PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson announced Friday that she is declaring an emergency due to federal immigration enforcement. Vega Pedersen said the declaration will ...

The Austin Police Department is investigating the death of a 19-year-old Texas A&M student who died after falling from a balcony Saturday. Brianna Aguilera’s mother told KSAT she called Austin police ...

The Liberal National Party claims an historic victory, seizing the seat of Hinchinbrook from Katter's Australian party. It's the first time since 1998 that a sitting state government has gained a seat ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday ruled out allowing U.S. strikes against cartels on Mexican soil, a day after President Trump said he was willing to do whatever it takes to stop drugs ...

The Supreme Court is about to hear oral arguments in a case that sounds like a fight over toy imports but is really about the future of presidential power. On Nov. 5, in the only case being heard on ...

President Donald Trump resisted the idea of making a declaration of war against Venezuelan drug cartels being targeted by U.S. military strikes, telling reporters Thursday “we’re gonna kill them” as ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that he could continue to launch strikes against alleged drug traffickers abroad without Congress first passing an official declaration of war. “I’m not ...

Ghana’s bodies of water are being poisoned by mercury and cyanide. Babies are being born with severe health conditions. And now a chorus of voices is demanding the president invoke emergency powers to ...

I still remember the sticky notes. Yellow squares on the window, chair, and bathroom mirror — la ventana, la silla, el espejo — my mother’s desperate attempt to teach her children the Spanish she grew ...

A court has heard more details about the inner workings of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) before it agreed Northern Ireland's biggest property deal in 2014. Businessman Frank Cushnahan, ...

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