A second U.S. federal court has voted to uphold a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel from six mostly Muslim countries. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled unanimously Monday against Trump’s temporary ban, on the grounds that the president overstepped his authority when he issued his March 2 […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby told a judge on Monday he would not testify in his own defense at his sexual assault trial, and his lawyers called a single witness before resting their case. “Is it your decision not to testify?” Judge Steven O’Neill asked Cosby before the trial resumed since pausing for the […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify publicly to a Senate panel on Tuesday, the committee’s chairman said, setting up another potentially dramatic congressional hearing on possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race. Sessions is likely to face questions by the Senate Intelligence Committee […]
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2017 — The defense system that protects the United States from ballistic missile attacks now outpaces the threat from adversaries out to 2020, and the Defense Department is advancing the capability to stay ahead of the threat into the future, defense officials said on Capitol Hill yesterday. Thomas H. Harvey III, acting […]