By JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The emotional policy of separating children from their parents is also starting to divide Republicans and their allies as Democrats turn up the pressure. Former first lady Laura Bush called the policy “cruel” and “immoral” while GOP Sen. Susan Collins expressed concern about it and a…
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 300. A 9-year-old girl was killed by a falling concrete wall at her school, and the two other fatalities were men in their 80s.…
BIG WELLS, Texas (AP) — At least five people were killed and several others hurt Sunday as an SUV carrying more than a dozen people crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents in South Texas. The SUV carrying 14 people went out of control at more than 100 mph and overturned on Texas Highway 85,…
By MIKE CATALINI TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An all-night arts and music festival turned deadly Sunday morning when gunfire erupted in a crowd, sending people stampeding and leaving one suspect dead and 20 people injured, authorities said. Sixteen people were treated for gunshot wounds, said Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri on Sunday morning. Four of…
By MELISSA DANIELS , Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s legacy was thrust into focus nearly one year ago when he announced his brain cancer diagnosis. The six-term Senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran is now fighting the illness from his beloved Arizona, and filling the role of one of the few Congressional…
By STEVE PEOPLES , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The push toward immigration votes in the House is intensifying the divide among Republicans on one of the party’s most animating issues and fueling concerns that a voter backlash could cost the GOP control of the House in November. To many conservatives, the compromise immigration…
By COLLEEN LONG , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the U.S. border over a six-week period during a crackdown on illegal entries, according to Department of Homeland Security figures obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The figures show that 1,995 minors were separated from 1,940…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department watchdog report has turned into Washington’s latest Rorschach test. President Donald Trump and his critics are cherry-picking its findings to either discredit or defend investigators conducting a probe into the White House. The 500-page report offered a nuanced conclusion about…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey will “now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI,” President Donald Trump declared on Twitter Friday. “I did a great service to the people in firing him,” he wrote. It’s…
By JILL LAWLESS , Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In the shadow of London’s Grenfell Tower, the pain is as fresh as the newly laid flowers for the dead. One year ago, the residential high-rise was destroyed by a fire that killed 72 people. It was the greatest loss of life in a fire on…