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Trump threatens to shut border if no wall money
Washington, Dec 28 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is threatening to close the U.S. border with Mexico if Democrats in Congress don't agree to fund the construction of a border wall.
Furious Iraqi lawmakers demand US troop withdrawal
Baghdad, Dec 28 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump's surprise trip to Iraq may have quieted criticism at home that he had yet to visit troops in a combat zone, but it has infuriated Iraqi politicians who on Thursday demanded the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
Police release officers' accounts of Las Vegas shooting
Las Vegas, Dec 28 (AP/UNB) — Documents made public Thursday recounted anew how police officers took cover next to patrol vehicles on the Las Vegas Strip while a gunman rained bullets from a high-rise hotel into an outdoor music festival during the deadliest mass shooting in the nation's modern history almost 15 months ago.
Deaths of 2 children raise doubts about US border agency
Houston, Dec 27 (AP/UNB) — The deaths of two migrant children in just over two weeks raised strong new doubts Wednesday about the ability of U.S. border authorities to care for the thousands of minors arriving as part of a surge of families trying to enter the country.
Trump makes first visit to US troops in Iraq
Iraq, Dec 27 (AP/UNB) — In an unannounced trip to Iraq on Wednesday, President Donald Trump staunchly defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from neighboring Syria despite a drumbeat of criticism from military officials and allies who don't think the job fighting Islamic State militants there is over.
Post-holiday, partial government shutdown to gain impact
Washington, Dec 26 (AP/UNB) — Christmas has come and gone but the partial government shutdown is just getting started.
US says 2nd Guatemalan child dies in immigration custody
Houston, Dec 26 (AP/UNB) — An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody in New Mexico early Tuesday, U.S. immigration authorities said, marking the second death of an immigrant child in detention this month.
US judge orders North Korea to pay $500M in student's death
Washington, Dec 25 (AP/UNB) — A federal judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.
'Nothing new on the shutdown' on Day 3 of closure: Trump
Washington, Dec 25 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump met Monday with his Homeland Security secretary and other officials to discuss border security issues as a partial government shutdown over his U.S.-Mexico border wall entered Christmas without a clear resolution in sight.
Mexico power couple killed in air crash
Mexico City, Dec 25 (AP/UNB) — A husband-and-wife political power couple who were the current and ex-governors of the central Mexican state of Puebla died in a Christmas Eve helicopter crash, officials announced.