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A former House IT aide who had access to emails and files of dozens of Democratic lawmakers has been indicted on four counts, including bank fraud and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions.
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More than 97,000 prisoners across the state of Florida will reportedly not be able to leave their dorms or have certain privileges, as a lockdown was ordered the day after officials canceled visitations to all facilities. - 2 senior US Navy officers booted from service after fallout from 'USS Fitzgerald' crash near Japan
Around a dozen American sailors on a destroyer that collided with a freighter off the coast of Japan will now face the consequences. Two top officers will be kicked out of the US Navy as a result of the crash. - US will remain in Syria for decades after ISIS defeated, Kurdish militia allies say
One of Washington’s main allies in their fight against Islamic State in Syria says US forces will remain in the country’s north long after the jihadists are defeated. Enduring ties with the Kurdish dominated region is said to be a goal of the US. - $465mn settlement as EpiPen maker concedes Medicaid overcharge
Pharmaceutical company Mylan has struck a deal with federal authorities to pay out $465 million in damages after allegedly overcharging the Medicaid program by millions of dollars for their EpiPen products.
- All Florida prisons on indefinite lockdown after ‘credible intelligence’ of planned uprisingsMore than 97,000 prisoners across the state of Florida will reportedly not be able to leave their dorms or have certain privileges, as a lockdown was ordered the day after officials canceled visitations to all facilities.
- 2 senior US Navy officers booted from service after fallout from 'USS Fitzgerald' crash near JapanAround a dozen American sailors on a destroyer that collided with a freighter off the coast of Japan will now face the consequences. Two top officers will be kicked out of the US Navy as a result of the crash.
- Grand jury expands felony indictment of Wasserman Schultz’s former IT aideA former House IT aide who had access to emails and files of dozens of Democratic lawmakers has been indicted on four counts, including bank fraud and engaging in unlawful monetary transactions.
- $465mn settlement as EpiPen maker concedes Medicaid overchargePharmaceutical company Mylan has struck a deal with federal authorities to pay out $465 million in damages after allegedly overcharging the Medicaid program by millions of dollars for their EpiPen products.
- US will remain in Syria for decades after ISIS defeated, Kurdish militia allies sayOne of Washington’s main allies in their fight against Islamic State in Syria says US forces will remain in the country’s north long after the jihadists are defeated. Enduring ties with the Kurdish dominated region is said to be a goal of the US.
- Chicago official blames Trump for ‘disgraceful’ vandalism of Lincoln bust
A bust of President Abraham Lincoln in the predominantly-black Chicago neighborhood of West Englewood is the second monument of the 16th president to be vandalized in the US this week. And President Donald Trump is responsible, a Chicago alderman says. - ACLU settles torture case with CIA-contracted psychologists
The ACLU has declared a “historic victory” following the settlement of its lawsuit against two CIA-contracted psychologists involved in torturing suspects and developing the agency’s ‘enhanced interrogation program.' The terms are confidential. - 1 US soldier killed, 11 wounded battling ISIS in Afghanistan
One American soldier was killed and a combined 20 US and Afghan troops wounded during operations against Islamic State in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, as a number of senior Pentagon officials visited the country. - North Korea faces ‘strong military consequences’ if it attacks – Mattis
US Defense Secretary James Mattis put the military option against North Korea back on the table following President Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon saying that a military action against Pyongyang is out of the question. - 8 charged in toppling Durham Confederate statue while others try to turn themselves in
Four more protesters have been arrested and charged with felony counts over the toppling of a Confederate soldier statue in Durham, North Carolina. Hundreds of people tried to symbolically turn themselves in before being directed away from the courthouse. - 'Economic war with China is everything': Trump’s chief strategist in candid interview
Ethno-nationalism is for ‘losers’ but winning the economic war with China means everything for the United States, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon said in a rare interview, outlining his plan to fight Beijing. - PETA seized family dog & euthanized it without consent (PHOTO)
PETA will pay out $49,000 to a family in Virginia after members of the animal rights group took their dog from a trailer park and euthanized it without consent.
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