Pentagon Sending 5,200 Troops To Border Week Before Midterms
By ROBERT BURNS, COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A week out from the midterm elections, the Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops, some armed, to the Southwest border this week in an extraordinary military operation to stop Central American migrants traveling north in two caravans that were…
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Trump Visit Stirs Debate; Massacre Defendant In Court
By ALLEN G. BREED, MARK SCOLFORO and MARYCLAIRE DALE , Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday, as some members of the Jewish community and others objected to President Donald Trump's planned visit, accusing him of contributing to a toxic political…
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CNN says Suspicious Package Received at Atlanta Post Office
By CURT ANDERSON , AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) — Bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta on Monday about a suspicious parcel sent to CNN, just hours before a court hearing for a Florida man accused of sending packages containing explosive material to prominent Democrats. The FBI did not identify to…
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Trump says Media is ‘Enemy’ After Shooting, Bomb Plot
By CATHERINE LUCEY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday accused the media of being "the true Enemy of the People" in the wake of a mass shooting and a mail bomb plot. Trump tweeted: "There is great anger in our Country caused in part by inaccurate, and even fraudulent, reporting of…
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Angela Merkel Won’t Seek 5th Term as German Chancellor
By GEIR MOULSON , Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Angela Merkel announced Monday that she will step down as head of her conservative party in December after 18 years and won't seek a fifth term as chancellor in 2021, launching a leadership transition in Europe's biggest economy. Merkel has led her conservative Christian Democratic Union…
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