Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, faces life in bars, according to a federal judge.

Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, could face life in prison if he is convicted of the charges against him, according to a federal judge.

“Given the nature of the charges against the defendant and the apparent weight of the evidence against him, defendant faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison,” District Judge, T.S. Ellis III wrote in an order made public on Tuesday.

Manafort currently faces an 18-count indictment in Virginia, which was issued by a federal grand jury as part of special counsel Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Ellis, who is presiding over a new indictment filed against the longtime politician that accuses him of bank fraud and tax evasion, has set strict terms for Manafort’s home confinement.

The new terms include a “24-hour-a-day lockdown” home incarceration with location monitoring in Manafort’s Alexandria condo. This requirement will exclude medical necessities, meeting with attorneys, and court appearances.

According to Ellis, Manafort is a “person of great wealth” that has the financial capabilities and international connections to flee the country and evade the law, claiming that the former Trump campaign chairman would have “every incentive to do so”.

Due to Manafort’s list of unlawful activities, he poses a “substantial risk of flight”. Ellis did not specify if Manafort will be required to forfeit any assets. However, the judge did order that the defendant agrees to and sign a pledge to pay a $10 million unsecured bond if he misses a court appearance.

Ellis reportedly told Manafort that he would be willing to loosen his confinement restrictions if he agreed to appear in court by promising to provide enough assets as collateral.

Last month, Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty to a separate five-count renewed indictment filed by Mueller’s team in Washington D.C., federal court. This separate trial is expected to begin on Sept. 17.

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Trump’s lawyer obtained a restraining order against former porn star, Stormy Daniels.

President Trump’s lawyer secretly won a temporary restraining order last week against former porn actress, Stormy Daniels, to prevent her from speaking about her alleged affair with Mr. Trump.

On Wednesday, White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, told reporters that an arbitration proceeding against Ms. Clifford (professionally known as Stormy Daniels) “was won in the president’s favor”.

Daniels filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming that a $130 thousand settlement she reached with Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, to buy her silence about the alleged affair was no longer valid because Trump had no signed the “hush agreement”. The lawsuit marks the first time that Daniels had openly admitted to having an agreement of this nature with the president.

According to the lawsuit, Daniels had an affair with Trump in 2006 and 2007 with Cohen and the actress signing the agreement to secure her silence on October 28, 2016, a few days before the presidential election.

During Wednesday’s press briefing, Ms. Sanders said that the president had denied having an affair with Daniels or making the payment himself. According to the press secretary, Trump was not even aware of the payment made to Daniels at the time.

“This case has already been won in arbitration, and there was no knowledge of any payments from the president, and he has denied all these allegations,” Sanders said.

Cohen’s lawyer, Lawrence Rosen, issued a statement on Wednesday night saying that the arbitration judge had concluded that Daniels violated the agreement between her and Cohen which would prevent her from filing the lawsuit.

Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, dismissed Sander’s claim of an arbitration win as a weak attempt to silence the porn star once more.

“Yeah, and he also won the popular vote”, Avenatti said of Trump.

More so, Daniels’ lawyer said that he did not consider the restraining order valid and that his client would proceed with her lawsuit in open court.

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Chinese authorities are furious over the loss of a terracotta warrior’s thumb in the US.

Chinese authorities are demanding that a 24-year-old American face “severe punishment” for allegedly breaking off the left thumb of a 2000 thousand-year-old terracotta warrior statue that was on loan at a Philadelphia museum. The ancient statue is valued at $4.5 million.

“We call on the United States to severely punish those who have done this,” the director of Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relic Exchange Center, Wu Haiyun, said.

The man who was responsible for the thumb heist is Delaware resident, Michael Rohana.  According to US officials, Rohana was accused of stealing the thumb in December during an ugly sweater party hosted by the Franklin Institute, where the theft occurred.

While at the party, Rohana and a few of his friends entered the “Terra-cotta Warriors of the First Emperor” exhibit. According to the arrest affidavit, he then started to take selfies with the ancient statue, known as “The Cavalryman”, after which he snapped off the left thumb and walked away.

