US Domestic News Roundup: U.S. charges four in 'Panama Papers' tax evasion scheme; Pentagon extends Mexico border mission until Jan end

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.

U.S. 'model soldier' gets 25 years in prison for Islamic State support

A U.S. Army sergeant described by former colleagues as a one-time "model soldier" was sentenced to 25 years in prison at a federal court in Hawaii on Tuesday after pleading guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State militant group, a local news outlet reported. Ikaika Erik Kang, 35, agreed to a plea deal in August on four counts of breaking antiterrorism laws in which he accepted a proposed 25-year sentence.

Corporate tax breaks cost U.S. schools billions of lost revenue: report

Corporate tax subsidies, in the spotlight again after Amazon.com Inc's secretive quest to find a site for its second headquarters, are costing American public schools big money, according to a report issued on Tuesday. In fiscal 2017, U.S. public schools lost $1.8 billion across 28 states through corporate tax incentives over which most schools themselves had little or no control.

Mylan to recall all batches of blood pressure medicine valsartan in U.S.

Mylan NV said on Tuesday it is expanding a nationwide voluntary recall of its blood pressure medicine valsartan to include all lots, two weeks after it recalled select batches. The drugmaker said it was recalling 104 additional lots "out of an abundance of caution" after the valsartan-containing products were found to contain traces of a probable cancer-causing impurity.

Driver sobbed after learning he killed woman at Virginia rally

The white nationalist who drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a Virginia rally last year began sobbing and whimpering after his arrest when police told him he had killed someone, according to video played at his trial on Tuesday. Within minutes of the mayhem at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017, James Fields could be heard on footage recorded by a detective's body-worn camera saying he acted in self-defense.

U.S. charges four in 'Panama Papers' tax evasion scheme

U.S. prosecutors announced Tuesday that they have charged four people with taking part in a decades-long scheme to evade U.S. taxes that came to light after a massive leak of offshore financial data known as the "Panama Papers." Three of the four people have already been arrested, prosecutors said, in the first criminal case brought by U.S. authorities in connection with Mossack Fonseca & Co, the Panamanian law firm at the center of the leak.

Lawmaker aims to get citizenship question removed from U.S. census

The likely incoming Democratic chairman of the congressional panel overseeing the U.S. census said on Tuesday he aims to pressure the Trump administration into removing a question about citizenship from the 2020 census questionnaire. Representative Gerald Connolly said that when Democrats assume leadership of the House of Representatives in January, they plan to call Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to testify about the citizenship question, which has spurred criticism and lawsuits.

Medtronic units to pay $31 million to resolve U.S. medical device probes

Two companies now owned by Medtronic Plc will pay $30.9 million to resolve claims they marketed a medical device meant to treat a vascular defect in the brain for unapproved purposes and paid kickbacks to hospitals to get them to use a second product. As part of the settlement announced by the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday, ev3 Inc, a medical device manufacturer now owned by Medtronic, has agreed to plead guilty to a charge related to a neurovascular medical device.

New York D.A. won't appeal state ruling on jury trials for noncitizens

The district attorney in New York City's Bronx County decided not to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the state's highest court guaranteeing noncitizens in the city charged with minor crimes the right to jury trials when convictions could lead to deportation. Darcel Clark, the district attorney, on Tuesday instead urged state legislators to address issues raised in the Nov. 27 decision, and perhaps change state law to ensure jury trials for all residents charged with Class B misdemeanors.

Pentagon extends Mexico border mission until end of January

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has approved a request to extend the deployment of troops to the U.S. border with Mexico until the end of January, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a move that had been largely expected. The U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the support would include "limited aviation, engineering, medical, and military police capabilities." The current authorization was set to expire on Dec. 15.

Mourners line up to honor former President Bush at U.S. Capitol

The historic and ornate U.S. Capitol Rotunda was hosting mourners on Tuesday paying respects to the 41st U.S. president, George H.W. Bush, who died last week at the age of 94 and will be buried on Thursday in his home state of Texas. A casket bearing Bush's body arrived on the Capitol grounds at sunset on Monday for a ceremony led by congressional leaders who celebrated the life of the Republican president and father of the 43rd president, George W. Bush.

(With inputs from Reuters)

(With inputs from agencies.)