Oregon Capitol building closed as precaution amid partisan dispute
Oregon’s State Capitol building was shut down on Saturday as a safety precaution, police said, in the wake of a bitter partisan divide that had Republican lawmakers walked out to block a vote on a bill to reduce climate change-causing gases.
Trump delays mass deportation raids, seeks deal with Democrats
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone mass deportation raids for two weeks as he seeks compromise with Democratic leaders on immigration issues.
Pelosi urges religious leaders to oppose Trump’s expected immigration raids
U.S. House of Representatives’ Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged religious leaders on Saturday to pressure President Donald Trump to stop immigration raids by his administration expected to target families in up to 10 U.S. cities on Sunday.
Trump says ICE focused on getting MS-13 gang ahead of expected raids
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. immigration enforcement agency ICE was focused on getting the MS-13 gang out of the United States, as U.S. cities braced for expected immigration raids on Sunday.
U.S. conservative group to launch attack ads against Biden during Democratic debate
Club for Growth, a conservative political group, will launch new attack ads against Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden targeting his past statements about race that will run during his first debate appearance next week.
At least seven killed in New Hampshire motorcycle-pickup truck crash
New Hampshire police on Saturday were investigating an apparent head-on collision between a pickup truck and several motorcycles in the rural northern part of the state that left at least seven dead and three injured.
U.S. conservative group to launch attacks ads against Biden during Democratic debate
Club for Growth, a conservative political group, will launch new attack ads against Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden targeting his past statements about race that will run during his first debate appearance next week.
Nine dead as plane crashes in Hawaii, believed during skydiving trip
Nine passengers and crew were killed on Friday evening when their plane crashed near an airfield in Hawaii, authorities said, during what broadcaster CNN said was a skydiving trip.
Nine dead in Hawaii plane crash
Nine people died in a plane crash in Hawaii on Friday, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said.
U.S. cities brace for immigration raids, say they will not participate
U.S. cities expecting to be hit by a wave of immigration raids intended to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally said on Friday they would not cooperate with federal authorities.
