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The new U.S. ambassador to Russia has presented his diplomatic credentials to President Vladimir Putin at a ceremony in the Kremlin on Monday, a move that marks the formal start of Jon Huntsman's work in Russia. Huntsman takes the high-profile job amid investigations into alleged meddling by Moscow in last year's U.S. presidential election.
The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two "bump-stocks" that could have converted semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones, officials said. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has long railed against them.
The Kansas Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated ruling Monday instructing Kansas lawmakers to adopt a more reasonable strategy for increased funding of K-12 public school districts and to prove its plan complies with the state constitution. The Supreme Court declared lawmakers' current funding plan unconstitutional and gave the Kansas Legislature until next year to once and for all solve persistent problems with allocation of state aid to public education.
Insurance coverage for more than 390,000 Texas children and pregnant women is in jeopardy after Congress failed to renew authorization for a federal program. Congressional authorization for the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides low-cost health insurance for children from low- and middle-income families, expires Sept.
Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook tool to repeatedly send them messages designed to influence their political behavior, say people familiar with the investigation into foreign meddling in the U.S. election. The tactic resembles what American businesses and political campaigns have been doing in recent years to deliver messages to potentially interested people online.
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II released the following statement in regards to the mass shooting that took place last night in Las Vegas, Nevada. 'This latest incomprehensible act of mass murder has once again shaken this country to its core.
President Donald Trump is calling upon the "bonds that unite us," following the mass shooting in Las Vegas. He says "our unity cannot be shattered by evil."
Natalynn Rivis, a student at University of Nevada Las Vegas, right, takes part in a vigil Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. A gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino hotel rained automatic weapons fire down on the crowd of over 22,000 at an outdoor country music festival Sunday.
From left: Dwain Reynolds, Keenan Pontoni, Shri Thanedar and Tiyi Schippers at the After 26 Depot Cafe during the Wexford County Progressives\'s Ephraim Shay Dinner. From left: Dwain Reynolds, Keenan Pontoni, Shri Thanedar and Tiyi Schippers at the After 26 Depot Cafe during the Wexford County Progressives\'s Ephraim Shay Dinner.
One of the Russian-bought advertisements that Facebook shared with congressional investigators on Monday featured photographs of an armed black woman "dry firing" a rifle -- pulling the trigger of the weapon without a bullet in the chamber, according to people familiar with the investigation. Investigators believe the advertisement may have been designed to encourage black militancy and, at the same time, to stoke fears within white communities, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the probe.
On September 29, Politico published an article claiming that Bernie Sanders Supporters have opted not to primary Democratic Party incumbents. "Democrats have long been terrified that the Sanders-Clinton slugfest of 2016 would set off a prolonged civil war in the party, forcing incumbents to fight off primary challengers from the left in Senate and gubernatorial races," Politico reported.
Trump administration allows more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons. Trump administration allows more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women for religious and moral reasons.
Wisconsin Republicans have two credible and likely well-funded candidates vying to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin. But strategists are keeping their eyes on at least one other possible competitor.
Drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino today on the Las Vegas Strip following a mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas. Authorities say Stephen Craig Paddock broke the windows and began firing with a cache of weapons, killing dozens and injuring hundreds.
This June 28, 2014, file courtroom sketch, United States Magistrate, Judge John Facciola, swearing in the defendant, Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khattala, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson watches during a hearing at the federal U.S. District Court in Washington. The trial of Khattala, the Libyan militant accused of being the mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi attacks is scheduled to begin on Oct. 2, 2017.
WikiLeaks published hundreds of thousands of DNC e-mails, as well as ones from the computer of campaign head John Podesta and others. If the Russians didn't hack the DNC computers and release the e-mails, then someone else did.
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller and his team have a big advantage in the Washington debate about the story of the Trump campaign and the Russian government : a wellspring of new evidence gathered by the FBI and the NSA , with warrants approved by the federal courts. Mainstream media news organizations cultivate this relationship.
The father of a California congressman has been released from federal prison after serving most of his sentence for illegally funneling nearly $270,000 in contributions to his son's campaign. Babulal Bera was released Thursday, seven weeks shy of his full sentence of one year and one day behind bars.
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