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Federal workers on Wednesday sued the U.S. government over the shutdown, protesting the requirement that employees who are considered “essential” must report to work without pay, a major federal workers’ union announced Monday. An estimated 420,000 employees fall into the category of being essential, many of them working for the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, focused on public safety. In previous government shutdowns, Congress approved back pay…

A Missouri woman who was killed days after Christmas, along with her children and mother, appeared to have a “wonderful” relationship with the boyfriend now charged in their deaths, said her grieving father. Kate Kasten, 39, her daughter Zoe, 8, son, Jonathan, 10, and mother, Jane Moeckel, 61, were shot just before midnight Friday in Kasten’s home in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Richard Darren EmerySt. Charles…

Erica Werner Seung Min Kim December 31 at 12:03 PM Democrats have settled on a strategy for attempting to reopen the government when they take control of the House on Thursday, aimed at ending the partial shutdown quickly — but denying President Trump the new money he wants for a border wall. Democrats plan to pass a stopgap spending bill to fund the Homeland Security Department through Feb. 8. The…

Like the Titanic, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., looks grand on paper. She is energetic, experienced, and adorned with high decoration from prestigious universities. But like the Titanic and the iceberg, Warren is a collision with outsize arrogance. If Warren wins the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, President Trump will almost certainly be re-elected. Before we get into it, have a quick watch of Warren’s announcement that she is forming an…

Russia’s Federal Security Service announced Monday that it detained a U.S. citizen in Moscow last week. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption toggle caption Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Russia’s Federal Security Service announced Monday that it detained a U.S. citizen in Moscow last week. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Updated at 10:30 a.m. A U.S. citizen has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of espionage, Russia’s Federal Security Service announced Monday. The domestic security agency named the…

Video American-Palestinian reportedly gets life sentence for ‘selling land to a Jew’ An American-Palestinian dual national reportedly was sentenced to life in prison for trying to sell land to Israelis – extending an incarceration that has already drawn the ire of the U.S. ambassador. An American-Palestinian dual national reportedly was sentenced Monday to life in prison with “hard labor” for trying to sell land to Israelis – extending an incarceration…

Authorities are searching for a gunman after a 7-year-old girl was shot dead in a Walmart parking lot in Houston on Sunday as the girl sat in her car with her mother and three other children. Jazmine Barnes was killed when the unknown suspect pulled up next to her mother’s car at about 7 a.m. and began shooting into the car for an unknown reason, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez…

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Three confidants of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff, are indicating that the president’s signature campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would not be fulfilled as advertised. Trump sparked fervent chants of “Build that wall!” at rallies before and after his election and more recently cited a lack of funding for a border wall as the reason for partially shutting down the government….

Dec. 30: Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing after his meeting with President Trump. (AP) Welcome to FOX News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters Sunday that he feels “pretty good about where we’re headed” in Syria after suggesting that President Trump is “reconsidering” the planned pullout  White House chief of staff John…

Scarlett Johansson spoke to the Washington Post about how deepfake technology is being used to superimpose women’s faces onto pornography, and said that trying to stop it is a “lost cause.” Deepfake technology works by training artificial intelligence software on images of a person. The software can then superimpose that person’s face onto footage of someone else, or simulate them saying something they did not say. Read more: A viral…

A man wearing tactical-style clothing and carrying a loaded firearm and extra ammunition who said he was on his way to a Texas church to “fulfill a prophecy” was arrested early on Sunday morning, officials said. The man, identified by the police as Tony D. Albert, 33, of Houston, was taken into custody in Seguin, Tex., a city about 35 miles east of San Antonio. He did not say which…

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption President Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,000 US troops from Syria A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria, despite his plan to withdraw US troops. Senator Lindsey Graham suggested the withdrawal had been slowed and he was now reassured of the president’s commitment after meeting him on Sunday. Mr Trump’s troop pullout plan met…

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption President Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,000 US troops from Syria A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria, despite his plan to withdraw US troops. Senator Lindsey Graham suggested the withdrawal had been slowed and he was now reassured of the president’s commitment after meeting him on Sunday. Mr Trump’s troop pullout plan met…

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption President Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,000 US troops from Syria A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria, despite his plan to withdraw US troops. Senator Lindsey Graham suggested the withdrawal had been slowed and he was now reassured of the president’s commitment after meeting him on Sunday. Mr Trump’s troop pullout plan met…

The federal website where consumers can sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is shown on a computer screen in Washington, D.C., last month. The federal judge in Texas, who earlier this month ruled the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, said that the law can remain in effect while under appeal. AP hide caption toggle caption AP The federal website where consumers can sign up for health insurance…

President Donald Trump’s often-touted “border wall” has recently been referred to as “beautiful steel slats” by the president, a “beaded curtain” by California Rep. Nancy Pelosi, “semantics” by White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, and “not a wall” by outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly. Finally, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday that the wall was nothing more than a “metaphor” for border security.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has extended an invitation to U.S. president Donald Trump to discuss policy between the two nations in 2019. The Kremlin confirmed Putin’s note by issuing a statement on Sunday, saying: “In a Christmas and New Year greeting message to President of the United States of America Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia-US relations are the most important factor behind ensuring strategic stability and international security,…

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The partial shutdown came about when Congress failed to pass seven spending bills, including for the Department of Homeland Security. While House Democrats are considering various options, they appear to be leaning toward funding Homeland Security through a so-called continuing resolution, which would keep spending at current levels, likely through February. The other agencies would be funded through separate measures. Meanwhile, Mr. Graham floated his proposal, which would marry $5…