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WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a spending deal into law that ends a partial U.S. government shutdown and gives lawmakers time to negotiate potential ‌limits on his immigration crackdown. 

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking legal protections for more than 350,000 Haitians in the U.S., preventing their potential deportation to a country that has been ravaged by gang violence.

Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, will testify in a congressional investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a staffer said on Monday.

A Minnesota federal judge on Monday said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was unlikely to destroy evidence related to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents, while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem separately pledged body-worn cameras for all DHS officers.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on Monday that Republicans should "nationalize" and "take over" voting in at least 15 unspecified places, reiterating his false claims that U.S. elections are marred by widespread fraud.

The Cuban government has exchanged its fierce rhetoric and vows to resist President Donald Trump’s “threats” for a more conciliatory offer to renew cooperation on security matters and maintain a “respectful dialogue” amid increasing diplomatic tensions and several incidents of harassment of U.S. diplomats on the island.

As federal immigration enforcement agents continue to clash with protesters in cities around the country, U.S. mayors gathering in Washington, D.C., last week said they’re anxious about what might be coming next.

An ongoing string of more than a dozen earthquakes in less than 90 minutes early Monday ended what had been some recent calm from recent weeks of shaking ground in the region, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie has been reported missing from her home in Arizona and local authorities say they suspect foul play. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen Saturday night at her residence in a community northeast of Tucson reported, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Office.

The two federal agents who shot and killed Alex Pretti during anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis were identified Sunday in a report. Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, were identified as the shooters in government documents, ProPublica reported. They had not been named publicly prior to ProPublica’s reporting Sunday. Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined in 2018, and Gutierrez is a ...

Iran said talks with the U.S. over a new nuclear deal could get underway in the coming days, building on a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at averting war between the two sides. President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered the start of negotiations with Washington “within the framework of the nuclear issue,” Iran’s semi-official Fars news service reported Monday, citing a government source. Talks ...

The House returns to Washington this week with plans to find enough votes in the narrowly divided chamber to reopen the federal government, which has been partially shut since early Saturday morning after funding lapsed.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he plans to close the Kennedy Center for roughly two years for the facility to undergo construction. The proposal comes amid a series of cancellations and internal upheaval since he took over the arts institution and presidential memorial nearly a year ago and remade it in his name and image.

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's party is likely to score a landslide victory in next week's lower house election, a survey by the Asahi newspaper showed.

An 18-year-old Northern Arizona University student died after an off-campus "rush" event, and three members of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity were arrested on suspicion of hazing, according to Flagstaff police.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sunday began accepting requests to participate in its PreCheck pilot program, designed to boost domestic drug supply by speeding up construction and review of drug manufacturing plants in the country.

A massively rotund, 17.6-pound largemouth bass was caught Friday at Lake Jennings in San Diego County, setting a waterbody record.

At least nine Venezuelans were released from a notorious Caracas prison on Sunday including human rights activist Javier Tarazona, a relative and a nongovernmental organization said, as families of detainees complained the process has been too slow.