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Russia has accused Israel of violating Syria’s sovereignty and threatening two civilian flights after Israeli warplanes launched air raids in Damascus on Tuesday. “We are very concerned by the attacks and how they were made. This is a gross violation of the sovereignty of Syria,” the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday.  Syrian state media said the country’s air defences intercepted Israeli missiles near…

The government is five days into a partial shutdown, and Congress and the president are no closer to a deal to fund it, foreshadowing a stalemate that could drag on into 2019. President Donald Trump has long demanded $5 billion for the construction of a wall (or other barrier) along the US-Mexico border, a proposal that is a nonstarter with Democrats, who Trump needs in order to pass a bill…

Declaring the U.S. immigration system had been “pushed to a breaking point by those who seek open borders,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday ordered mandatory medical checks on all children under the age of 10 in U.S. custody and said she would send U.S. Coast Guard medical personnel to the border to help. Nielsen said she also planned to visit the border later this week to see “first-hand”…

“I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security,” Mr. Trump tweeted earlier this week. “At some point the Democrats not wanting to make a deal will cost our Country more money than the Border Wall we are all talking about. Crazy!” The shutdown, the third of the year, started early Saturday after…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is under fire after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died shortly before midnight on Christmas Eve. It was the second death of a migrant child in U.S. custody this month. CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan told “CBS This Morning” on Wednesday that his agency needs help from Congress and “a different approach” to handling children in its custody. At approximately 9 a.m. on Christmas Eve, agents at…

The suspect sought in the killing of a police officer in Northern California on Wednesday. (Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department) Authorities in Northern California launched a dragnet Wednesday after a police officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop, according to officials. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that Newman Police Officer Ronil Singh, 33, was shot and killed during a traffic stop just before 1…

Vice President Joe Biden is reportedly upset that his former boss, Barack Obama, has been talking to other Democrats about a 2020 run for president. Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who recently lost to Sen. Ted Cruz in their Texas midterm election contest, met with former President Obama last month as he considers his own White House bid. According to insiders who spoke to…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Wednesday after undergoing surgery to have cancerous growths removed from her lung, according to the Supreme Court press office. Ginsburg, 85, underwent a pulmonary lobectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on Friday, the court said. Two nodules had been found on her left lung during tests after she had a fall in November that…

Video Second migrant child dies in US custody, CBP reports U.S. Customs and Border Protection will perform medical checks on every child in its custody following the death of an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala. The measure was introduced amid scrutiny and criticism from politicians and other groups after the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care just this month, with a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl dying due to…

Japan said Wednesday it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whaling next year, sparking criticism from activists and anti-whaling countries including Australia. The announcement comes after Japan failed earlier this year to convince the IWC to allow it to resume commercial whaling. Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the commercial hunts would be limited to Japan’s territorial waters. “We will not hunt in the Antarctic…

President Donald Trump misled the American public repeatedly in 2018. He championed victories that never happened and complained of challenges that don’t exist, while repeating some of the same false claims dozens and dozens of times — on the campaign trail, at the White House, and on Twitter. This year alone, we’ve fact checked claims on tariffs, immigration law, health insurance, veterans health care, tax reform, aviation safety, automotive safety…

In Iowa and New Hampshire, the phone calls from likely 2020 Democratic presidential contenders are coming in fast. Heavyweights like California Sen. Kamala Harris, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren looking for office space, staff and support from local leaders, while lesser known hopefuls are eyeing visits to boost their visibility in the key early contest states. But with 2019 just days away, the looming contests…

Anthony Matesic, a designated market maker, follows stock prices at the New York Stock Exchange, earlier this month. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP Anthony Matesic, a designated market maker, follows stock prices at the New York Stock Exchange, earlier this month. Mark Lennihan/AP While Santa Claus is relaxing at the North Pole after a very long day of delivering Christmas presents, there’s no sign yet that his…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An 8-year-old Guatemalan migrant boy died shortly after midnight on Tuesday after being detained by U.S. border agents, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said, making him the second migrant child this month to die in U.S. detention. The boy and his father were in CBP custody on Monday when a Border Patrol agent noticed the child showing signs of illness, CBP said in a statement….

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Video Biggest Political Moments in 2018 From Brett Kavanaugh’s bitter Supreme Court nomination battle to the dire climate change warning, a look at some of the biggest political moments in 2018. In 2018, President Trump traveled to Singapore for a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, celebrities advocated for criminal justice reform in the Oval Office and Democrats took back the House after years in the political…

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An 8-year-old migrant boy from Guatemala apprehended by immigration authorities near the U.S.-Mexico border died on Christmas morning, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  Congressman Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, identified the child as Felipe Alonzo-Gomez in a statement Tuesday evening. In a press release Tuesday afternoon, the agency said Felipe showed “signs of potential illness” on Christmas Eve and was transferred, along with his father, to Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in…

The death toll from the tsunami that hit Indonesian islands without warning Saturday night has passed 420 with more than 1,400 people injured. Thousands of people were left homeless when the waves smashed homes on coastal areas of western Java and southern Sumatra. Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the death toll had climbed to 429 on Tuesday and at least 128 were missing. Military troops, government personnel and…

Vacations canceled. Attractions closed. Christmas services postponed.  The impacts of a partial government shutdown are extending well beyond Washington, D.C., and the government workers who live there. This Christmas, Transportation Security Administration agents and air traffic controllers are working without pay during the busiest travel days of the year. They will be probably paid retroactively, but workers don’t know when that paycheck will hit their bank accounts. Some law enforcement…