WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Clay Fuller of Georgia was sworn into office Tuesday after winning a special election to take the congressional seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene. Fuller represents a deep red district in northwest Georgia and has sought to align himself with President Donald Trump as much as possible. Fuller will …
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – A U.S. destroyer interdicted two oil tankers attempting to leave Iran on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s blockade went into effect, and instructed them to turn around, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The ships had left Chabahar …
MEXICO CITY, April 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a well-known human rights activist in Mexico who has for years levied charges of human rights abuses against the country’s Armed Forces, alleging he worked on behalf of a powerful drug cartel. The U.S. Treasury Department accused Raymundo Ramos, president of the …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past few days. The operation is the latest in a series of strikes on vessels that the Trump administration says were …
Police in the Salt Lake City suburbs of Draper City and West Jordan have been investigating claims of domestic violence from Paul’s ex-partner Dakota Mortensen, the father of her 2-year-old son. Paul has also made allegations against Mortensen, but those were not addressed in the documents. EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of domestic violence. …
April 14 (Reuters) – The White House is considering selecting Erica Schwartz as the new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing three people who spoke on condition of anonymity about the planned selection. Schwartz served as deputy U.S. surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first …
Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office visited the Federal Reserve’s headquarters unannounced Tuesday and attempted to gain access to the building’s ongoing renovations, which are the subject of a months-long active criminal investigation, according to a source familiar with the matter and a letter reviewed by CBS News. The two prosecutors and an investigator …
By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office made a surprise visit on Tuesday to the Federal Reserve’s headquarters renovation project, as the Trump administration continues its pressure campaign against the central bank. The unscheduled visit was confirmed by a spokesperson for Pirro’s office and …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo limped off the court early in the second quarter of Tuesday night’s play-in game against Charlotte when he got tripped by Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball, causing him to land hard on his back. The Heat said Adebayo was questionable to return, and he was not …
WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) – Canada, the UK and other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon in the conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah and called for an end to hostilities. “Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the United Kingdom remain deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian …