By JOHN HANNA Associated Press A key adviser warned President John F. Kennedy after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 that the agency behind it, the CIA, had grown too powerful. He proposed giving the State Department control of "all clandestine activities" and breaking ...
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday rescinded an executive order targeting a prominent international law firm after it pledged to review its hiring practices and to provide tens of millions of dollars in free legal services to support ...
By COLLIN BINKLEY and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that's been a longtime target of ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alleged leader of a Los Angeles street gang who's accused of murder, kidnapping and extortion appeared in court Thursday afternoon, a day after he posted a video declaring his innocence before surrendering to federal authorities. Eugene Henley Jr., known as "Big U," was ...
BOSTON (AP) — An Oklahoma man accused of throwing a pipe bomb at the Massachusetts headquarters of a group called The Satanic Temple pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins changed an earlier plea of not guilty on one count of using an explosive to ...
By LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Transportation Authority failed to complete a recommended vulnerability assessment that would have shown the Francis Scott Key Bridge was at significant risk of collapse from a ship strike long before its demise ...
