(Reuters) – A carbine that can call in an airstrike. A computer-aided scope on a machine gun that can turn just about anyone into a marksman.Even firearms that measure and record every movement, from the angle of the barrel to the precise moment of each shot fired, which could provide law enforcement with a digital
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s acting chief of staff on Thursday acknowledged that Trump held up $391 million in military aid to Ukraine in part to make the money contingent upon the Ukrainians investigating a U.S. domestic political matter involving the Democratic Party. Trump and administration officials had denied for weeks that it had
FILE PHOTO: House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) addresses a National Press Club luncheon on his “committee’s investigations into President Donald Trump and his administration,” in Washington, U.S., August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert (Reuters) – Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, 68, a Democrat and Chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump have heard days of testimony from a parade of senior government officials. But they have yet to hear from the whistleblower who sparked the probe – and may never do. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to questions during a joint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopefuls denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops back from northern Syria, saying in an Ohio debate on Tuesday he had endangered America’s longtime Kurdish allies while empowering foes Russia and Syria. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses as he addresses conservative activists at the Family Research
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani will not cooperate with a U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry that is scrutinizing his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate a Trump political rival, Giuliani’s lawyer said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Rudy Giuliani is seen ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump introducing his Supreme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded Turkey stop its military incursion in Syria and imposed new sanctions on the NATO ally as Trump scrambled to limit the damage from his much-criticized decision to clear U.S. troops from Turkey’s path. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses conservative activists at the Family
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters have tightened their grip on a deadly Los Angeles wildfire burning with subdued fury on Sunday after extremely dry desert winds that had stoked the flames gave way to moister, gentler breezes blowing in from the Pacific. FILE PHOTO: Firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire called the Saddle Ridge fire in
Damage is seen after a portion of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction collapsed in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. October 12, 2019, in this image taken from social media. Michael Hollister via REUTERS (Reuters) – One person was killed and at least 18 injured in New Orleans on Saturday when part of a Hard Rock
(Reuters) – More than 1,000 firefighters battled a deadly and fast-moving wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles on Saturday, reinforcing containment lines that allowed some of the thousands of residents under evacuation orders to return to their homes. The wind-driven blaze, dubbed the Saddleridge fire, broke out on Thursday night and raced through
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the two Florida businessmen who helped U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney investigate his political rival, Democrat Joe Biden, also has been working for the legal team of a Ukrainian oligarch who faces bribery charges in the United States, according to attorneys for the businessmen and the oligarch. FILE PHOTO:
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co took the unusual step of appealing directly to employees in a blog post on Friday that laid out the terms of the automaker’s latest offer aimed at ending a month-long strike, angering the union with which it is negotiating. FILE PHOTO: Striking union workers walk the picket line outside
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A fierce wildfire that erupted in southern California on Thursday destroyed homes and structures and caused “numerous medical emergencies” at a Riverside County mobile home park, fire officials said. No further details were immediately available on how many mobile homes had been burned or the nature of the medical emergencies. The
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health officials are preparing to release new guidance for doctors stressing the need to ask every patient with an apparent respiratory infection about their vaping history. Jeffrey Manzanares, 33, lies in the intensive care unit of the University of Utah Hospital while being treated for vaping injury and other lung infections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facing a White House vowing to block the U.S. House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry, Democratic congressional leaders on Thursday were plotting the next moves in their probe of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump listens to questions from reporters during an event to sign executive orders on “transparency
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska grizzly bears packing on pounds (kilos) for the winter are competing for more than the season’s last salmon. They are also vying for the title of the state’s fattest bear. A grizzly bear known to researchers as “Bear 775 Lefty” looks for migrating salmon to help fatten up for the