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Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, unveiled recently declassified evidence Thursday that Iran is violating international law by funneling missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen. (Associated Press)

U.S. accuses Iran of being terrorist ‘arsonist’

The Trump administration offered what it called "concrete evidence" Thursday of Iranian complicity in terrorist attacks, including a missile said to have been sent from the Islamic republic to rebels in Yemen, then used in last month's attack on the main civilian airport in Saudi Arabia.

December 14, 2017
In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, some recently deported migrants eat breakfast at the dining room run by the nonprofit Kino Border Initiative in Nogales Mexico. The federal government on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, issued its most complete statistical snapshot of immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump, saying Border Patrol arrests plunged to a 45-year low while arrests by deportation officers soared. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

Audit finds DHS maltreating immigrants held in detention

Some Homeland Security employees and contractors subject illegal immigrants awaiting deportation to verbal abuse and disrespect, including interrupting Muslim prayer times and making them wait days for medical care, the department's inspector general said in a report Thursday.

December 14, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speak to reporters just before House and Senate tax bill conferees meet to work on the sweeping overhaul of the nation's tax laws, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Democrats are objecting to the bill and are asking that a final vote be delayed until Senator-elect Doug Jones of Alabama is seated. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats to reject year-end spending deal as shutdown risk rises

Democrats said Thursday they'll reject a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through January, raising the risks of a shutdown at the end of next week as the two parties battle over whether the Pentagon or domestic spending takes priority.

December 14, 2017
In a speech at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump invited families to say what extra money would mean to them under the Republican tax-cut plan. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump: Tax cuts could show up in paychecks by February

President Trump and congressional Republicans reached a deal Wednesday on a $1.4 trillion tax cut and said that if they can get it signed into law by Christmas, Americans will begin to see more money in their paychecks by February.

December 13, 2017
In this Dec. 6, 2017 photo, Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill., third from left, along with other demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Capitol in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs, during an rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate Democrats stand divided over whether to fight now or later about the fate of some 800,000 young immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Dreamers stage Capitol Hill sit-in to demand legalization

Illegal immigrant "Dreamers" staged a sit-in at congressional offices Tuesday demanding lawmakers give them full permanent legal status before the end of the year, complicating leaders' efforts to avoid a government shutdown.

December 12, 2017
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (left), Majority Whip Steve Scalise (center) and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy hope to iron out differences with the Senate this week and hold a vote on the final compromise legislation next week for major tax reform. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan says DACA won’t be part of House spending bill

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday rejected efforts to shoehorn a major immigration fight into year-end talks over avoiding a government shutdown, saying illegal immigrant "Dreamers" should be tackled in separate legislation.

December 12, 2017
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017 photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, in Fairhope Ala. Alabama voters pick between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Gwen S. Moore demands teen pages be warned about Roy Moore

A Democratic congresswoman asked the Senate's administrative operations to have a plan in place to prevent GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore from targeting any of the teenagers in the chamber's page program, should he win election.

December 11, 2017