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Mattis’s exit takes leash off Trump’s ‘America First’ doctrine 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: General James Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2010. Reuters/Yuri Gripas
Mattis exit stirs world of worries from Brussels to Beijing 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis review an honor guard at the Bayi Building in Beijing, June 27, 2018/ Mark Schiefelbein/via Reuters
As advisers leave, Trump's guardrails come off 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Rex Tillerson in 2017 on Capitol Hill (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
No Christmas miracle expected as US govt shutdown looms 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2018, the US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC. AFP/Saul Loeb
NATO stresses Afghan commitment despite US withdrawal 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
US army soldiers walk as a NATO helicopter flies overhead at coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan on August 12, 2015,  AFP / Wakil Kohsar
Trump to withdraw 'significant' troops from Afghanistan 21 Dec 2018 - 12:04 pm
In this file photo taken on August 12, 2015 US army soldiers walk as a NATO helicopter flies overhead at coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar. / AFP / Wakil KOHSAR
Mattis resigning as Pentagon chief after Trump disagreements 21 Dec 2018 - 10:00 am
File photo of U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis gives a news conference after a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal/File Photo
US Senate approves stopgap averting shutdown but denying Trump wall funds 20 Dec 2018 - 08:26 am
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Corry Booker (D-NJ) listen to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speak on the passage of the First Step Act on December 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP
Trump lashes out over foundation shutdown 19 Dec 2018 - 07:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Elon Musk bores tunnel to revolutionize city driving 19 Dec 2018 - 08:08 am
Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during an unveiling event for the Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel in Hawthorne, south of Los Angeles, California on December 18, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Robyn Beck
Migrant family who fled tear gas at US border seeks asylum 18 Dec 2018 - 08:43 am
Children of Maria Meza, a 40-year-old migrant woman from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, on their way to the Otay Mesa port of entry in San Diego to be processed as an asylum seeker, in Tiju
Statue of Liberty climber convicted in July 4 protest 17 Dec 2018 - 10:57 pm
Patricia Okoumou a day after authorities say she scaled the stone pedestal of the Statue of Liberty to protest US immigration policy, July 5, 2018. Reuters / Shannon Stapleton
White House closer to partial shutdown with wall demand 17 Dec 2018 - 12:39 pm
File picture of the White House used for representation.
Giuliani: 'Over my dead body' will Mueller interview Trump 16 Dec 2018 - 09:03 pm
Rudy Giuliani
Trump to review case of soldier charged with murdering Afghan 16 Dec 2018 - 09:03 pm
Donald Trump
'No crazy stuff in it': Mexico budget keeps expectations in check 16 Dec 2018 - 10:04 am
Peninsula
Trump says Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke leaving administration at end of year, successor to be announced next week 15 Dec 2018 - 05:26 pm
Peninsula
US judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional, Democrats vow to appeal 15 Dec 2018 - 09:52 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 18, 2017 US President Barack Obama pauses during his final press conference at the White House in Washington, DC. AFP / Brendan Smialowski