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In August 2017, Mr. Fields traveled from Ohio to attend the Unite the Right rally, where swastika-toting white supremacists swarmed the streets and clashed with counterprotesters. In an attack that killed a 32-year-old woman, Heather Heyer, Mr. Fields sped down a narrow street packed with counterprotesters, many who were on their way home after the authorities shut down the demonstration. Image James Alex Fields Jr.CreditAlbemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, via Associated Press…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury recommended life plus 419 years on Tuesday for a man convicted of killing a woman and injuring dozens when he drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr. stood stoically with his hands folded in front of him as a court clerk read the verdict, which now must be taken under advisement by the judge, who…

President Trump kicked off Tuesday morning with a five-tweet discourse oscillating between praise for existing border security, calling for funding for his promised border wall, and blaming Democrats. He topped it off by promising he would simply use the military to build the wall: “If the Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country, the Military will build the remaining sections of the Wall.” ….People do not…

The Trump administration wants to limit the scope of a major clean water rule. It says the EPA under President Obama went too far in regulating isolated waters and wetlands far upstream from navigable lakes and rivers. Seth Perlman/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Perlman/AP The Trump administration wants to limit the scope of a major clean water rule. It says the EPA under President Obama went too far in…

China is furious, the markets are beside themselves, and after a pretty ordinary performance by her lawyers on the second day of a bail hearing, the daughter of one of China’s richest men is waiting in a Canadian jail for what might be a long time. Here’s the latest in the arrest of Huawei’s Meng “Sabrina” Wanzhou. Meng, detained on December 1, while changing flights on her way to Mexico…

(TOKYO) —The U.S. military said Tuesday that five missing crew members have been declared dead after their refueling plane collided with a fighter jet last week off Japan’s southern coast, and that search and recovery operations have been halted. The five were on a KC-130 Hercules refueling aircraft that collided last Thursday with an F/A-18 Hornet during regular training. The warplanes crashed into the sea south of Japan’s Shikoku island….

Time announced its shortlist for this year’s nominees on Monday, which included Trump, “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, research psychologist Christine Blasey Ford, March for Our Lives activists, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, and families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Time announced its shortlist for this year’s nominees on Monday, which included Trump, “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, research psychologist Christine Blasey Ford, March for Our Lives activists, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, and families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Time announced its shortlist for this year’s nominees on Monday, which included Trump, “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler, research psychologist Christine Blasey Ford, March for Our Lives activists, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, and families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Politics When President Donald Trump faces Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on Tuesday, his favorite foils will carry a lot more leverage than they have held at any point in the nearly two years since the president took office. Trump will meet with the Democratic congressional leaders at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday as they try to strike a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown…

Addressing the House of Commons on Monday, British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed a vote on her Brexit withdrawal or transition agreement with the European Union. The vote was originally planned for Tuesday but will now take place at an as yet undetermined date before Jan. 21, 2019. May’s delay of this vote is a big deal. It proves that her plan lacks the support of the House of Commons….

“The Guardians.” That’s what Time magazine is calling the journalists behind 2018’s “Person of the Year,” which was revealed exclusively Tuesday morning on “Today.” Time magazine’s Person of the Year covers.Time With a record number of reporters behind bars around the planet — the Committee to Protect Journalists documented 262 cases in 2017 — an avalanche of misinformation on social media and government officials from the United States to the…

In Bath Beach, two homicides claimed the lives of two men in on Sunday, including an FDNY firefighter. In the early hours of Sunday, December 9, police said Faizal Coto, 33, was involved in a possible road-rage confrontation that ended in his death. Responding to a 911 call of a vehicle collision on the Belt Parkway around 4:45 am, police discovered a 2008 Ford Mustang on the…

Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina, suspected of trying to infiltrate the National Rifle Association and influence US policy toward Russia, has pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to act as a foreign agent without registering with the Justice Department, according to NPR. It was not immediately clear how the deal will be structured for Butina. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington scheduled a hearing for Wednesday. Multiple news…

Trump’s 2020 campaign also spent about $120,000 at the president’s hotel in Washington, D.C., and $15,000 at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The Trump International Hotel in Washington, which the president leases from the federal government, is the target of a lawsuit by Maryland and the District of Columbia. The suit charges that Trump’s control of the hotel violates the emoluments clause of the Constitution, which bars federal…

CLOSE Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexican presidency, becoming first leftist to govern in decades. USA TODAY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a press conference at the Treasury Hall of the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on Dec. 5, 2018.(Photo: Sashenka Gutierrez, EPA-EFE) MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government has announced plans to spend $30 billion over the next five years on Central American development, an…

Former Baylor University fraternity president Jacob Anderson walks out of the courtroom in Waco, Tex., on Monday. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune Herald/AP) Eli Rosenberg December 10 at 10:56 PM A former fraternity president at Baylor University who had been accused of rape will not serve any jail time nor be forced to register as a sex offender after a judge accepted the plea deal he had been offered by Texas prosecutors,…

Philip Rucker Josh Dawsey Robert Costa December 10 at 7:51 PM President Trump had no Plan B. After announcing the exit of his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, and being turned down by his pick to replace him, Nick Ayers, Trump found himself Monday in an unexpected predicament — scrambling to recruit someone to help run the executive branch of the federal government and guide the administration through the…

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a special address to the nation on Monday, his first public comments after four weeks of nationwide “yellow vest” (gilet jaune) protests. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a special address to the nation on Monday, his first public comments after four weeks of nationwide “yellow vest” (gilet jaune) protests. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images Trying to quell…