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About two dozen police officers were at the park early Saturday and set up a narrow entrance to control access.

The US just dropped a 21,600-pound conventional bomb in Afghanistan.

President considers privatising US airports and dams and admits final bill could exceed $1tn, but may once more face bipartisan obstacle in Congress

As of 5:59pm local time, Bentley was anticipated to speak to the media at any moment.

At least four people, including a teacher and two students, have been shot at an elementary school in San Bernardino, California. The incident is believed to have been a murder-suicide, according to police.

Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate after a bruising fight when McConnell invoked the so-called nuclear option, which allowed Republicans to end debate with a simple majority and subsequently push through the nomination.

Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate, 54-45, on Friday after a contentious few days, during which Democrats blocked consideration of his nomination by using the minority party's power to filibuster. Republicans got around the roadblock by changing the Senate's rules to eliminate the 60-vote threshold needed to bring high court nominations to the floor.

On Thursday night, Trump laid out conventional U.S. rationales for unilateral military action in a way that suggests he does not see a need for formal authority from Congress.

The 54-45 vote confirming Gorsuch to the high court ends the more than year-long vacancy on the Supreme Court since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death.

Republicans just changed Senate rules using the so-called "nuclear option" to push an up-or-down vote on Neil Gorsuch, after Democrats pulled off the first-ever partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee

Dunford, are again considered “regular attendees” of the principals committee

In a comment seized upon by the Trump campaign, Clinton famously said in September that half of Trump’s supporters were “deplorables,” a comment which she almost immediately said she regretted.

If the 60 votes aren't there

North Carolina lawmakers have approved the repeal of a controversial law that limits protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

A late-night deal has been reached in North Carolina to repeal a controversial law that limits protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

Judge Watson issued the permanent preliminary injunction

Congressional office buildings have been locked down after reports of gunfire.

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order intended to shift the direction of U.S. environmental policy and begin the process of undoing some of the most significant Obama-era environmental regulations

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order rolling back Obama-era rules aimed at curbing climate change.

'Failure to deport aliens who are convicted of criminal offences puts whole communities at risk'