SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) – El Salvador’s government is demanding that telephone companies completely block cellphone signals inside the country’s prisons, in a bid…
Trump’s Pentagon pick is Army veteran, defense lobbyist
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s pick for new defense secretary is an Army veteran who served in the first Iraq war and also has…
Dominican judge sends 6 to trial in giant Odebrecht scandal
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) – A judge in the Dominican Republic on Friday ordered a former Senate president, an ex-public works minister and four…
Chicago mayor says police won’t assist ICE in migrant sweep
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says the city’s police department will not participate in an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement roundup of migrant…
Runaway Oregon Republicans prepared to stay away until legislative session ends
Oregon Senate Republicans are prepared to hunker down out of state until the legislative session adjourns June 30 to block Democrats from passing a “disastrous”…
Trump claims his support among Latino voters is rising
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is claiming that his policies to stop illegal immigration are helping his standing with Latino voters, and he is…
Oregon State Police: ‘Out-of-state resources’ helping find Republicans who fled Capitol
Oregon State Police say “out-of-state resources” are helping them as they try to compel 12 Republican state senate members to return to the statehouse. Police…
North says Kim, China’s Xi discussed Korean Peninsula issues
BEIJING (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping held broad discussions over the political situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula…
Whoopi Goldberg, James Clyburn defend Joe Biden after racially insensitive comments
Democratic presidential front-runner Joseph R. Biden heads to South Carolina this weekend amid an uproar over his racially insensitive gaffes, but his defenders said he…
Roger Stone Facebook, Instagram posts violated gag order, federal prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say Roger Stone violated his gag order, according to court filing Thursday. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., say Mr.…