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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the U.S. as he exacerbates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order updating the lake’s name for the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot, however, force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention.
A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, even as Democratic state officials filed a new court challenge with the midterm elections fast approaching.
Talarico wants to unearth Paxton’s depositions to keep focus on opponent’s past in Texas Senate race
James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, wants to reveal depositions involving Ken Paxton, his Republican opponent, as part of an ongoing effort to keep the focus on Paxton’s history of scandals.
A U.S. military judge on Wednesday set a summer 2028 trail date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s request to erase Trump ally Steve Bannon’s criminal conviction for refusing to testify before the congressional committee that investigated a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. But it may not be a final decision on the matter.
Democratic-controlled states have filed a new challenge to Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting in this year’s midterm elections. The 25 states are suing the U.S. Postal Service, which Trump has tasked with deciding who can and cannot vote by mail. A majority of the Supreme Court justices ruled against the states in a related case two days ago but did not say Trump’s order was legal, and it remains barred from taking effect.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable source of energy independent of the commercial electric grid.