It's not even about the wall at this point. Pelosi on Thursday spoke after Trump suggested a "reasonable" installment on such a barrier might be a way to solve the impasse. As of Thursday, Pelosi told members of the press that she "doesn't understand why" the president needs a wall. "You heard from the [FBI agents] association because of the ...
News outlets report heavy rains and strong winds are expected Thursday as officials search for Casey Hathaway , who has been missing since Tuesday . Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes says the boy was playing with two other children in his grandmother's backyard in Ernul, but didn't come inside with them.
The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported yesterday that friends feared Mr Yang Hengjun, an author and former Chinese envoy who is now an Australian citizen, had been detained because he had not been reachable for several days. "We will continue to make representations to China to make sure this is dealt with transparently and fairly", Ms Payne...
Sutherland submitted his under a court order, and authorities said he was a match to the victim's baby , leading to his arrest Tuesday. He made his first court appearance on Wednesday but did not enter a plea and was ordered held on a $500,000 cash-only bail.
The new agreement with the district includes a 6% raise, a gradual decrease in class sizes over the next few years and more counselors, librarians and nurses. It was unclear exactly how the costs will be covered. "We got nearly everything we asked for, just about", said Pak, who teaches 8th grade English.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said, "A deal that doesn't give us a legally binding workable guarantee that there won't be a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland is a deal in name only". James asked why so many companies were against Brexit and Steve said: "Because it is probably commercially better for them". "Let us be very cle...
Trump's remarks came as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky., and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., huddled on Capitol Hill seeking a deal to end the longest government shutdown in us history. House of Representatives", the senator from SC said in a statement. The State of the Union speech has been a prime-time televised l...
The 51-47 vote for the measure fell nine shy of the 60 votes needed to succeed. The measure aimed to buy time for Congress and President Donald Trump to negotiate border security funding while returning hundreds of thousands of federal workers to their jobs.
Kim Yong Chol, North Korea's lead negotiator on nuclear talks , visited Washington last week and spoke with Trump for 90 minutes in the Oval Office. Vietnam, a nation rumored as the potential host for the summit, has not been informed about any time or venue for a possible second summit but is confident in its ability to host such a meeting,...
The coup comes at a time of rising tensions in Venezuela , fuelled by Mr Maduro's inauguration to a second six-year term under circumstances governments around the world have branded illegitimate . "I am absolutely certain that right now, especially younger troops are asking themselves whether Maduro is their commander in chief or a usurper", Alc...
One of the injured crew members was later proclaimed dead, Interfax cited a local emergency services official as saying , increasing the death toll to three people. On January 18, a pair of Su-34 fighter-bombers crashed into the Sea of Japan after reportedly colliding with each other off the coast in Russia's Far East.
At the closed-door, pretrial hearing, the Russian court refused to release Whelan on bail, meaning he will remain behind bars through the end of February. Analysts have speculated that Whelan was arrested to pave the way for a possible spy swap with a Russian agent arrested overseas, possibly Maria Butina .
Andrew Crysel, 18, Vincent Vetromile, 19, and Brian Colaneri, 20, all residents of the Rochester-area have been charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the first degree and Conspiracy in the fourth degree. In this September 7, 2017 photo, men pray at the mosque at Islamberg in Tompkins, N.Y. The enclave just west of the Catskill Mountains i...
After May sets out her plans for the way ahead, lawmakers are set to table a series of amendments , to be voted upon on January 29. But Labour leader Mr Corbyn called her offer of discussions "phoney" because she was unprepared to give ground.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least seven other fighters, likely from Iranian militias, were also killed. The commander of the Quds Force - a division of the Revolutionary Guard responsible for special operations outside of Iran - reportedly said over the weekend that the only way to prevent further Israeli attacks in Syria wo...
Meng's company has been accused by the USA of misleading banks about its work in Iran, allegedly undermining sanctions targeting the Persian Gulf nation. Meng's case has drawn global attention and sparked diplomatic tensions between Canada and China. "Canada Extradition Treaty", department spokesperson Marc Raimondi told The Canadian Press.
Just over a year later, in July 2017, Trump vowed to reverse the open service policy , tweeting out that he would "not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the US military". The Supreme Court in 2017 sidestepped a major ruling in another transgender rights case when it canceled arguments in a bathroom access d...
On Monday, son Martin Luther King III pushed back. President Trump arrived shortly after 11 a.m.to pay his respects on a frigid and windy day. The Ebenezer Baptist Church is part of the Martin Luther King Jr . Sarah Huckabee Sanders' tweet honoring Martin Luther King Jr .is not going over well. "The policies of this administration, from...
Following that meeting Friday, the White House said the USA president will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the second time in late February. The location for President Trump's second summit with Kim has yet to be determined. In return, North Korea has imported diesel, petroleum, flour, soybean oil, sugar, and vehicle and motorcy...
Protesters threw firecrackers, bottles and stones at police, who responded with water canon and tear gas to push them back. A Reuters reporter also said there had been clashes in the southern port city of Marseille, while similar demonstrations took place in other cities across France.