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Trump seen leaning hard on new DHS chief over border
President Donald Trump's new acting chief of Homeland Security will be under pressure to implement legally dubious solutions to an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border - policies that his predecessor either could not, or would not, deliv...
U.S., Brazilian vice presidents discuss Venezuela pressure at White House
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with his Brazilian counterpart Hamilton Mourao at the White House on Monday to discuss sanctions and diplomatic efforts aimed at increasing the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to exit.
Actress Felicity Huffman, 13 others to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal
Actress Felicity Huffman and 13 other people have agreed to plead guilty to participating in what prosecutors call the largest college admissions scam uncovered in U.S. history, federal prosecutors said on Monday.
Lords approve Brexit law forcing May to consult parliament on delay
Britain's House of Lords approved legislation on Monday that will give parliament the power to scrutinise and even change Prime Minister Theresa May's request that the European Union agree to delay Brexit until June 30.
Three U.S. service members, one contractor killed in Afghanistan
Three U.S. service members and a contractor were killed in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device on Monday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement.
U.S. prosecutors seek leniency for political consultant tied to Russia probe
A veteran political consultant who pleaded guilty in August in a case spun out of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe should get a lenient sentence to account for his "substantial" assistance in other criminal investigations, U.S....
Felicity Huffman among 14 to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal: prosecutors
Actress Felicity Huffman and 13 other people have agreed to plead guilty to participating in what prosecutors call the largest college admissions scam uncovered in U.S. history, federal prosecutors said on Monday.
Stocks mostly flat on profit concerns, oil gains
NEW YORK - A gauge of global equities was mostly flat on Monday as another drop in Boeing shares and concerns U.S. companies will report a decline in earnings for the first time in three years were offset by rising crude prices that lifted oil shares...
'Smallville' actress Allison Mack pleads guilty in sex cult case
"Smallville" actress Allison Mack on Monday pleaded guilty to blackmailing two women as part of an alleged New York sex cult that prosecutors called a racketeering operation that carried out sex trafficking and other crimes.
Chinese woman arrested at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort appears in court
A Chinese woman charged with bluffing her way into President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Florida resort last month, renewing concerns about security at the club, appeared in court on Monday at a hearing to determine whether she will remain in cust...
Government sets out plan to comply with Brexit delay law, if it passes
The government's leader in parliament set out plans to hold a 90-minute debate on Tuesday on Prime Minister Theresa May's request for a delay to Brexit in order to comply with legislation expected to pass into law later on Monday.
Composer Ramin Djawadi makes his 'Game of Thrones' swan song
Global smash hit television series "Game of Thrones" is about to come to an end, and composer Ramin Djawadi is one of the few people who knows how it all goes down.
In unprecedented move, U.S. names Iran's Revolutionary Guards terrorist group
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday branded Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, an unprecedented step that raises the specter of retaliation from Tehran in an increasingly tense Middle East.
Trump orders firing of Secret Service chief: CNN
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the firing of the U.S. Secret Service director, CNN reported on Monday, one day after the resignation of another top national security official, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
Brexit hangs in the balance as May's government talks with Labour
Brexit hung in the balance on Monday as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to coax the Labour Party into agreeing a divorce deal with a better chance of passage by parliament, ahead of a crisis EU summit where she will try to delay the April 12 departu...
Baltimore city council urges mayor to resign amid probe into $500,000 book payment
The Baltimore City Council on Monday called on Mayor Catherine Pugh to resign as the state probes a deal in which a hospital chain where she served as director paid her $500,000 for copies of her self-published children's book "Healthy Holly."
Rwandan rebel group spokesman faces terrorism-related charges in Kigali court
A Rwandan court filed terrorism-related charges against the spokesman for the FDLR rebel group on Monday, two months after his deportation from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Republicans want census data on citizenship for redistricting
John Murante, a conservative Nebraska senator, last year introduced a bill to prevent non-citizens from being counted when the state redraws its voting maps.
Battle rages for Libya's capital, airport bombed
A warplane attacked Tripoli's only functioning airport on Monday as eastern forces advancing on Libya's capital disregarded global appeals for a truce in the latest of a cycle of warfare since Muammar Gaddafi's fall in 2011.
Deadlock in London keeps Brexit hanging in the balance
Britain's exit from the European Union hung in the balance on Monday as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to coax the Labour Party into agreeing a divorce deal, two days before an emergency summit where she will try to delay the April 12 departur...