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The story of an 8-year-old African boy who came to the U.S. with help from a retired NBA star for surgery to remove a large tumor from his face began as a heartwarming tale, but ended tragically. Matadi Sela Petit, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo with a cleft lip and facial tumor that enlarged as he grew, died Friday at a Los Angeles hospital from a…

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Incoming White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday acknowledged that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can’t force Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern border. “Technically, you and I both know that it cannot work exactly like that. … Department of Homeland Security can’t actually spend money from Mexico.  We have to get it from Treasury,” Mulvaney said during an interview on ABC’s “This Week.” Mick MulvaneyJohn…

How Indonesia’s deadly tsunami was caused by volcano which grew in hole left by original 1883 eruption which was blamed for more than 36,000 death The juvenile volcano emerged from the sea around 90 years ago Anak Krakatoa has been showing signs of a huge eruption since June   Krakatoa collapsed after the 1883 eruption which caused the deaths of 36,000  Records of the time show that it destroyed 165 villages…

“This is a made-up fight so the president can look like he’s fighting, but even if he wins, our borders are going to be insecure,” Corker, who is retiring at the end of the year, said Sunday in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

CARITA BEACH, Indonesia — A tsunami believed to be triggered by a volcanic eruption killed at least 222 people in Indonesia during a busy holiday weekend, sweeping away hotels, hundreds of houses and a group of people attending a beach concert. More than 800 were reported injured and 28 missing after the tsunami hit around the Sunda Strait on Saturday night, the Disaster Management Agency said. The toll could continue…

Washington is preparing for a lengthy partial shutdown as a deal to fully reopen the government remains elusive. Though only in its second day after Congress missed the midnight deadline Friday, lawmakers are warning they believe roughly a quarter of the government could remain shuttered well into the week. Both Monday and Tuesday are federal holidays, but the ramifications of a partial shutdown are expected be felt more widely on…

Dramatic footage of a tsunami in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait shows large waves crashing into an outdoor stage where a local rock band was performing, reportedly killing a musician. Several spectators attending the concert by Indonesian pop band 17 were missing after the disaster late on Saturday, the Reuters news agency reported. Along the rim of the Sunda Strait, at least 168 people were killed and more than 700 wounded,…

Washington remains deeply divided and nowhere near a resolution of the shutdown that began early Saturday, with all sides now anticipating the impasse will continue into the first weeks of January. The first day of a partial government shutdown sparked by disagreements over funding for border security ended with fruitless overtures by the White House to Democratic leaders and stark evidence that Republicans can’t agree on how President Trump should…

Brett McGurk, the special presidential envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State, announced his resignation days after Secretary of Defense James Mattis also resigned. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Brett McGurk, the special presidential envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State, announced his resignation days after Secretary of Defense James Mattis also resigned. Susan Walsh/AP Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the coalition fighting the…

Senior Trump administration officials said Saturday that the president still plans on having Mexico pay for a wall along the US-Mexico border. The statement comes on the first day of a partial shutdown of the federal government, after Congress adjourned until December 27 without agreeing on a spending deal. President Donald Trump made a last-minute decision in recent days to demand that Congress allocated $5 billion for the wall, despite…

President Trump during a signing ceremony for criminal justice reform legislation in the Oval Office on Friday. (Associated Press) President Trump on Saturday night reacted to the resignation of Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition to defeat the Islamic State group (ISIS), while also offering a new response to the departure of his defense secretary, James Mattis. Trump took to social media to say he’d neither met nor…

Image copyright Oystein Lund Andersen Image caption This image of Anak Krakatoa erupting was taken by Oystein Lund Andersen on Saturday At least 43 people have been killed and 584 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, government officials say. The country’s disaster management agency says hundreds of buildings were damaged by Saturday’s tsunami. It says the possible cause of the tsunami was undersea landslides after…

The mood at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill darkened with the resignation of Defense Secretary James MattisJames Norman MattisOvernight Defense: Washington reeling from Mattis resignation | Allies seek ‘clarity’ on next steps | Graham wants hearings on Syria withdrawal | Lawmakers push back on Afghan drawdown On The Money: Latest on shutdown drama | Senate leaders tout breakthrough for moving forward | Last-minute talks to secure final deal |…

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Video Sen. Chuck Schumer: We arrived at this moment because Trump has been on a destructive two-week temper tantrum Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on President Trump to “abandon the wall” Saturday if he wants to reopen the government, saying Trump does not have the votes in the Senate to get it funded — hours after the government shut down over an impasse over funding for Trump’s signature 2016 campaign promise….

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr McGurk (L) had previously said the US should retain a presence in Syria A top US official in the fight against the Islamic State group has quit over President Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria, reports say. Brett McGurk, the US special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat IS, brought his departure forward from February. Before Mr Trump’s announcement he had…

A former Interior Department official warned on Friday of the dangers of leaving U.S. parks open during the partial government shutdown. Tim Fullerton, who served as Interior’s director of digital strategy in the Obama administration, worked in the department during the 2013 government shutdown. “As someone who worked @interior during the shutdown in [2013], let me tell you how dangerous this is,” he tweeted. “If someone falls, gets lost, or has any issue in a…

CLOSE David Hogg goes after Laura Ingraham and her advertisers. Buzz60 In this combination photo, Fox News personality Laura Ingraham speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 20, 2016, left, and David Hogg, a student survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., speaks at a rally for common sense gun legislation in Livingston, N.J. on Feb. 25, 2018. Some big name advertisers dropped Ingraham…

Not even a government shutdown can cancel Christmas for kids eagerly tracking his progress around the world and awaiting presents in the mail. As thousands of federal employees were likely to be sent home amid the gridlock in Washington after a partial shutdown on Saturday morning and even more were expected to work without pay, several agencies assured children and adults alike that Christmas was still coming. North American Aerospace…