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The Trump administration signed an agreement Friday allowing it to require migrants who pass through El Salvador to seek asylum there rather than in the US, another potential hurdle for Central Americans arriving at the US southern border. The White House has also ordered the Department of Homeland Security to secure a similar agreement with Honduras by October 1, Hamed Aleaziz of Buzzfeed News reported. The agreement with El Salvador…

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(iStock) Hannah Natanson September 20 at 10:46 PM A 22-year-old man was taken into custody Friday afternoon after an SUV drove through a mall in suburban Chicago and sent panicked shoppers fleeing for safety. Police descended on Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Ill., after receiving 911 calls around 2:20 p.m. about a black vehicle plowing through a mall entrance at Sears. The car drove though the mall’s common area and came…

Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency looks on during a news conference Thursday at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Alastair Pike/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alastair Pike/AFP/Getty Images Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency looks on during a news conference Thursday at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Alastair Pike/AFP/Getty Images Just two days after the Trump administration revoked California’s right to set its…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tour bus carrying tourists crashed near a national park in southern Utah, killing at least four people and critically injuring up to 15 others, authorities said Friday. The morning wreck near Bryce Canyon National Park, known for its distinctive landscape of narrow red rock spires, left 12 to 15 people with “very critical injuries,” the Utah Highway Patrol said on Twitter. The…

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Millions of people across the world — from Pakistan to Iceland — went on strike Friday in the largest-ever global demonstration to fight climate change. Around noon, Americans began to walk out of work and school, too. “Strike today, save tomorrow,” read one banner in the…

Video Trump slams ‘partisan’ whistleblower complaint, says ‘somebody’ should investigate Biden The president defends his conversations with world leaders and blasts Joe Biden’s ‘disgraceful’ statement on Ukraine during an Oval Office meeting with Australian PM Scott Morrison. The latest media mass hysteria over a whistleblower’s complaint that, according to FoxNews.com “reportedly involved allegations President Trump made a troubling and unspecified ‘promise’ to a foreign leader,” is based on precious little information.  That…

© Provided by The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bus carrying Chinese-speaking tourists crashed near a national park in southern Utah, killing at least four people and critically injuring up to 15 others, authorities said Friday. The morning wreck near Bryce Canyon National Park, known for its distinctive landscape of narrow red rock spires, left 12 to 15 people with “very critical injuries,” the Utah Highway Patrol said on…

“Not one single outlet has given any credibility to his assertion,” Mr. Biden told reporters after a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He said he had no more comment, but added: “The president should start to be president.” The existence of the complaint, submitted by a member of the intelligence community to its inspector general, emerged late last week and exploded into the open late on Wednesday when The…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and 22 other states sued Friday to stop the Trump administration from revoking the authority of the nation’s most populous state to set emission standards for cars and trucks. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a day after it issued a regulation designed to pre-empt the state’s authority to set its own rules for how much pollution can come from…

President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump says reports of an improper conversation with a foreign leader are “ridiculous.” Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump says reports of an improper conversation with a foreign leader are “ridiculous.” Susan Walsh/AP Updated at 12:05 p.m. ET President Trump blamed “a political hack job” for reports that a whistleblower has…

John Wagner Mike DeBonis September 20 at 12:27 PM President Trump declined to say Friday whether he had discussed Joe Biden or his family during a July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that has drawn intense scrutiny, but he told reporters that “someone ought to look into” the former vice president. Trump’s call with Zelensky is under investigation by House Democrats, who are examining whether Trump and his…

Flooding from a tropical storm hit the Houston area on Thursday, with some calling the situation worse than Hurricane Harvey. Heavy rainfall inundated the Texas coast, flooding Houston and Beaumont, home to massive oil refining, petrochemical and export facilities. The storm was downgraded to just a tropical depression, but those classifications only measure wind speed. The real threat from Imelda was “major, catastrophic flooding,” according to the National Weather Service….

The Trump administration is planning to roll back that standard to about 37 miles per gallon. But with the California waiver in place, California and the other states that follow its standard could keep that tighter fuel-economy requirement. Mr. Wheeler, however, noted that under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, states are not allowed to set fuel economy standards, and thus made the case that California’s separate fuel…

President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump says reports of an improper conversation with a foreign leader are “ridiculous.” Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Trump says reports of an improper conversation with a foreign leader are “ridiculous.” Susan Walsh/AP Updated at 12:05 p.m. ET President Trump blamed “a political hack job” for reports that a whistleblower has…

Record-breaking rainfall from the tropical storm Imelda is soaking southeastern Texas. Some areas have been swamped with 20 to 42 inches (51 to 107 centimeters) of rain over just three days, causing catastrophic flooding that is among the worst in U.S. history.   Imelda, the first named storm to strike this part of Texas since 2017’s devastating Hurricane Harvey, is currently the fifth-wettest tropical storm to drench the contiguous U.S.,…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was “making a lot of progress” with China on Friday, as deputy-level trade talks continued for a second day and Washington lifted tariffs on over 400 Chinese products. Trump, speaking to reporters at a White House meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, said the United States was taking in billions of dollars from tariffs imposed on Chinese products, adding…

Against all odds, the unglamorous, top-secret government facility known as Area 51, located in the remote Nevada desert, has become the hottest weekend getaway of the fall. Or, at least, it could be: A tongue-in-cheek Facebook page proposing a mid-September “raid” on the place, which some conspiracy theorists have long insisted holds the clues to extraterrestrial life, has amassed the attention of millions since it popped up in early July….