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US finally gets a new Pentagon chief as Senate confirms Esper 23 Jul 2019 - 08:30 pm
 In this file photo taken on July 16, 2019, Acting US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, nominee to be Secretary of Defense, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP / SAUL LOEB)
Immigration operation touted by Trump nets 35 arrests 23 Jul 2019 - 08:21 pm
In this file photo taken on May 16, 2019, José, 27, with his son José Daniel, 6, is searched by US Customs and Border Protection Agent Frank Pino in El Paso, Texas. (AFP / Paul Ratje)
Drug kingpin 'El Chapo' appeals life sentence 23 Jul 2019 - 02:36 am
Jose Luis Gonzalez Meza, a lawyer representing the drug lord Joaquin
Trump expands fast-track deportation authority across US 23 Jul 2019 - 02:30 am
A member of the Mexican National Guard observes a group of migrants that crossed into El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico July 22, 2019. Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Power restored to some in New York after heat wave outage 22 Jul 2019 - 09:17 am
People sit on a ferry while the sun sets behind the skyline of Lower Manhattan on July 21, 2019 in New York City. An oppressive heat wave stretching from the Midwestern plains to the Atlantic coast had nearly 150 million people struggling to stay cool in
Mueller report shows evidence Trump committed crimes, House Judiciary chairman says 21 Jul 2019 - 05:38 pm
Jerrold Nadler listens during a House Rules Committee meeting at the US Capitol, February 25, 2019 in Washington DC. Alex Wong / Getty Images / AFP
Trump says minority congresswomen should 'apologize to America' 21 Jul 2019 - 04:13 pm
US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey en route Bedminster, New Jersey on July 19, 2019. Trump is heading to his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey to attend a fundraiser
US to send asylum seekers back to dangerous part of Mexico 20 Jul 2019 - 10:11 pm
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American IS 'sniper' charged in New York: Justice Dept 20 Jul 2019 - 09:41 pm
Smoke billows above buildings during a reported air strike by pro-regime forces on Khan Sheikhun in the Syria's Idlib province on July 19, 2019.  AFP / Omar Haj Kadour
Mueller's testimony poses risk for Trump, but also Democrats 20 Jul 2019 - 08:26 pm
Combination of pictures of Robert Mueller and Donald Trump (AFP Saul Loeb & Brendan Smialowski)
Hot weather is intensifying hold on much of East, Central US 20 Jul 2019 - 08:26 pm
FILE PHOTO:  A tattered US flag flies on an old tractor in a farm field outside Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 8, 2017. Reuters/Rick Wilking
US heat wave begins with utility worker 'army' on, outdoor races off 19 Jul 2019 - 05:50 pm
A woman cools off in the fountain at Washington Square Park during a hot afternoon day on July 17, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
Trump disavows 'Send her back!' chant as Omar stands defiant 19 Jul 2019 - 05:11 pm
US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks on stage during a town hall meeting at Sabathani Community in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 18, 2019. AFP / Kerem Yucel
US congresswomen get support from Arab member of Israeli Knesset 19 Jul 2019 - 05:10 pm
Aida Touma-Sliman at her Hadash party headquarters in Haifa, February 6, 2019. (Photo courtesy: Rami Shllush / Haaretz)
Trump blames 'crazed' media for rally taunt backlash 19 Jul 2019 - 05:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: A White House staff member reaches for the microphone held byJim Acosta of  CNN as he questions Donald Trump during a news conference, November 7, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
How to beat Trump? Democrats divided as he rams race onto ballot 19 Jul 2019 - 05:10 pm
While Trump tried to distance himself from the chant on Thursday, it echoed his own comments from earlier in the week when he said the
Germany's Merkel criticizes Trump comments on congresswomen 19 Jul 2019 - 05:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: Angela Merkel and Donald Trump make a statement to the press after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels on July 11, 2018. AFP/Brendan Smialowski
Trump's attacks on congresswomen could boost Biden campaign 19 Jul 2019 - 05:10 pm
Joe Biden