Nation Dec 29 Nielsen visits Arizona city on 2nd day of border tour Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen went to an Arizona border city Saturday on the second day of a southwest tour following the recent death of another Guatemalan migrant child in U.S. government custody .
World Dec 29 2-year-old Yemeni boy whose mom sued U.S. to see him has died Abdullah Hassan died Friday in UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, where his father Ali Hassan brought him in the fall to get treatment for a genetic brain disorder.
Nation Dec 28 Wells Fargo pays $575 million to settle state investigations into fake accounts The bank has been under a cloud since 2015 when it acknowledged that employees had opened millions of fake bank accounts for customers in order to meet sales goals.
Politics Dec 28 Shutdown to close D.C. museums and galleries by midweek Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation's capital will close starting midweek if the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on. So will the National Zoo and a lively ice rink near the National Mall.
Politics Dec 28 Democrats refuse to fund Trump's 'immoral' wall Democrats are holding firm in the standoff over a border wall, saying they won't seriously consider any White House offer to end the government shutdown until it has a public endorsement from President Donald Trump.
Arts Dec 28 Acclaimed author Amos Oz dies at 79, Israeli media say Oz, author of novels, prose and a widely acclaimed memoir, had suffered from cancer, the reports say.
Politics Dec 28 White House says Trump and Dems are 'far apart' on shutdown Press secretary Sarah Sanders tells CBS Friday of Democrats: "They've left the table all together, so of course we are far apart."…
Politics Dec 27 House Republicans say no votes expected for remainder of week, making continued shutdown likely Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on unpaid furlough and even more are required to work without pay after Trump and Congress could not reach consensus on a short-term funding bill last week.
Nation Dec 27 Court records detail Kevin Spacey's encounter with teenager in 2016 The case came to light in November 2017 when former Boston news anchor Heather Unruh announced that Spacey had groped her son.
Politics Dec 27 Trump is the third American president to visit Iraq President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Wednesday to meet U.S. troops. It's the sixth time that a U.S. president has visited Iraq.