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Supreme Court lays low after Kavanaugh confirmation
Washington, Dec 29 (AP/UNB) — The Supreme Court began its term with the tumultuous confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, followed by a studied avoidance of drama on the high court bench — especially anything that would divide the five conservatives and four liberals.
EPA targets Obama crackdown on mercury from coal plants
Washington, Dec 29 (AP/UNB) — The Trump administration on Friday targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping dramatically reduce toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the benefits to human health and the environment may not be worth the cost of the regulation.
GOP and Democrats trade blame for shutdown, no deal in sight
Washington, Dec 29 (AP/UNB) — The partial government shutdown will almost certainly be handed off to a divided government to solve in the new year, as President Donald Trump sought to raise the stakes Friday and both parties traded blame in the weeklong impasse.
Trump and China loom over a tumultuous year in Asia
Seoul, Dec 29 (AP/UNB) — To judge by the stream of extraordinary images on the Korean Peninsula, you might think 2018 marked the beginning of an elusive peace in one of the world's last vestiges of the Cold War.
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.