WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia’s drone and missile attacks. Trump said in an NBC interview “NATO is paying for those weapons, 100%.” Secretary…… MORE
Appeals Court Throws Out Plea Deal For Alleged Mastermind Of Sept. 11 Attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court has thrown out an agreement that would’ve allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal sparing him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks. Friday’s decision undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical…… MORE
Trump Administration Has Floated Deporting Third-Party Nationals To Africa.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — South Sudan has accepted eight third-country deportees from the U.S. and Rwanda says it’s in talk with the administration of President Donald Trump on a similar deal. Nigeria meanwhile says it’s rejecting pressure to do the same. These initiatives in Africa mark an expansion in U.S. efforts to deport people to…… MORE
State Department Lays Off Over 1,300 Employees Under Trump Administration Plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is firing over 1,300 employees in line with a dramatic reorganization plan initiated by the Trump administration earlier this year. A senior State Department official said Friday the department is sending layoff notices to 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers with domestic assignments in the United States.…… MORE
Trump Plans To Hike Tariffs On Canadian Goods To 35%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will keep working toward a new trade framework with the United States despite U.S. President Donald Trump saying he’ll raise taxes on many imported goods from Canada to 35%. Trump’s move deepens a rift between two North American countries that have suffered a debilitating blow…… MORE