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Seattle Times – by Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — A U.S. Army colonel, his wife and a former defense contractor are accused of participating in what federal prosecutors call a bribery and kickback scheme connected to a Georgia military base.

Col. Anthony Roper conspired with his wife and others to seek and accept bribes in exchange for rigging more than $20 million in Army contracts to individuals and companies, prosecutors said Thursday.   Continue reading “U.S. Army colonel, wife and others charged in alleged bribery scheme”

SF Gate – by Amy Larson

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are detaining illegal immigrants this week on the Central Coast.

ICE agents went to homes in King City Monday, Soledad Wednesday, Santa Cruz Wednesday night, and Watsonville Thursday morning. They were also detentions in Salinas.   Continue reading “ICE raids underway across the Central Coast”

Fox News

An attacker threw an explosive device over the fence of the U.S. Embassy in Kiev that detonated in the early hours on Thursday, Reuters reported.

There were no injuries, according to the report. Authorities called the incident a terrorist act.

Authorities in Kiev said in a statement that the incident occurred at 12:05 a.m. local time, and occurred at the U.S. Embassy compound in the Shevchenko district.   Continue reading “Device explodes at US Embassy in Kiev in reported terrorist act; no injuries”

WAFB

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – A man who allegedly killed a 16-year-old boy on his birthday has pleaded guilty to federal charges that were filed in connection with the case.

Octavio Bringas-Posados, 50, pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in the courtroom of Judge Shelly Dick Wednesday, June 7 to illegal possession of a firearm by a prohibited person (1 count) and illegal reentry (1 count). Brignas-Posadas and his attorney Mark Upton did not have a plea deal.   Continue reading “Man who illegally re-entered U.S. pleads guilty to federal charges connected with shooting death of 16-year-old”

CNN – by Donna Borak

House lawmakers are poised to pass the “crown jewel” of the GOP-led regulatory reform effort on Thursday, effectively gutting the Dodd-Frank financial regulations that were put in place during the Obama administration.

Called the Financial Choice Act, the Republican bill seeks to undo significant parts of the 2010 financial reform law.   Continue reading “House to vote on killing Dodd-Frank today”

Washington Post – by Anna Fifield

TOKYO — South Korea has suspended the deployment of a controversial American missile defense system, with the new liberal administration declaring that no further moves can take place until an environmental assessment is carried out — a process that could take a year or even two.

The decision highlights the potential for a rift between the United States under President Trump and South Korea with its new liberal president, Moon Jae-in, who is due to visit the White House later this month for their first meeting.    Continue reading “South Korea suspends deployment of American missile defense system”

NBC News

SANDY, Utah — Utah investigators and stunned residents of a middle-class Salt Lake City suburb are trying to understand what led a man to open fire on a woman and children inside a car, leaving the woman, a boy and the man himself dead and two other children injured.

Police went out to the area in Sandy, Utah, after getting a 911 call Tuesday afternoon about a domestic disturbance, said police Sgt. Jason Nielsen.   Continue reading “Sandy, Utah Shooting: Mom, Young Son Dead After Gunman Opens Fire on Car”

Bloomberg – by Joshua Brustein

Cisco Systems Inc. applied for about 3,000 H-1B visas in fiscal 2016, intending to hire people to work at its sprawling, utilitarian campus in suburban San Jose. These were good jobs — many of them for management-level logisticians and operations research analysts — and they paid well. The average annual salary was about $120,000. At the upper end, the company planned to pay a “senior corporate strategy director” $197,000 a year.   Continue reading “The Secret Way Silicon Valley Uses the H-1B Program”

Yahoo News

NEW YORK (AP) — A crackdown on illegal immigration under President Donald Trump has driven some poor people to take a drastic step: opt out of federal food assistance because they are fearful of deportation, activists and immigrants say.

People who are not legal residents of the U.S. are not eligible to take part in what is formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.   Continue reading “Fear of deportation drives people off food stamps in US”

Sent to us by the author, Sophie Mangal.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Maldives and Mauritania announced on Monday an extraordinary step of cutting off diplomatic ties with the State of Qatar. In this regard, the command of Saudi-led coalition has already decided to exclude Qatar from the members of the alliance, which is fighting the Hussites now in Yemen.   Continue reading “What is Behind the Diplomatic Demarche of Gulf States and Syria?”

Just wanted to let the Trenchers know that KOYOTE had a night of seizures again so he will not be commenting until he is recovered.  We ask that anyone who prays in the name of Jesus to please pray for him.

Jill in Alabama

USA Today – by David Andreatta

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An embattled City Court judge was escorted Monday from judicial chambers in handcuffs.

Rochester court deputies and city police officers executed a bench warrant issued for Judge Leticia Astacio’s arrest last week after she missed a Tuesday court appearance related to an August drunken-driving conviction.   Continue reading “New York judge arrested, led from courthouse in handcuffs”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Monday he would push to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system as part of a broader plan to pump more funding into American infrastructure.

In an East Room ceremony, Trump said he would ask Congress to transfer control of air traffic control operations from the Federal Aviation Administration to a private, nonprofit entity. The corporation’s board would be made up of airline, government and union personnel. He argued that this would increase the efficiency of an antiquated system.  Continue reading “Trump rolls out plan to privatize U.S. air traffic control system”

Sent to us by Bob from Wisconsin.

I just got back from Grafton Wisconsin, today June 5th 2017 @12:15 pm. I met with the director of the USS Liberty Memorial Public Library.

The same director that said I could set up a table in the Memorial room two weeks ago.

Now he says I can’t do that. The excuse being he would only allow information from certain parties, coincidentally not the ones I have information from. That’s what I figured would happen.   Continue reading “Not allowed a table at USS Liberty Memorial Public Library”

ABC News

President Trump is expected to announce Monday that he will move to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system as part of an infrastructure reform push this week.

A White House official confirmed to ABC News that, as first reported by the Washington Post, the administration will hold multiple events next week related to rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure.   Continue reading “Trump to announce plan to privatize air traffic control system”

Yahoo News

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people are dead after a shooting inside a business in an industrial park on Monday. Authorities converged on the area and announced that the situation has been contained.

Shelley Adams said her sister, Sheila McIntyre, called her from the company’s bathroom during the shooting and was very upset.   Continue reading “Multiple deaths in shooting near Orlando, Florida”

KOIN

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Thousands of people with diametrically opposing views of President Donald Trump exercised their constitutionally protected right to free speech in downtown Portland Sunday, just days after a man on a racist tirade stabbed 3 people on a MAX train.

A heavy police presence worked diligently to keep the events peaceful, and at least 3 people were arrested early in the day for agitating people from other groups.   Continue reading “14 arrested as protesters, police clash in Portland”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

An armed murder suspect allegedly opened fire, shooting three Laredo, Texas, police officers and injuring a fourth. The suspect is reported to be dead.

Police were searching for 55-year-old Antonio Gerado Rodriguez in connection to the shooting death of his girlfriend, according to a report by KSAT ABC12 in San Antonio. The shootout between the suspect and the police happened at a Stripes convenience store. Police reports identified the murder victim as Reyna Gonzalez Zamora, 50.   Continue reading “Three Texas Border City Cops Shot, 1 Injured, Suspect Dead”