Lawyer in Russia case receives 30-day sentence

A Dutch attorney who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates and a Russian intelligence agent was sentenced to 30 days in prison and a $20,000 fine Tuesday. Lawyer connected to Russia election interference investigation receives 30-day sentence A Dutch attorney who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates and a Russian intelligence agent was sentenced to 30 days in prison and a $20,000 fine Tuesday.

Trump Threatens Honduras’ Foreign Aid Over Migrant Caravan

President Donald Trump said Honduras' US aid is "at play" because of a caravan of migrants moving through Mexico who plan to turn themselves in and request asylum once they make it to the US border. President Donald Trump said Honduras' US aid is "at play" because of a caravan of migrants moving through Mexico who plan to turn themselves in and request asylum once they make it to the US border.

Texas executes man who stuffed woman’s body into luggage

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Rosendo Rodriguez III. Attorneys for the Texas death row inmate known as the "suitcase killer" have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his scheduled execution this week for the slaying of a Lubbock woman whose body was stuffed inside a suitcase dumped in the trash.

videoTrump outraged over Mexico migrant ‘caravan’

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump lashed out in fury Monday over immigration, an outburst triggered by images of a "caravan" of hundreds of Central American migrants headed toward the US border. Central Americans taking part in a 'caravan' called "Migrant Viacrucis", wait in line to get a meal in Matias Romero, Oaxaca state, Mexico on April 2, 2018 For the second straight day, Trump took to Twitter to attack Mexico for allowing the 1,500-strong group to march unimpeded toward the United States, their daily progress mapped out by US media.

Virginia governor OKs paying ‘Norfolk Four’ $3.5 million

Gov. Ralph Northam has signed legislation to provide nearly $3.5 million in compensation to the "Norfolk Four," the U.S. Navy sailors who were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for a 1997 rape and murder. Northam last week signed identical House and Senate bills to compensate Danial Williams, Joseph Dick, Derek Tice and Eric Wilson, who were wrongly convicted in 1999 of raping and killing 18-year-old Michelle Bosko.

Trump calls for Congress to pass border legislation

U.S. President Donald Trump renewed calls for Congress to pass immigration legislation on Monday, one day after saying he would not consider a deal to protect young immigrants. "Congress must immediately pass Border Legislation, use Nuclear Option if necessary, to stop the massive inflow of Drugs and People Act now Congress, our country is being stolen!" Trump said on Twitter.

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 2, 2018

The USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker is sponsored by CNA . These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy's deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 2, 2018, based on Navy and public data.

Trump demands Congress pass new border legislation using a nuclear optiona

President Donald Trump demanded Monday that Congress pass new border legislation using the "Nuclear Option if necessary" to muscle it through the Senate - a drastic change in rules the Republican leader has previously dismissed. Trump tweeted that the U.S. must build a border wall, but argued that "Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!" He also said that a deal to help "Dreamer" immigrants is "dead because the Democrats didn't care or act."

At Mar-a-Lago, Trump hears from immigration hardliners

Retreating from the White House for a three-night stay at his Florida estate, President Donald Trump heard this weekend from a parade of allies -- many on the Fox News payroll -- that his base believes he is softening on immigration. It was one takeaway from a long holiday break, during which Trump surrounded himself with the type of unwavering allies he's struggled to find in Washington, people familiar with their conversations said.

Donald Trump began tweeting over the weekend on immigration

US President Donald Trump has continued to rage over immigration, calling on Congress to pass border legislation using the "nuclear option if necessary". Mr Trump tweeted that the US must build a border wall, but argued that "Democrats want No Borders, hence drugs and crime!" He also said that a deal to help "Dreamer" immigrants is "dead because the Democrats didn't care or act".

NSA nominee prepares to face Russia

The next head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command will be taking charge in the face of what intelligence officials call the greatest strategic threat to the United States: Russia's efforts to disrupt U.S. elections. Lt. Gen.

Trumpa s talk of a Syria pullout nothing new

President Donald Trump's unscripted remark this week about pulling out of Syria "very soon," while at odds with his own policy, was not a one-off: For weeks, top advisers have been fretting about an overly hasty withdrawal as the president has increasingly told them privately he wants out, U.S. officials said. Only two months ago, Trump's aides thought they'd persuaded him that the U.S. needed to keep its presence in Syria open-ended _ not only because the Islamic State group has yet to be entirely defeated, but also because the resulting power vacuum could be filled by other extremist groups or by Iran.

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