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Utah Sen. Mike Lee, President Donald Trump talk immigration reform proposals

The White House is also working with Sen. Indeed, the op-ed kicks off by declaring Trump is "right" when he says there's a crisis at the US border with Mexico...

Trump business losses 'passed a billion dollars in 10 years'

U.S. President Donald Trump defended himself on Wednesday following a media report that said his businesses had lost more than $ 1 billion from 1985 to 1...

Canada calls on US to take action in China dispute

The report also found that demand in both Canada and China for products made in each other's markets has shrunk: About 20 per cent of Canadian companies in the ...

New York Senate passes two bills that take direct aim at Trump

The House was set to vote Wednesday on the bill - known as the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act - that would guarantee the tribe's lands in...

School district’s menu item for students with lunch debt causes controversy

Critics say such lunch debt policies shame children for something outside of their control. "I think it's embarrassing to the kids because now everyone's go...

Senate Intel Committee Has Reportedly Subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr

Axios is reporting that the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee, which is chaired by Sen. Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017 he was...

Corbyn's support for Venezuelan regime is disgusting, says Pompeo

He was particularly fired up about Washington's decision last month to begin enforcing the 1996 Helms-Burton act, which essentially allows Cuban-Americans to su...

And find $40k of meth inside

Deputies say the women turned the drugs over to the sheriff's office, who called in Drug Enforcement Administration agents. Neither the three women nor the SC c...

Iran seems to be moving ballistic missiles by boat to Persian Gulf

Exactly what prompted the U.S. action was unclear, but it marked a further step in sharply rising tensions between the Trump administration and Iran. The Trum...

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver court Tuesday for extradition case

They applied for additional disclosure from the prosecutors for the case, including information related to her arrest at the airport. Such a move is sure to d...

Taliban attacks USA aid group's office in Kabul

It was not immediately clear if any foreigners were among the casualties. Authorities cordoned off the area, sending ambulances and police trucks. Wednesday's...

Missing piece of Stonehenge returned 60 years later

The surprise came from the Philips' family living in the United States, whose patriarch had worked for Basingstoke diamond-cutting business Van Moppes who condu...

6 people are dead after an apartment fire in Harlem

About a hundred firefighters converged on the building in response to an emergency call at 1:40 am (0640 GMT), and traced the blaze to a fifth-floor corner apar...

Denver: two suspects in custody following shooting at school

Police officers with rifles stood by a group of high schoolers huddled behind dumpsters, many of them typing on their phones. Castillo's father, John, told te...

Canada offers to pay shipping costs of repatriating garbage from the Philippines

As Dominguez gave Guerrero a deadline to return the piles of garbage to Canada by May 15, the BOC chief met with the Philippine government's inter-agency co...

N Korea may begin contacts with Japan following Abe's gesture

Harry Kazianis, the director of Korean Studies at the Center for the National Interest, told the network that Trump is playing with fire by announcing increases...

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Denies Democrats’ Request for Trump Tax Return

Neal originally demanded access to Trump's tax returns in early April under a law that says the IRS to "shall furnish" the returns of any taxpayer to a handful ...

Central Intelligence Agency warns Palestinian activist of Saudi threat on his life

Among the many Arab rulers he's fiercely criticized on Twitter is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose aides were behind a plot that led to the assassi...

USA tariff hikes show its 'frustration at being unable to browbeat China'

The levy would increase tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. The US president has vowed to double tariffs on $200bn o...

Bartender faces charges for serving killer before Cowboys party shooting spree

It was around 8:30 p.m. when neighbors called police after hearing what they thought were gunshots at or near the house on West Spring Creek Parkway . Accordin...

Chinese team heads to Washington to salvage trade talks

For weeks, Trump administration officials had suggested that negotiators were making steady progress. In a note to clients on Monday, strategists at Morgan St...

Muslims observe Ramadan around the globe

The General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Pastor Yohanna Buru has commenced the distribution of foodstuff to some Muslims to en...

Girl, 15, was guru's sex slave, Keith Raniere jury told

According to exchanges during the selection of jurors, " Smallville " actress Mack, who was close to Raniere and pleaded guilty to racketeering charges last mon...

Mongolian couple die of bubonic plague after eating raw marmot

One case was reported in 2017, but the patient did not die. The quarantine was expected to be lifted on Monday after no other cases of the plague were reporte...

Iran inches away from nuclear deal amid United States sanctions

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is reportedly planning a speech for Wednesday on the anniversary of the United States pullout from the Iran nuclear deal. On...

Tariffs to take effect Friday could impact KC companies

Global bellwether stocks Boeing, the largest U.S. exporter to China , and Caterpillar, another industrial giant sensitive to China, slid 4 percent and 2.3 pe...

Michael Cohen Says He Helped Falwell Bury Racy 'Personal' Photos

Trump misspelled the word "stolen" in this tweet Sunday that has since been deleted. Article Two of the United States Constitution states that the president...

Christian woman Asia Bibi flees Pakistan for Canada

Bibi had been in protective custody since her release last October, which sparked nationwide demonstrations by hardline Islamist groups. "I have inquired wi...

South Africa starts voting amid corruption, unemployment

Ramaphosa - who became ANC leader after narrowly defeating a faction allied with Zuma - has promised to improve service delivery, create jobs and fight corrup...

Panic aboard passenger plane as it lands in flames at Moscow Airport

The aircraft's black boxes have been found and handed over to investigators, a source in the Russian emergency services told news agencies. The tail section b...