A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered indicted former Trump campaign advisers Paul Manafort and Richard Gates to remain under house arrest, rejecting for now their pleas for less stringent bail conditions. CBC | World News
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‘A very real danger’: U.S. attorney general’s views on marijuana create uncertainty over medical cannabis
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is staunchly against marijuana use in any form, recreational or medical, a position that leaves uncertainty for dispensary owners, patients, marijuana advocates and state officials across the U.S. CBC | World News
Read More »Facebook, Twitter and Google to tell U.S. lawmakers what they know about Russian election interference
Representatives from Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google will be before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday for two days of hearings on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 U.S. election. CBC | World News
Read More »Tech companies find more signs of Russian activity in U.S. election
Major tech companies plan to tell U.S. Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. forces capture key militant in 2012 Benghazi attacks
U.S. officials say special operations forces have captured a militant who was instrumental in the attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The attack resulted in the death of the American ambassador to the country. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. special counsel files 1st charges in Trump-Russia probe: reports
A federal grand jury in Washington on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, CNN reported, citing sources briefed on the matter. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. drug company founder charged with bribing doctors to prescribe addictive opioid
The founder of Insys Therapeutics and a group of colleagues are accused of providing kickbacks to doctors to widely prescribe a fentanyl-based spray called Subsys, intended only for cancer patients with intense pain. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. Senate passes $36.5B disaster aid bill to replenish federal agencies
The U.S. Senate has passed a $ 36.5-billion emergency aid measure to refill disaster accounts, provide a much-needed cash infusion to Puerto Rico and bail out the federal flood insurance program. CBC | World News
Read More »Tillerson seeks Arab nations’ help in U.S. effort to isolate Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took the Trump administration’s case for isolating and containing Iran in the Middle East and beyond to two Gulf Arab nations on Sunday, pushing for Saudi Arabia and Iraq to unite to counter growing Iranian assertiveness. CBC | World News
Read More »5 living former U.S. presidents attending hurricane relief concert in Texas
All five living former U.S. presidents will be attending a concert Saturday night in a Texas college town, raising money for relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey’s, Irma’s and Maria’s devastation in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. CBC | World News
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