In dramatic written testimony, former FBI director James Comey said President Trump told him at a meeting in the White House in February, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go."
The White House and U.S. intelligence chiefs Wednesday backed making permanent a law that allows for the collection of digital communications of foreigners overseas, escalating a fight in Congress over privacy and security.
A U.S. military investigator said on Wednesday that a March 16 air strike near Aleppo, Syria, was a valid and legal attack on a meeting of al Qaeda fighters and did not kill dozens of civilians as reported, a finding disputed by Human Rights Watch.
The man accused of murdering two men and wounding a third on a Portland, Oregon, train was led away from a courtroom on Wednesday by sheriff's deputies as he shouted that he had acted in self defense.
Missouri's Republican governor on Wednesday said he will convene a special legislative session next week to consider new abortion regulations and counter a local St. Louis law he said made it an "abortion sanctuary city."
The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Vice Admiral James Syring, said on Wednesday that technological advances demonstrated by North Korea in its ballistic missile program in the past six months had caused him "great concern."
Bill Cosby's lawyers sought on Wednesday at his criminal trial to portray the woman accusing him of a 2004 sexual assault as an opportunist who pursued the comedian's affections before going after his money.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.178
|
+0.031 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.264
|
+0.003 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.047
|
-0.001 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1264 | 0.0091 |
| EUR | 0.8876 | 1 | 0.0081 |
| JPY | 109.7800 | 123.6900 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,286.10
USD
|
-8.30
Exp: Jun 17
|
| Copper |
2.55
USD
|
+0.01
Exp: Jun 17
|
| Crude Oil |
45.80
USD
|
-2.39
Exp: Jun 17
|