A museum worker later discovered the missing thumb on January 8 which prompted the FBI Art Crime Unit to begin an investigation. The FBI ultimately found Rohana thanks to surveillance video and arrested him five days later after the museum noticed the missing thumb.

One of the people who accompanied Rohana at the museum told authorities that while heading back to Delaware, Rohana bragged about having a thumb from one of the terracotta warriors.

Rohana was charged with theft of an object of cultural heritage from a museum, concealment of an object of cultural heritage stolen from a museum, and interstate transportation of stolen goods. He was released on bail on February 13.

The Franklin Institute currently holds 10 statues that are part of a collection of about 8 thousand. The terracotta statues date back to 209. B.C., and were built to guard the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, who belonged to the Qin Dynasty.

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Senate failed to pass an immigration bill that would protect Dreamers from getting deported.

The US Senate has not been able to come to a fruitful conclusion for the DACA programme which would protect immigrants who have been illegally brought as children to the US from getting deported. Thus, the future of about 1.8 million “dreamers” remains uncertain.

On Thursday, the Senate was unable to get the 60 votes needed to move forward on four separate immigration bills, including one supported by President Donald Trump and another separate bipartisan bill which had the most potential of getting approved.

The bipartisan bill was unable to get a pass with a 54-45 vote, with president Trump calling the proposal “a total catastrophe”. Trump, however, backed a GOP plan that would offer Dreamers a chance of US citizenship and also fund the wall between Mexico and the US border. The Republican immigration other issues in front of us.”

Left lawmakers and immigration advocates criticized the president’s approach to immigration by pointing out his uncompromising view on bipartisan efforts.

This sentiment was redirected by the White House on Thursday, blaming Democrats for the failure to pass an immigration bill that would protect young Dreamers.

While the protections set in place by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will start expiring on March 5, federal judges are ready to block this process.

According to Republican Senator, Bob Corker, there could still be a chance of attaching a short-term extension of protections for Dreamers on the back of a government funding bill that Congress is due to pass by March 23.

bill was shut down with a 60-39 vote.

“I’m ready to move on,” said Louisiana Republican Senator, John Kennedy. “We waste a whole week here… There are

While president Trump had offered an immigration bill which would offer Dreamers a pathway towards citizenship, he also insisted it should include funding for a border wall between the US and Mexico. The president also insisted on ending the visa lottery program and regulating visas for families of legal immigrants.

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A mystery man donated $200,000 in a go to The Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army’s red kettles are out and about, collecting donations for the holiday season. Recently, an anonymous donor called the charitable organization to give notice that he would be making a sizeable donation. On Saturday, the donor came through on his word.

The Salvation Army Gets a More than Expected Donation

When speaking with media sources, Julie Borgen, a Salvation Army representative, said the gentleman called to say a generous donation would soon be made. He pointed out that the representatives should be on the lookout for it.

Someone dropped a $200,000 check dated December 14 into a kettle on Saturday. This happened outside a south metro Cub Foods store. Saturday’s donation is the Twin Cities’ second-largest donation ever received in a red kettle.

Back in 2015, an anonymous couple deposited a check for $500,000 into a red kettle outside the Cub Foods store in Rosemount. Before that, $25,000 was the largest donation ever left in a Twin Cities red kettle.

Donations to the Protestant Christian organization have fallen by 10 percent compared to last year, according to reports. The mystery man possibly hoped his contribution would inspire others to give as well.

His donation follows several from an anonymous donor from Saint Grand who has nearly totaled $10,000 this year. This sum was split among seven $1,300 contributions.

Also, despite the 10 percent decline in donations this year, the Twin Cities Salvation Army was only $100,000 short of its $11.6 million goal from last year. This year, the nonprofit’s target is to raise $11.7 million. The metropolitan area has a $2.6 million goal for its red kettles.

In December 1891, Capt. Joseph McFee of San Francisco wanted to provide Christmas dinner to individuals that might not have been able to pay for their own meal. He sat a brass urn on the Oakland Ferry landing and collected money to feed 1,000 people. Over time, the brass urn evolved to become known as today’s famous red kettle.

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Three people have reportedly died in a helicopter crash in Arkansas.

