying the community has “suffered a devastating loss.” “Kelly was more than an …

Kelly Catlin, an Olympic track cyclist who helped the U.S. women’s pursuit team win a silver medal at the 2016 summer games in Rio de Janeiro, has died at the age of 23. USA Cycling announced her death in a statement Sunday, saying the community has “suffered a devastating loss.” “Kelly was more than an …

A law student at Georgetown University was one of the 157 people who perished in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight this weekend.  Cedric Asiavugwa, a third-year student at Georgetown Law, was on his way home to Nairobi, Kenya, following the death of his fiance’s mother, the university explained in a statement to students.  …

A law student at Georgetown University was one of the 157 people who perished in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight this weekend.  Cedric Asiavugwa, a third-year student at Georgetown Law, was on his way home to Nairobi, Kenya, following the death of his fiance’s mother, the university explained in a statement to students.  …

President Donald Trump plans to seek another $8.6 billion for a border wall in his new budget to be released Monday, White House officials say. This new request would be on top of the nearly $7 billion Trump has ordered to be used to build a wall under his state of emergency declaration. The budget …

Jennifer Lopez said yes to Alex Rodriguez’s proposal, and with the rock he presented, who could say no? The couple posted an Instagram photo of their hands with a massive engagement ring on Lopez’s ring finger. The former Yankees shortstop captioned his photo with “she said yes” and a heart emoji.   The couple has …

Jennifer Lopez said yes to Alex Rodriguez’s proposal, and with the rock he presented, who could say no? The couple posted an Instagram photo of their hands with a massive engagement ring on Lopez’s ring finger. The former Yankees shortstop captioned his photo with “she said yes” and a heart emoji.   The couple has …

Sunday marks the start of Sunshine Week, an effort to highlight the role of freedom of information at all levels of the U.S. government. The week brings together a range of groups including media outlets, government officials, nonprofit organizations, schools, and libraries in an effort to promote and explain the importance of open government and …

Sunday marks the start of Sunshine Week, an effort to highlight the role of freedom of information at all levels of the U.S. government. The week brings together a range of groups including media outlets, government officials, nonprofit organizations, schools, and libraries in an effort to promote and explain the importance of open government and …

A Frenchman continues to lead this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Nicolas Petit was the first musher Saturday to leave the checkpoint at Eagle Island, about 592 miles (953 kilometers) into the 1,000 mile (1609 kilometer) race across the Alaska wilderness to Nome. Petit, who was last year’s runner-up, now lives in Girdwood, Alaska, …

A Frenchman continues to lead this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Nicolas Petit was the first musher Saturday to leave the checkpoint at Eagle Island, about 592 miles (953 kilometers) into the 1,000 mile (1609 kilometer) race across the Alaska wilderness to Nome. Petit, who was last year’s runner-up, now lives in Girdwood, Alaska, …

A federal judge’s unexpected sentencing of Paul Manafort to less than four years in prison has been decried by some critics as a mere slap on the wrist, reigniting a debate over racial and class disparities in the American criminal justice system. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis sentenced Manafort to 47 months …

A federal judge’s unexpected sentencing of Paul Manafort to less than four years in prison has been decried by some critics as a mere slap on the wrist, reigniting a debate over racial and class disparities in the American criminal justice system. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis sentenced Manafort to 47 months …

Back in the day, when the “grandmas and grandpas” of the Native American Church (NAC) needed peyote, they would make a 2,000-kilometer pilgrimage from the reservations of South Dakota to the tiny town of Mirando City, Texas, close to the U.S. border with Mexico. That’s where they could find Amada Cardenas, a Mexican-American woman who …

Despite satellite images and analyst reports of renewed activity at a North Korean long-range rocket site, President Donald Trump says he believes he has a strong relationship with Chairman Kim Jong Un and would be surprised if he resumed nuclear tests. Lawmakers say the president was right to walk away from the summit in Hanoi …

The United States has accused Iran of defying a U.N. Security Council resolution with one ballistic missile test and two satellite launches since December and has urged the council to “bring back tougher international restrictions” on Tehran.    A 2015 U.N. resolution “called upon” Iran to refrain for up to eight years from work on …

A grand jury in Chicago has returned a 16-count felony indictment against television actor Jussie Smollett, accusing him of falsely reporting to police that he was the victim of a hate-crime assault, local media reported on Friday, citing court records. Smollett, who is black and openly gay and plays a gay character on the Fox …

Federal authorities are investigating claims that Martin Shkreli has been running his pharmaceutical company from behind bars.    The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Friday that it had opened an inquiry into whether the so-called “Pharma Bro” used a contraband smartphone inside a federal prison in New Jersey.    The Wall Street Journal reported this …

The recent congressional testimony of President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, transfixed Washington at a time when the president is under increasing scrutiny. To some, Cohen’s moment in the national spotlight harkened back to dramatic moments from another time, the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, which eventually forced President Richard Nixon …

First Lady Melania Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday paid tribute to 10 women from around the world with this year’s International Women of Courage awards. Honoree Naw K’nyaw Paw of Myanmar, also known as Burma, described her own personal experience as one of many who, she says, endured brutality at the hands …

An Auschwitz survivor and stepsister of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank met Thursday with some of the California high school students who posed in social media photos giving Nazi salutes over a swastika made of red cups used in a drinking game.  The anti-Semitic images, one with the caption “master race,” a reference to the Nazi …

Paul Manafort, who served as U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign manager for several months in mid-2016, is set to be sentenced Thursday in federal court for tax and bank fraud. Sentencing guidelines suggest a judge could send Manafort to prison for between 19 and 24 years. For a man who turns 70 on April 1, …

Paul Manafort, who served as U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign manager for several months in mid-2016, is set to be sentenced Thursday in federal court for tax and bank fraud. Sentencing guidelines suggest a judge could send Manafort to prison for between 19 and 24 years. For a man who turns 70 on April 1, …