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U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the deployment of thousands of troops to the border with Mexico as he traveled there on Wednesday, saying the mission was "absolutely legal" and justified, and that it was improving military readiness. President Donald Trump's politically charged decision to ...
Uncertainty over, U.S. stocks rise after election yields split Congress
Wall Street's post-election bounce grew on Tuesday afternoon as U.S. stocks continued to gain ground in late afternoon trading. The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average and broader S&P 500 each added about 2 percent to 26,165.88 and 2,811.01, respectively, near 2040 GMT, rallying in the ...
Migrants in caravan shrug over U.S. vote, focus on northern Mexico dangers
The migrants in a caravan used by President Donald Trump as a campaign issue were almost universally unaware of the results of the U.S. midterm elections. The Central Americans were more concerned with the dangers of northern Mexico as they struggled to reach the U.S. ...
Team Trump asks top court to fast-track DACA cases in bid to end program
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to fast-track cases on the president's decision to end a program that shields young immigrants from deportation. The administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to take up three cases about Trump's decision to end the Deferred ...
Around 4,800 U.S. soldiers were deployed Monday to the border with Mexico, the Pentagon announced, saying it could not give a price tag for the operation Democrats decry as political maneuvering from President Donald Trump. Some 1,100 of the troops are in California, another 1,100 ...
It's still seen in Russia's interest to meddle with U.S. politics and polls
Sweeping accusations that the Kremlin tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election haven't chastened Russian trolls, hackers and spies — and might even have emboldened them. U.S. officials and tech companies say Russians have continued online activity targeted at American voters during the campaign for ...
U.S. will hold migrants in 'massive' tent cities, military will fire on violent ones: Trump
President Donald Trump said U.S. soldiers on the border with Mexico may fire on migrants who commit violence and that people who cross into the country illegally would be detained in "massive" tent cities, as he sought to rev up his base ahead of ...
Trump contends U.S. Constitution does not cover birthright citizenship, despite 14th Amendment
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the U.S. Constitution does not guarantee the right to citizenship to everyone born in the country, an assertion that runs counter to the long-established legal interpretation of the document. "So-called Birthright Citizenship, which costs our Country billions of dollars ...
Trump visits Pittsburgh synagogue after massacre as protesters mass outside
Donald Trump on Tuesday visited the Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 people were gunned down at the weekend in an anti-Semitic attack, as more than 1,000 protesters gathered nearby to make it clear the US president was unwelcome. Carrying signs that read "President Hate, Leave Our ...
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants U.S. citizenship to persons born on U.S. soil. It was passed by Congress in 1866 after the bloody Civil War between the North and pro-slavery South and ratified by three-fourths of the U.S. states two years later. The ...
Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to secure border with Mexico as 3,500 migrants walk north
A week out from the midterm elections, the Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops, some armed, to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation to help stop illegal crossings by a caravan of migrants moving slowly north in Mexico. President Donald Trump ...
