CAPITOL HILL — One day before a threatened U.S. government shutdown, Senate leaders on Wednesday struck a bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government funded for two years but left contentious immigration topics unaddressed. “I’m pleased to announce that our bipartisan, bicameral negotiations on defense spending and other priorities have yielded a significant agreement,” Majority […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump wants a military parade in Washington to top the one he watched last Bastille Day in France, ordering Pentagon leaders to make plans for the show of military might in the American capital. No date has been set for the parade, but the Defense Department said it is “in the […]
For the 103rd time since 1887, Punxsutawney Phil spoke to his inner core of handlers in Gobbler’s Knob in “Groundhogese” following the early morning ceremonies that began well before daylight and had them inform the world that he had seen his shadow, and so we must endure another six weeks of winter. Just prior to […]
The Los Angeles Police Department report that a 12-year-old student from the Sal Castro Middle School has been taken into custody after a shooting incident in a classroom there where five students were injured. While they report that the student is in custody, they have yet to reveal a motive in the shootings that left […]