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President Trump accused Democrats of using what he calls the "Epstein hoax" to defect blame for the government shutdown.

Naval Station Roosevelt Roads is now one of five locations where U.S. forces are operating in Puerto Rico, an American territory strategically positioned north of Venezuela.

In the Surry County Board of Supervisors race last week, 19-year-old Cameran Drew took on his favorite high school teacher and mentor, Kenneth Bell.

In a 106-page opinion​ last week, a judge found that even though the president is entitled to "great deference" in his decision on whether to call up the National Guard, he did not have a legal basis for doing so.

The Trump administration is planning to dispatch Border Patrol agents to Charlotte and New Orleans to oversee immigration operations that could involve armored vehicles and special operations teams.

President Trump has asked the Justice Department and FBI to investigate convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's involvement with prominent Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, and major financial institutions. Scott MacFarlane reports.

President Trump exempted foods like beef and bananas from his sweeping country-by-country tariffs on Friday.

A Georgia judge has officially dropped three charges in the state's election interference case against President Trump and others.

Since September, U.S. forces have destroyed multiple vessels in international waters, killing at least 80 people.

A photographer captured images on Friday that show a demolition site in place of the White House's East Wing, which was torn down last month and is set to be replaced by a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.