House tightens controls on visa-free travel to US
By ERICA WERNER Driven by the Paris terror attacks, the House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to tighten controls on travel to the U.S. and require visas for anyone who’s been in…
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Middle East grows wary of Trump, despite ventures in region
By JON GAMBRELL and ADAM SCHRECK DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Donald Trump’s call to keep Muslims from traveling to the United States is causing dismay among business leaders…
Justice Department to investigate Chicago police
By DON BABWIN and ERIC TUCKER The U.S. Justice Department is expected to start investigating the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department this week in the wake of…
Analysis: Obama offers reassurance, little policy in speech
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY There were no new policy prescriptions, no fresh military strategies and no timelines. When President Barack Obama seized the spotlight for a rare prime time address Sunday…
FBI investigates Southern California attack as act of terror
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and MICHAEL R. BLOOD The Pakistani woman, who joined her U.S.-born husband in killing 14 people in a commando-style assault on his co-workers, is now at…
Trump picked stock fraud felon as senior adviser
By JEFF HORWITZ Donald Trump tapped a man to be a senior business adviser to his real-estate empire even after the man’s past involvement in a major Mafia-linked stock fraud…
Woman in shooting pledged allegiance to IS
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and TAMI ABDOLLAH The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county co-workers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State…
Senate set to OK Republican bill unraveling health care law
By ALAN FRAM Republicans are pushing toward Senate approval of legislation demolishing President Barack Obama’s signature health care law and halting Planned Parenthood’s federal money, setting up a veto fight…