‘Suspicious packages’ received at sites around Washington area

The Defense Department said Monday evening that suspicious packages had been received at military installations in the Washington, D.C., region, and were under investigation. In addition, an NBC news report indicated that "similar" packages were located at mail processing facilities for both the CIA and the White House.

GOP-led states back Trump in California ‘sanctuary’ lawsuit

Texas and more than a dozen other states led by Republican governors got behind the Trump administration on Monday in its lawsuit over California's so-called sanctuary laws that protect people in the U.S. illegally. California's laws are designed to interfere with or block federal immigration enforcement but the state does not have that authority, the other states said in a court filing in the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against California.

Tammy Baldwin talks with police, others at roundtable on drugs in La Crosse

Just when police in the La Crosse area thought they had almost eliminated meth as a major drug problem, it has made a comeback. That's what La Crosse County chief deputy Jeff Wolf told Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others at a drug roundtable held in La Crosse on Monday.

Cambridge Analytica used foreign workers on US campaigns

A former employee of the data firm Cambridge Analytica tells CNN the company might have violated US election laws by using non-US citizens to work on American campaigns during the 2014 midterm election cycle. Company whistleblower Christopher Wylie says the data firm, which was hired by Donald Trump's presidential campaign during the 2016 election, was even warned about the practice by the company's US-based law firm two years prior.

Man who escaped al-Qaeda captivity in Syria claims FBI betrayed him

American who escaped al-Qaeda captivity in Syria says the FBI under Mueller and Comey 'betrayed' him and claims the bureau tried to run an intelligence operation instead of rescuing him He claims the FBI prioritized trying to track the computers and learn about the group rather than investigating his abduction An American photojournalist who managed to escape al-Qaeda captivity in Syria five years ago claims the FBI betrayed him and that agents put intelligence gathering ahead of his safety. Matt Schrier, now 39, was taken hostage by Jabhat al-Nusra, a militant group aligned with al-Qaeda, while he traveled through Syria back in December 2012.

Fishing boat sinks, crew saved hundreds of miles off Hawaii

A commercial fishing crew and a federal observer were rescued after their vessel sank and they spent hours in a life raft hundreds of miles off the coast of Hawaii, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. The agency said it received an emergency distress alert from the Princess Hawaii late Sunday morning about 400 miles north of the Big Island.

Hemp gains powerful ally to free it from marijuana ties

In this Aug. 13, 2015, file photo, hemp plants tower above researchers who tend to them at a research farm in Lexington, Ky. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday, March 26, 2018, he wants to bring hemp production back into the mainstream by removing it from the controlled substances list that now associates it with marijuana, its illicit cousin.

8th District: Dem tops $1M, Rossi stages $1K ‘All Star Huddle’

Dr. Kim Schrier, an Issquah pediatrician running as a Democrat to replace GOP Rep. Dave Reichert, becomes the second 8th District candidate to top $1 million in money raised. Dr. Kim Schrier, an Issquah pediatrician running as a Democrat to replace GOP Rep. Dave Reichert, becomes the second 8th District candidate to top $1 million in money raised.

White House probing huge loans to Kushner’s family firm

In this Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, White House Senior adviser Jared Kushner attends a meeting in Beijing. The head of the federal government's ethics agency says the White House is looking into whether up to $500 million that went to Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner's family real estate company may have spurred ethics or criminal law violations.

Olivia de Havilland loses Feud lawsuit as appeals court sides with FX

The veteran Hollywood star, 101, sued the network for defamation over what she said was a damaging portrayal of her as a gossip. The three judge panel overturned a previous court ruling that found in the actress's favor and ruled Monday that the First Amendment allowed filmmakers to embellish the historical record, Variety reported.