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Trump Administration Moves To Ban Bump Stocks

The Trump administration moved Tuesday to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, and has made them illegal to possess beginning in late March.

City Council to Consider Changes to How it Awards Contracts

Monday Charlotte City Council could make big changes to the way it awards contracts. Some members want to give the City Manager the power to allocate up to $500,000 without council approval. Opponents worry it could lead to less transparency in government.

Judge Gives Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Three Years In Prison

Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would β€œtake a bullet” for his boss, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he says was done at the direction of Trump.

Ex-Judges To ICE: End Immigration Arrests At Courthouses

Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, saying immigrants should be free to visit halls of justice without fearing they will be detained.

Trump Bickers With Dem Leaders, Threatens Gov't Shutdown

Bickering in public with Democratic leaders, President Donald Trump threatened repeatedly on Tuesday to shut down the government if Congress doesn’t provide the money he says is needed to build a wall at the Mexican border.

Trump Says Chief Of Staff John Kelly To Leave At Year's End

President Donald Trump said Saturday that chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by year’s end amid an expected West Wing reshuffling reflecting a focus on the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge of governing with Democrats reclaiming control in the House.

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