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An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died Tuesday while in U.S. custody, immigration officials announced, becoming the second child to die in such circumstances this month. In a statement, Customs and Border Protection said the boy — identified by the Guatemalan consul in Phoenix as Felipe Gomez Alonzo — died shortly after midnight at the Gerald Champion Regional […]

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on President Trump to “abandon the wall” Saturday if he wants to reopen the government, saying Trump does not have the votes in the Senate to get it funded — hours after the government shut down over an impasse over funding for Trump’s signature 2016 campaign promise. “It will never pass […]

President Donald Trump on Friday said the chances of a partial government shutdown were “very good” after meeting with Senate Republicans at the White House. He called the meeting with GOP lawmakers “great,” and said, “Now it’s up to the Democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown tonight.” “I hope we don’t,” […]

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ impending departure shook an already tense Capitol on Thursday night, with lawmakers in both parties reacting with concern over what Mattis’ departure means for both Trump’s administration, and the international community. In a letter announcing his resignation, Mattis implicitly criticized President Donald Trump’s military judgment, suggested the president was not treating […]

An associate of the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain shared with Buzzfeed News a copy of the unverified, salacious opposition research dossier alleging that Russians had compromising material on President Trump, according to a bombshell federal court filing Wednesday. McCain had strenuously denied being the source for Buzzfeed after it published the dossier, which was […]

The Nation of Islam and its leaders have received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the U.S. government since 2008 to teach religious study programs for federal prison inmates, according to records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. A black nationalist group led by Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam preaches that white people are “blue-eyed devils” […]

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani told “Fox News Sunday” that President Trump will sit down one-on-one with Special Counsel Robert Mueller “over my dead body” amid bombshell new revelations in ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s false statements case. In a spirited back-and-forth with host Chris Wallace, Giuliani also claimed that Trump initially “didn’t know about” the hush-money […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s advisers, with an eye on the 2020 presidential campaign, have reportedly floated Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, as a potential running mate — apparently to alleviate concerns about Biden’s age. Biden, who served as President Barack Obama’s vice president for both terms, has long been mentioned as a potential 2020 candidate after […]

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election reported spending more than $25 million through Sep. 30, according to the latest Justice Department filing, including $8.5 million over the last six-month reporting period. Last month, President Donald Trump, without citing any documentation, accused Mueller of “wasting more than $40,000,000” on an […]

President Trump on Friday named White House budget director Mick Mulvaney as his new acting chief of staff, saying the former South Carolina Republican congressman will replace John Kelly as his top aide. “I am pleased to announce that Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, will be named Acting White House Chief of […]