Pvt. Xavier A. Rodriguez held the woman at an unnamed location where she was unlikely to be found. He threatened to kill her if she tried to leave and wielded a knife, firearm and his own hands, according to the court document.

The “rare exemptions” were outlined in a memorandum issued Tuesday that detailed the reopening of the Defense Department’s deferred resignation program as the Pentagon works to trim the civilian workforce by about 60,000 people.

While President Donald Trump on Monday praised the commitment of Tice’s mother, he dampened expectations that the new administration had made any progress in locating her son. His predecessor maintained as recently as December that he believed that Tice is alive.

The California man accused of plotting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh intends to plead guilty, his attorneys said in a letter to a federal judge.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said that she has directed federal prosecutors to seek a death sentence for the man accused of killing a health-care executive in Manhattan last year — the first time the Justice Department will pursue capital punishment during the Trump administration.

A potentially catastrophic and life-threatening extreme weather event that will bring strong tornadoes, devastating flooding, heavy snow and high winds will intensify across the central states on Wednesday.

Val Kilmer has died at age 65 from pneumonia. The versatile actor played flying ace Iceman opposite Tom Cruise in “Top Gun,” Batman in “Batman Forever” and singer Jim Morrison in the biopic “The Doors.

The Senate confirmed Matt Whitaker late Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to NATO. During a confirmation hearing, Whitaker assured senators that the Trump administration’s commitment to the military alliance was “ironclad.”

The Michigan National Guard has been deployed to assist ice storm recovery efforts in northern Michigan.