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The caravan migrants who arrived at the border nearly a month ago don’t have a country. But they do have a government. In the time since the caravan left Honduras in mid-October, the asylum seekers have fashioned a proto-democracy out of their group of some 6,000 migrants overwhelmingly from Central America, most of whom have walked for most of the trip, at times hitching rides in the backs of cars…

Geologist, Dr. Bob Hatcher explains the frequency of regional earthquakes and how they differ from those along West Coast faultlines.

When House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York tried to move their Oval Office debate with President Trump over border wall funding behind closed doors, Trump had the right response. “It’s not bad, Nancy,” he said. “It’s called transparency.” Too often, political leaders in pitched battles will appear before cameras ahead of high-profile meetings and have nothing but kind words to…

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Tech A Vancouver judge set a $10 million CAD bail ($7.5 million U.S.) for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou Tuesday, capping a week of increasing trade tensions and strong market reactionsaround the dispute between the Department of Justice and one of China’s largest hardware companies. The United States had asked the Vancouver court to deny bail for Meng, whose father is a billionaire…

French emergency services arrive at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, after a gunman killed at least two people and wounded several more. AP hide caption toggle caption AP French emergency services arrive at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, after a gunman killed at least two people and wounded several more. AP Updated at 6:12 p.m. ET A gunman opened fire at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France, killing…

Video Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Trump almost $300,000 Adult film star Stormy Daniels must pay President Trump $293,000 in legal fees, a judge ruled on Tuesday. “The U.S. District Court today ordered Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) to pay President Trump $292,052.33 to reimburse his attorneys’ fees (75% of his total legal bill), plus an additional $1,000 in sanctions to punish Daniels for having filed a meritless…

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.

<!– –> × 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…