On Sunday night, a helicopter crash occurred in Arkansas County. As the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management declared, the tragic accident of the air ambulance helicopter resulted in three casualties. Melody Daniel, who is a spokesman for this department, said that the helicopter with the three people aboard crashed at some point during Sunday night. All three of them have reportedly died.

Air Ambulance Crashed in the Middle of the Night

According to the first information, the aircraft belonged to the Pafford EMS, based in Hope. An official declared that the accident happened next to the town of DeWitt, which is 60 miles S-E from Little Rock.

Lynn Lunsford, who is the spokesman for the FAA or the Federal Aviation Administration declared that the helicopter was going from Pine Bluff to DeWitt. There were no patients onboard at the time of the crash. The FAA investigators further revealed that they are heading to the crash site to analyze the situation. There was also a notification sent to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Pafford EMS Left Devastated

Pafford EMS Louisiana issued a statement on their Facebook page in response to the helicopter crash. Greg, John, and Jamie Pafford declared they are devastated by the abrupt loss of three team members. They added that at this time they have no words, only prayers for the people affected. According to Melody Daniel, it’s not clear why the helicopter was flying in the area late on Sunday.

The National Transportation Safety Board has an online crash database where they record such incidents. The last fatal helicopter crash in Arkansas took place back in 2010, in Walnut Grove. At the time, a Bell Helicopter crashed on its way to picking up a patient. Three people died in the accident. According to the report, the pilot lost control of the helicopter due to ‘spatial disorientation’. People are expecting to see what will the report say about the causes of the accident in this case as well. Some theories have already emerged.

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President Donald Trump is the only authority that has the power to decline thousands of classified JFK files from being opened. However, Trump turned to his Twitter account to inform the public that he is not going to deny the truth to the people. Therefore, Americans will finally be close to learning more details about the assassination of the 35^th President of the United States.

3,000 Classified JFK Files Have High Chances to Be Made Public This Thursday

This Thursday, the law will require authorities to make around 3,000 classified documents public. All these reports have hundreds of thousands of pages that describe each known detail about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

The bill in question appeared in 1992 under the name of JFK Assassination Records Collection Act. The text forces officials to disclose the collection of documents on its 25^th anniversary, which is 26^th October.

The President of the United States is the only person in the country that can deny this imperative. While Donald Trump admitted on Twitter that he has no objection so far to this law, he can still choose to withhold certain files from the public eye.

“Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened.”

Historians Believe the Documents Would Offer More Details but Not the Entire Truth

On Saturday, a White House representative gave further explanations to Trump’s direction regarding this event. The President embraced transparency in this case.

However, federal agencies still have time to present their case and persuade Donald Trump that some piece of information should remain classified. These justifications need to invoke law enforcement infringement or national security concerns to be taken into consideration.

On the other hand, national historians don’t believe that the thousands of hundreds of pages are going to reveal the ultimate truth. Instead, the classified JDK files will help them learn and perceive the nuances of the events that led to the assassination of the 35^th President.

One of the most ardent matters that need clarification is the nature of Lee Harvey Oswald’s trip to Mexico only weeks before he committed murder. Some believe the answer to this question is going to widen even more the problems between Mexico and the United States.

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Fusion GPS is a political research company. Its three founders conducted opposition research during 2016 presidential election as they worked for Hillary Clinton’s democratic supporters. The fruit of their labor was the controversial Trump – Russia dossier.

The document alleges that there were connections between Trump and Russia which undermined the integrity of the elections. However, the investigation surfaced no proof, only testimonies from Russian individuals. Now the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes, urges the three founders to testify in court. However, the lawyer of Fusion GPS declined to answer to the subpoenas.

Despite His Ties with the White House, Nunes Continues to Act as the Head of the Committee

Joshua Levy is one of the lawyers who represent the Fusion GPS research firm. On Monday, he sent a letter to the committee where he explains why his clients wouldn’t respond to House subpoenas. His main argument is that Chairman Devin Nunes acts ‘in bad faith.’

Nunes used to be a key authority in the investigation into allegations that the current President worked with Russian officials to influence the 2016 elections. However, Nunes left this panel due to criticism that he is too close to White House to remain unbiased.

