In an address from the Oval Office, President Trump delivered an address to gain support for his proposed border wall and to end the partial government shutdown. Trump declared a “growing humanitarian and security crisis at our
On Tuesday, House Democrats — in their first move since taking the majority — introduced a measure that would expand background checks for sales and transfers of firearms to tighten the nation’s gun laws. House Speaker Nancy
Cyntoia Brown, a Tennessee woman who was convicted as a teenager of killing a man while she said she was a sex trafficking victim, was granted clemency Monday by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. Haslam said the decision
The Supreme Court said that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month. Ginsburg was not on the bench as the
Authorities say that a suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 75 in Kentucky struck a vehicle carrying five family members from Michigan early Sunday, killing all six people. The southbound pickup truck being driven
A 20-year-old man was arrested late Saturday in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed in a drive-by shooting while sitting in the backseat of her mother’s car in Houston last month, police said.
President Trump made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday for the first time since becoming president, but took no questions from reporters. In his first public comments since Democrats and Nancy Pelosi took
U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi made history by becoming became House Speaker for a second time as the new Congress took office Thursday. Pelosi, 78, became the nation’s first female House speaker when she took the gavel in
According to State Department officials, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman has visited a U.S. citizen detained in Russia, and expressed support for him by offering the embassy’s assistance. It is unusual for the U.S. ambassador to
Immigrant youth looking to start over in the United States are having their applications for green cards rejected because the Trump administration says they’re too old. U.S. government programs in place since 1990 has let young immigrants
