What to know about Howard Lutnick, Trump's pick for commerce secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary. The nomination would put Lutnick in charge of a sprawling Cabinet agency that is...

Texas man accused of supporting ISIS charged in federal court

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man charged with trying to provide material support to the Islamic State group and planning violent attacks in Houston appeared in federal court Thursday. Anas Said is accused of offering his home as a safe sanctuary for members of ISIS and saying he wants to...

Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court's independence

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences despite Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's effort to scuttle the...

US will appeal judge's ruling that 9/11 defendants can plead guilty and avoid the death penalty

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will appeal a military judge's ruling that plea agreements struck by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and two of his co-defendants are valid, a defense official said Saturday. The ruling this past...

Plea deals revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid, voiding an order by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to throw out the deals, a government official said. The official spoke...

US official: Judge has blocked Pentagon chief's voiding of plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others in 9/11 case

AP Race Call: Moulton wins Massachusetts U.S. House District 6

BOSTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Massachusetts on Tuesday. Moulton was first elected to Congress in 2014 to represent the state’s 6th District, encompassing three dozen communities north of Boston including Salem, Gloucester and...

Kenyan man is convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on the US

NEW YORK (AP) — A Kenyan man was convicted Monday of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and...

Chicago school board head ousted because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, misogynistic

CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Rev. Mitchell Johnson's...

Prosecutor tells jury of a 9/11-style attack planned by Kenyan who trained as a pilot

NEW YORK (AP) — A Kenyan man who plotted a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building was training as a commercial pilot in the Philippines when his plans were interrupted, a federal prosecutor told a New York jury Tuesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon Bodansky told a federal jury in...