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James McAuley Karla Adam Ellen Nakashima April 11 at 8:28 AM PARIS — British authorities arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday in response to a U.S. extradition request after Ecuador rescinded his asylum at its embassy in London, ending a standoff that lasted nearly seven years. London’s Metropolitan Police said a statement that Assange was “arrested on behalf of the United States authorities” and would “appear in custody at…

Video Mayor Pete Buttigieg: What to know What to know about Pete Buttigieg and how, despite only two terms as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, he plans to capture the Democratic presidential nomination. While Democratic candidates scurry for attention in a crowded field, making bold proposals in hopes of capturing the imagination of the large anti-Trump electorate, one seems to have found the fastest trajectory from obscurity to the top…

Media captionThe announcement was made by the defence minister Awad Ibn Ouf After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister says. Speaking on state TV, Awad Ibn Ouf said the army had decided to oversee a two-year transitional period followed by elections. He also said a three-month state of emergency was being put in place. Protests against Mr Bashir, who…

An Indian Mishing tribal woman looks back to ensure her vote has been cast as she prepares to leave the voting compartment during the first phase of general elections in Majuli, Assam, India, Thursday. Anupam Nath/AP hide caption toggle caption Anupam Nath/AP An Indian Mishing tribal woman looks back to ensure her vote has been cast as she prepares to leave the voting compartment during the first phase of general…

FILE: Firefighters and fire investigators responding to a fire at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Thursday, April 4, 2019, in Opelousas, La.  (Leslie Westbrook/The Advocate via AP) The son of a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday in connection with fires that burned down three historically black churches in the past two weeks, police said. Holden Matthews, 21, has been booked into the St. Landry Parish jail on suspicion of arson, KATC-TV…

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Video Mnuchin says Treasury can’t comply with House deadline for President Trump’s tax returns Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that the department hasn’t decided if it’ll comply with a demand by a key House Democrat to deliver President Trump’s tax returns, and won’t meet a Wednesday deadline to do so. The news came a day after Mnuchin faced off in a contentious exchange on the issue with the chairwoman of the House…

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at a news conference at the conclusion of the EU summit in Brussels. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at a news conference at the conclusion of the EU summit in Brussels. Francisco Seco/AP The European Union has agreed to delay the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, known as Brexit, until Oct. 31. The deal,…

Gregory Craig expects to face charges over work he did for the Ukrainian government, his lawyers said. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images legal By MATTHEW CHOI 04/10/2019 11:06 PM EDT Updated 04/11/2019 12:21 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 00:21:25 EDT 2019 A former White House counsel for President Barack Obama expects to be indicted as part of an investigation related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into the 2016 election, according…

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Wednesday that he says will accelerate the approval of energy infrastructure projects in the United States. Trump signed the executive orders before applauding union workers at a training facility in Crosby, Texas. The president energy infrastructure is too often held back by special interest groups and others. He particularly took aim at the state of New York, saying “obstruction” on a gas…

Video Barr testifies he believes spying occurred during 2016 campaign Attorney General Bill Barr tells Senate lawmakers that he believes spying did occur during the 2016 presidential campaign; Catherine Herridge reports on the exchange. Prominent Democrats lined up to hammer Attorney General Bill Barr for testifying Wednesday that federal authorities had spied on the Trump campaign in 2016, with one top House Democrat charging that Barr is not acting “in the…

President Trump speaks to f the media prior to his departure from the White House Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images President Trump speaks to f the media prior to his departure from the White House Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images Updated at 8:06 p.m. ET The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service will not meet House Democrats’ deadline…

Media captionMay on Brexit extension: ‘The UK should have left the EU by now’ The UK and the EU have agreed a “flexible extension” of Brexit until 31 October, European Council president Donald Tusk has said. Speaking after five hours of talks at an EU summit in Brussels, Mr Tusk said his “message to British friends” was “please do not waste this time”. Theresa May said the UK would still…

The McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge in McAllen, Tex., on April 4. Wait times at U.S. points of entry on the border with Mexico have increased dramatically in recent days. (Ray Whitehouse for The Washington Post) Wait times at the ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border have soared as the Trump administration diverts officers to handle an influx of immigrants, leaving trucks backed up for hours and industry leaders warning of…

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With nearly all the votes now counted, it’s safe to say that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been reelected. For those catching up, here are five takeaways from Tuesday’s Israeli election: Bibi Survives. This of course is the biggest takeaway, and love him or hate him, it’s a testament to his incredible resilience. Netanyahu was initially elected back in 1996, but was driven into the political wilderness by 1999….

All of these estimates looked at the potential health care bill under a Sanders-style Medicare for all plan. In some estimates, the country would not pay more for health care, but there would still be a drastic shift in who is doing the paying. Individuals and their employers now pay nearly half of the total cost of medical care, but that percentage would fall close to zero, and the percentage…

David Nakamura Josh Dawsey Seung Min Kim April 9 at 8:02 PM He had threatened to close the southern border and ordered a halt to foreign aid for three Central American nations. But as President Trump weighed his next move to respond to a mounting immigration crisis, he had another problem: His homeland security chief was in Europe on a week-long business trip. The location of Kirstjen Nielsen, the embattled…

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a dinner banquet, part of a fundraising event for the Council of American-Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles at the Hilton hotel in Woodland Hills, California, March 23, 2019. (Photo: Gary Coronado, AP) WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar again sparked outrage and sharp criticism with a comment, this time for referring to the 9/11 terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 people as “something” that “some people did.”  The freshman Minnesota…