Reuters US Domestic News Summary

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. Manafort asks judge for sentence far below the maximum: court filing

Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort asked a federal judge in Washington on Monday to impose a prison term "significantly below" the statutory 10-year maximum, saying he was remorseful for his misdeeds and facing deteriorating health. Manafort, 69, who is due to be sentenced on March 13, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington last September to conspiracy against the United States - a charge that includes a range of conduct from money laundering to unregistered lobbying for the pro-Russia Ukrainian government - and conspiracy to obstruct justice for attempts to tamper with witnesses. Wisconsin governor pulls troops from U.S.-Mexico border

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Monday signed an order withdrawing the state's National Guard troops from the U.S.-Mexico border, saying there was not enough evidence of a national security crisis to justify keeping them there. The Democratic governor's decision to pull back around 112 troops follows similar moves by Democratic leaders of New Mexico and California who said President Donald Trump, a Republican, had invented a crisis on the border for political gain. Lawsuit accuses Trump of kissing campaign worker without her consent

A woman who worked on Donald Trump's presidential campaign sued the president on Monday, accusing him of kissing her without consent before a 2016 rally in Tampa, Florida. Alva Johnson said in the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Florida's Middle District, that the alleged incident was "part of a pattern of predatory and harassing behavior towards women" by Trump. House set to vote to end Trump's border wall 'emergency'

The U.S. House of Representatives votes on Tuesday on a resolution to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a wall on the border with Mexico. House Democrats introduced the resolution last week, challenging Trump's assertion that he could use money to build the wall that Congress had appropriated for other purposes. Mother, daughter charged with slaying five family members in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania officials on Tuesday charged a 45-year-old woman and her daughter with murdering five family members whose bodies were discovered in an apartment outside Philadelphia, court records showed. Three children were among the victims found dead on Monday at the apartment in Morrisville, a borough about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of downtown Philadelphia, Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub told reporters. Can a sitting U.S. president face criminal charges?

The U.S. Constitution explains how a president can be removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors" by Congress using the impeachment process. But the Constitution is silent on whether a president can face criminal prosecution in court, and the U.S. Supreme Court has not directly addressed the question. The question looms large with Special Counsel Robert Mueller preparing a report on his investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election, whether President Donald Trump's campaign conspired with Moscow and whether Trump unlawfully sought to obstruct the probe. California AG endorses bill expanding consumer privacy protections

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday endorsed a state bill that would expand the state's new privacy act to allow consumers to sue companies over their handling of personal data, despite months of tech lobbying against such a move. California's data privacy law, passed last year, imposes fines of up to $7,500 on large companies for intentional failure to disclose data collection or delete user data on request, or for selling others' data without permission. American hostage in Yemen 'reunited' with family: Trump

U.S. citizen Danny Burch has been reunited with his family after 18 months in captivity in Yemen, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday, praising the United Arab Emirates for its role in "bringing Danny home." Burch, an oil engineer who grew up in Texas and spent years working in Yemen, was taken hostage in September 2017, according to his family at the time, although Reuters reported in January 2018 that he had been released and taken to Oman. Judge gives green light to Trump ban on gun 'bump stocks'

A federal judge gave the Trump administration the go-ahead on Monday to ban "bump stocks" - rapid-fire gun attachments used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history - in a defeat for firearms rights advocates. Opponents had sought a preliminary injunction saying the government did not have the legal authority to enforce the ban. Patriots owner Kraft formally charged in Florida prostitution sting

Florida prosecutors on Monday filed formal charges against Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, and about two dozen other men for soliciting prostitution at massage parlors, authorities said on Monday. The investigation by law enforcement officers in three Florida counties into the trafficking of young women to work at day spas and massage parlors has led to hundreds being charged.