WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – Two Republican members of Congress are calling on the Trump administration to empower the National Guard to address potential drone-related threats and ensure a “unified federal security posture” at the upcoming World Cup games. The letter by U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul and Elijah Crane, who both sit on the House …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department can require journalists to be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a judge’s decision to block its enforcement of a press access policy challenged by The New York Times, an appeals court ruled Monday. The ruling by a divided three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of …
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge has tossed the murder conviction of a man who spent 25 years in prison after a review of his case revealed new evidence that may have been withheld by prosecutors, including thousands of dollars in payments made to the mother of their key eyewitness. The man, Harry Ruiz, …
TAIPEI, April 28 (Reuters) – Taiwan has spotted two Chinese warships operating in waters near the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait and has sent its own naval and air forces to keep watch, the defence ministry in Taipei said. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, sends its warships and warplanes …
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – The White House has withdrawn President Donald Trump’s nomination of a hospitality company executive to be director of the National Park Service more than two months after sending the nomination to the U.S. Senate. The White House did not give a reason for withdrawing the nomination of Scott Socha in …
ORLANDO, Fla. — (AP) — Desmond Bane scored 22 points, Franz Wagner had 19 in three quarters and the Orlando Magic beat the Detroit Pistons 94-88 Monday night to take a 3-1 series lead, putting the East’s No. 1 seed on the brink of elimination. Game 5 is Wednesday night in Detroit. Orlando, which had …
April 27 (Reuters) – Afghanistan is at risk of losing more than 25,000 female teachers and health workers by 2030 if the Taliban-led country’s restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment are not lifted, according to a new UNICEF report released on Monday. The Taliban has banned women from most public sector jobs and limited …
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pedro Pascal could not contain his excitement and was moved to tears when visiting the CCXP Mexico pop culture convention for the second time to present his upcoming film “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.” The Chilean-American actor arrived accompanied by the cute Grogu and director, cowriter and producer Jon Favreau, …
WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – Over 1,000 U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers have left the agency since the start of the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown that began in mid-February, the DHS said on Monday. Here are some details: • The figure stood at 460 in the last week of March and more than …
By Arathy Somasekhar and David Brunnstrom April 27 (Reuters) – China denounced remarks by Japan and the European Union about the South China Sea at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday and accused Tokyo of provocative behavior in the Taiwan Strait and planning military expansion. Ayano Kunimitsu, a Japanese vice foreign minister, told the …