Trump, Democrats taking border wall fight to prime-time TV
By CATHERINE LUCEY, LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ready to make his case on prime-time TV, President Donald Trump is stressing humanitarian as well as security concerns at the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to convince America he must get funding for his long-promised border wall before ending a…
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White House Says Tax Refunds Will Go Out On Time
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration official says income tax refunds for 2018 will go out on time during the partial government shutdown because rules will be changed to make funding available to pay them. Russell Vought, acting director of the White House budget office, tells reporters: "The refunds will go out as normal. There…
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Ginsburg Missing Supreme Court Arguments for 1st Time
By MARK SHERMAN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month, the Supreme Court said. Ginsburg was not on the bench as the court met Monday to hear arguments. It was not clear when…
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Thai Police Say They Won’t Deport Saudi Woman Seeking Asylum
By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and AYA BATRAWY , Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Thailand's immigration police said Monday that an 18-year-old Saudi woman who was stopped in Bangkok as she was trying to travel to Australia for asylum to escape alleged abuse by her family will not be sent anywhere against her wishes.…
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High Court Won’t Take Case Of Kennedy Cousin Michael Skakel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that vacated a murder conviction against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel (SKAY'-kul). The high court on Monday declined a request from the state of Connecticut to hear the case. Skakel was convicted in 2002 after decades of investigations into the 1975 bludgeoning death of…
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