Nonetheless, this decision didn’t affect his staying within the House Intelligence Committee. Therefore, he preserved control over the case and had the authority to issue subpoenas and counsel the panel.

Fusion GPS Founders Can’t Testify Regarding the Trump – Russia Dossier without Jeopardizing Future Opposition Research

This is the reason why Levy announced the panel that his clients are not going to cooperate. They will invoke the Fifth Amendment to refuse to testify.

“We cannot in good conscience do anything but advise our clients to stand on their constitutional privileges, the attorney work product doctrine, and contractual obligations.”

Another layer of this refusal has a protective nature regarding the future of the opposition research. By appearing in court, the three founders would put in jeopardy their promise of confidentiality to their clients. Therefore, no candidates would appeal to their services again if the three founders agreed to accept the House subpoenas.

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Republican Charlie Baker doesn’t agree with a recent court decision. This ruling gives police officers in Massachusetts next to zero validation for their immigration detainer requests. Only an additional document could enable them to withhold a person under these circumstances legally. However, Baker intends to change this through an upcoming bill.

Republicans Want to Allow Officers to Arrest Suspects with Just Immigration Detainer Requests

On Wednesday, the communication director of the governor, Lizzy Guyton, released a statement regarding a recent ruling. Police agent will be able to extend their collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. However, they have to notify ICE of any decision they take concerning criminals sought by federal authorities.

Nonetheless, Guyton stated that the administration is looking to override this legislation. They want the state police to have freedom of taking action when it comes to convicts of violent charges when ICE is not able to intervene. Therefore, Guyton claimed that Baker opposes the idea of Massachusetts as a sanctuary state.

GOP lawmakers declared during a press conference that they had filed a bill that would act as a countermeasure to Monday’s ruling. Their proposal would allow police officers to perform an arrest without a warrant. The law enforcement agency or the officers themselves need only immigration detainer requests from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to validate their actions.

Democrats Intend to Abide by the Recently Issued Legislation

Republicans backed this proposal stating that without the capacity to withhold a suspect, officers would have their hands tied. Rep. Shaunna O’Connell is one of them and stated that this bill has the property to turn the state of Massachusetts into a safe pass for anyone.

“It makes Massachusetts a safe haven for illegal immigrants.”

On the other hand, Democrats showed signs of perpetuating the recent bill. To them, the cooperation between immigration agents and local and state law enforcement agencies should be restricted. This way, Massachusetts adopts the necessary features of a sanctuary state.

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The opium is extracted from the seed pods’ sap immediately after the bulb is scliced.

In what is probably the bust of the century, investigators accidentally stumbled upon an entire field of poppy plants masterfully hidden among the trees residing at North Carolina’s foothills. Now, police officers are working round the clock to unearth thousands of opium-filled plants that would have made it to the market if not for a routine “knock and talk.”

I guess you are here for the opium.

It was just another normal day in Catawba County, a small town with a bit over 1,400 residents. Local authorities received a mission to perform a warrantless “knock and talk,” for a purpose that remains undisclosed to the media.

When they reached the house of Cody Xiong, the man seemed at peace with his fate, convinced that the police were knocking on his door because they discovered the giant field of opium behind his home. As he greeted the investigators sitting on his porch, Xiong affirmed in a feeble voice:

“I guess you are here for the opium.”

Naturally, the investigators played it cool and asked Xiong to show them the opium. Their jaws dropped when “the opium” revealed to be a massive field riddled with Papaver somniferum, the main ingredient in heroin, morphine, and codeine.

The man was arrested for opium trafficking and manufacturing a Schedule II drug. He was later released on $45,000 bail and refused to talk to the media. However, he is still a key component of the bust of the century and will continue to collaborate with the authorities.

If not for Xiong’s bluntness, authorities would have never guessed that the man’s property was riddled with an entire acre of opioid plants. Although authorities didn’t manage to unearth all the plants, the Sherriff’s department believes there are about 2,000 pounds of flowers in the area. Enough to create about half a billion worth of heroin or other illegal opioids.

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