Melania Trump Visits Migrant Children Near Border
The first lady engages with children, mostly from Guatemala, in classrooms at Texas facility a day after the president eases his policy on separation of migrant families.
Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer-Winning Reporter and Conservative Pundit, Dies at 68
The commentator, a prominent figure at Fox News and a columnist at The Washington Post, had been treated for a cancerous tumor and announced recently he had only weeks to live.
Teens Kept at Virginia Center Say They Were Cuffed, Beaten
Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center (many were accused of belonging to violent gangs) claim they spent long periods in solitary, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.
Trump Invites Pelosi, Schumer to White House
Speaking ahead of a Cabinet meeting, Trump says he's making the open invitation through the press.
Majority Approve of Trump's North Korea Effort, Poll Finds
An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows that even people unhappy with Trump overall are willing to admire his efforts at detente with North Korea.
Immigrant Children Are Being Drugged Against Their Will
Trump’s zero tolerance policy is creating a zombie army of children forcibly injected with medications that make them dizzy, listless, obese and even incapacitated, according to legal filings.
Pope Punishes Cardinal in Sexual Abuse Case
Theodore McCarrick, 87, the retired archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been removed from public ministry and faces further punishment over allegations he sexually abused a teenager more than 40 years ago.
Trump Backs Down, Ends Family Separation Policy
After insisting, wrongly, that he had no choice but to separate immigrant families apprehended at the border, the president signs an executive order halting the practice.
The U.S. Has Split Up Families Throughout Its History
During times of war and unrest, American authorities have cited various reasons and laws to take children away from their parents.
Drawings Expose Sexual Torture in UAE-Run Prisons in Yemen
Detainees smuggled letters and drawings to The Associated Press, which has documented rampant sexual abuse in at least five prisons. A Pentagon spokesman says the U.S. has seen no evidence of such abuse.