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Feb 16, 2019
US investigators pursuing a long-running criminal investigation into WikiLeaks
U.S. authorities have issued no public comments about the status of Wikileaks-related investigations. -
Feb 16, 2019
Donald Trump declares national emergency to circumvent Congress for border wall funding; House of Representatives launches probe
US president Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the US-Mexico border without congressional approval, an action Democrats vowed to challenge as a violation of the US Constitution. -
Feb 16, 2019
Mass shooting at Aurora: Five dead, multiple police officers injured by gunman who opened fire at US industrial area
Five people were killed and multiple police officers shot on Friday when a gunman opened fire in an industrial area at Aurora on the outskirts of Chicago, the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. -
Feb 16, 2019
Mueller seeks tough sentence for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort
(Reuters) - Prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a federal judge in Virginia on Friday to impose a strict prison sentence for President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, after a jury last year convicted him on eight counts of bank and tax fraud. In their sentencing memo filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, prosecutors said Manafort, who is 69, deserves between 19.6 and 24.4 years in prison and a fine of between $50,000 and $24 million -
Feb 16, 2019
Legal challenges to Trump emergency declaration face uphill battle
By Alison Frankel and Tom Hals (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers, states and others mulling legal challenges to President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to obtain funds to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall face an uphill and probably losing battle in a showdown likely to be decided by the conservative-majority Supreme Court, legal experts said. After being rebuffed by the U.S -
Feb 16, 2019
Five killed as gunman opens fire at Illinois warehouse
By Suzannah Gonzales CHICAGO (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire in an industrial warehouse in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, killing five people and wounding five police officers before he was slain, law enforcement officials said. -
Feb 16, 2019
Trump declares emergency for border wall, House panel launches probe
By Roberta Rampton and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border without congressional approval, an action Democrats vowed to challenge as a violation of the U.S. Constitution. -
Feb 16, 2019
Army calls base housing hazards ‘unconscionable,’ details steps to protect families
By Joshua Schneyer, Andrea Januta and Deborah Nelson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deeply troubled by military housing conditions exposed by Reuters reporting, the U.S. Army's top leadership vowed on Friday to renegotiate its housing contracts with private real estate firms, test tens of thousands of homes for toxins and hold its own commanders responsible for protecting Army base residents from dangerous homes. -
Feb 16, 2019
Trump declares U.S.-Mexico emergency for border wall
By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border without congressional approval, an action Democrats vowed to challenge as a violation of the U.S. Constitution -
Feb 16, 2019
Turkey urges U.S. to put its weight behind Khashoggi investigation
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged the United States on Friday to put its weight behind the investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and not to set the matter aside because of its ties with Riyadh. -
Feb 16, 2019
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg back at court after cancer bout
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the court on Friday for the first time after weeks of recuperating from lung cancer surgery and missing oral arguments in January, a court official said on Friday. -
Feb 16, 2019
After Auschwitz visit, Pence accuses Iran of Nazi-like anti-Semitism
By Robin Emmott and Lesley Wroughton MUNICH/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. -
Feb 16, 2019
After strong 2019 start for U.S. stocks, trade verdict looms
By Lewis Krauskopf and Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Optimism about a U.S.-China trade agreement has helped drive U.S. stocks to more than two-month highs, creating a make-or-break moment for Wall Street as a year-long clash between the world's two largest economies comes to a head. Investors are increasingly hopeful about a positive resolution as a March 1 deadline for trade talks nears. -
Feb 16, 2019
Wall Street rallies on U.S.-China trade optimism
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rallied on Friday on growing hopes the United States and China can hammer out an agreement resolving their protracted trade war. All three major U.S. indexes were higher, with the Dow and the Nasdaq on course to recording their eighth consecutive weekly gains -
Feb 16, 2019
Trump declares U.S.-Mexico border emergency; Democrats protest
By Roberta Rampton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border without congressional approval, an action Democrats vowed to challenge as a violation of the U.S. -
Feb 16, 2019
U.S. Supreme Court to decide legality of census citizenship query
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the fate of a fiercely contested plan by President Donald Trump's administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing on Friday to an expedited review of a judge's ruling blocking the plan -
Feb 16, 2019
Exclusive: U.S. may trim over 1,000 troops from Afghanistan in belt-tightening - general
By Phil Stewart and Greg Torode MUSCAT/KABUL (Reuters) - Even before any peace push-related drawdowns, the U.S. military is expected to trim troop levels in Afghanistan as part of an efficiency drive by the new commander, a U.S. general told Reuters on Friday, estimating the cuts may exceed 1,000 forces -
Feb 16, 2019
U.S. top court to decide legality of census citizenship question
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the fate of a fiercely contested plan by President Donald Trump's administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing on Friday to an expedited review of a judge's ruling blocking the plan. -
Feb 16, 2019
Acting Pentagon chief says committed to defeating IS, but allies sceptical
By Idrees Ali and John Irish MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Friday the United States was committed to defeating Islamic State in the Middle East and beyond, but officials said European allies were sceptical of Washington's pledges -
Feb 16, 2019
U.S. investigators probing years of WikiLeaks activities: sources
By Mark Hosenball LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators pursuing a long-running criminal investigation into WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange have dug into the website's activities going back years, people who have been in contact with witnesses in the case say.
