Federal authorities in the United States announced terrorism charges Wednesday against an MS-13 leader, continuing a national crackdown on a notorious street gang that President Donald Trump described as “vile and evil.” An open indictment in Virginia against Melgar Díaz marked the first time that the Justice Department filed terrorism …

The court order grants the government’s request to lift a court order that had blocked Purkey’s execution, originally scheduled for Wednesday night. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan disagreed in opinion 5-4. United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued an injunction on Wednesday prohibiting the …

Altmaier, who previously served as chief of staff to Chancellor Angela Merkel and remains a confidant, said this strategy, known in German as Wandel durch Handel (change through trade): He had worked with the former Soviet Union and remained at the center of Germany’s focus on difficult regimes in the …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a hospital after being treated for a possible infection. A court spokeswoman said in an emailed statement that Ginsburg was “home and well.” Ginsburg had gone to a hospital in Washington on Monday night after …

A total of 39 states reported an increase in the number of new cases in the previous week. California, Florida, Arizona, and Texas have become states to watch how increasing cases of coronavirus lead to a shortage of hospital beds. In Arizona’s Maricopa County, which has the majority of Covid-19 …