Manafort jailed over tampering charges

A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday over charges he tampered with witnesses while out on bail - a major blow for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman as he awaits trial on federal conspiracy and money-laundering charges next month. "You have abused the trust placed in you six months ago," U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Manafort.

Summit does not deal with North Korea’s hacking

Among the subjects President Donald Trump apparently didn't discuss with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore - the regime's human rights abuses, its exports of missile technology and its mistreatment of U.S. prisoners - there's one more: its long record of dangerous cyberattacks against sensitive targets in the U.S. and allied nations. Experts warn that the country's hacking skills have become increasingly sophisticated and dangerous in recent years.

Nearly 2,000 minors split from parents at border in six weeks: US

Critics of a Trump administration policy that separates children from their parents when they are detained after crossing the US border are demanding changes to the policy, as this protest in Los Angeles. WASHINGTON: Nearly 2,000 minors were separated from their parents or adult guardians who illegally crossed into the United States over a recent six-week period, officials said on Friday , as debate raged over how to end the deeply controversial practice.

Kevin Costner Goes Back to the Well of Westerns in Yellowstone

At a moment of crisis in the Paramount Network's new Western Yellowstone , rancher John Dutton's sabre-toothed daughter pleads with him: "Just tell me who to fight." Dutton's snarled reply: "Everyone!" And there in a nutshell-or maybe a spent .50 caliber cartridge-you have the entire ethos of the fiercely engrossing Yellowstone, a bloody and paranoid parable of anti-modernism.

Trump Insiders Are Said to Seek Pardon for Milken, King of Junk

Some of President Donald Trump's closest confidants have urged him to pardon Michael Milken, the 1980s "junk bond king" who has unsuccessfully sought for decades to reverse his securities fraud conviction, according to people familiar with the matter. The idea of a Milken pardon is being supported by Anthony Scaramucci, the financier who briefly directed White House communications; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; and Trump son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, the people said.

Trump Insiders Seek Pardon for Milken, King of Junk

Some of President Donald Trump's closest confidants have urged him to pardon Michael Milken, the 1980s "junk bond king" who has unsuccessfully sought for decades to reverse his securities fraud conviction, according to people familiar with the matter. The idea of a Milken pardon is being supported by Anthony Scaramucci, the financier who briefly directed White House communications; Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin; and Trump son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, the people said.

GOP lawmakers decry family separations as WH defends policy

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders gestures while speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, June 14, 2018. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders gestures while speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, June 14, 2018.

House GOP proposal would incarcerate asylum seekers with their children

House Republican leaders on Thursday circulated a proposal to end the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant children from their families when they are apprehended at the border - one that would, in effect, allow children to be detained alongside their parents. The provision is included in a "discussion draft" of broader GOP legislation aimed at striking a compromise between conservative and moderate Republicans on immigration by balancing relief for young undocumented immigrants, billions of dollars for President Donald Trump's border wall and changes to legal immigration programs.

House to vote on a dangerousa bill to escalate drug war, potentially ban kratom

In an effort to show the House of Representatives is serious about taking on the opioid overdose problem, the House is considering dozens of bills dealing with the issue. Among them is H.R. 2851, The Stop Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act, which would significantly expand the powers of the Department of Justice to unilaterally prohibit synthetic drugs chemically similar to currently banned drugs and determine penalties accordingly.

Apple’s loophole fix comes in the form of a new software feature…

Apple is closing a loophole that allowed law enforcement to crack open an iPhone, making it harder for anyone but the owner to access the smartphone's contents. The fix, however, may reignite a firestorm of words that occurred in 2016 between Apple and the Federal Bureau of Investigation over accessing the iPhone of San Bernardino mass-shooter Syed Rizwan Farook.

Prosecutors: Kentucky Consultant Gave Bribe For Contract

Federal prosecutors say a veteran Democratic consultant and lobbyist gave "Christmas presents" to a high-ranking state official as part of a pay-to-play scheme that "attempted to reach the highest levels of state government." But an attorney for James Sullivan says the lobbyist is just being used by the state's former No.

Rep. Sanford loses GOP primary, attacked for Trump criticism

Poll volunteer Tom Spain hands out stickers to former Gov, Mark Sanford after he cast his own ballot at Alhambra Hall polling station Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. South Carolina Rep.Katie Arrington, who is running for the first district of South Carolina, campaigns after voting for herself in the primary election on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at Bethany United Methodist Church in Summerville.

Belizean man given four life sentences in the US for murdering family members

A Belizean man was sentenced to four terms of life imprisonment more than a month after a jury found him guilty of four counts of second-degree murder. Brian Omar Hyde, 22, an undocumented immigrant, was found guilty in April of murdering four members of his family, including his 37-year-old aunt, Dorla Pitts; his 17-year-old cousin, Starlette Pitts; and 19-year-old Michael Kelly.

An immigrant prepares to become an American citizen on August 16, 2013, in New York City.Photo: AFP

The crackdown targets thousands of people suspected of using fake identities to get around previous deportation orders, then fraudulently obtaining citizenship The US government agency that oversees immigration applications is launching an office that will focus on identifying Americans who are suspected of cheating to get their citizenship and seek to strip them of it. US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director L. Francis Cissna said his agency is hiring several dozen lawyers and immigration officers to review cases of immigrants who were ordered deported and are suspected of using fake identities to later get green cards and citizenship through naturalisation.

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $82 million in outside…

Sean Hannity scores Trump's North Korea interview - President Trump's first sit-down television interview after his historic summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is expected to be with his friend and confidant, Fox News host Sean Hannity, Axios has learned. U.S. won't bring up North Korea's human rights issues at Singapore summit - WASHINGTON - Wounded from torture and starving, Grace Jo's father died on a train heading to a North Korean prison camp, a fellow inmate told his family.