House passes bills that would end government shutdown, without wall funds
The U.S. House of Representatives, where Democrats now hold a majority, approved legislation on Thursday to end a partial government shutdown that began nearly two weeks ago at several federal agencies and fund the Department of Homeland Security throu…
Six killed in fiery crash on Florida interstate: fire officials
Six people were killed and at least eight people injured in a fiery crash on an interstate highway in northern Florida on Thursday, fire officials said.
Salvadoran mother facing deportation finds sanctuary in Maryland church
A tearful Rosa Ines Gutierrez Lopez recalled the moment when she had to break the news to her three young children, one of whom has Down’s Syndrome, that authorities were deporting her to El Salvador after living in the United States for more than a de…
House Speaker Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of Union address on January 29
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday sent a letter to President Donald Trump inviting him to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 29.
U.S. activists helped migrants in Mexico during border clash
(This January 3 story is refiled to correct reference activists in paragraphs four and 20, making clear some from outside the Border Support Network.)
Illinois Church abuse survivors demand perpetrators’ names
Survivors and lawyers demanded on Thursday the Catholic Church make public the names of 500 priests or clergy members in Illinois accused of child sexual abuse, in the latest outcry of a global crisis.
‘No L-pocalypse!’: New York’s ‘L’ train to keep running during repairs
More than two years after news broke that one of New York City’s busiest subway lines would stop running between Manhattan and Brooklyn to allow for repairs, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday that the “L” train would keep rolling.
Pelosi regains gavel as speaker of most diverse U.S. House ever
Nancy Pelosi again became the most powerful woman in American politics on Thursday, gathering dozens of children around her as she took the oath of office as the next speaker of a diverse and deeply divided U.S. House of Representatives.
Trump advisers would recommend veto of House funding bills: White House
President Donald Trump’s advisers would recommend he veto two bills being considered by the House of Representatives that would end the partial U.S. government shutdown, the White House said in a statement on Thursday.
As loans and aid dry up, U.S. farmers face fresh challenge from shutdown
U.S. farmers, already battered by the U.S.-China trade war, are facing increasing anxiety as the partial government shutdown nears the two-week mark, leaving crucial aid and loan payments in limbo.
