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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge placed a nationwide hold Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s order to strip funds from municipal governments that refuse to cooperate fully with immigration agents. U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III, an Obama appointee based in San Francisco, said Trump’s Jan. 25 order, directed at so-called sanctuary cities and […]

Sydney (dpa) – When Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November, the Australian government was scrambling to figure out how to contact him. Former top golfer Greg Norman, who is Australian and lives in Florida, passed on Trump’s mobile phone number to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, making it possible for him to

Berlin (dpa) – White House adviser Ivanka Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were among delegates discussing women’s economic and professional empowerment and notions of feminism at the Women20 Summit in Berlin on Tuesday. The panel brought together Trump and Merkel for the second time since the 35-year-old’s billionaire father, Donald Trump, took office as

LOS ANGELES — An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile will be launched Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to test the weapon’s effectiveness, accuracy and readiness, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command. The Minuteman III missile test launch will occur between 12:01 and 6:01 a.m. from the north end of the base

North Korea has reportedly conducted a huge live-fire exercise to mark the foundation of its military. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency says the North appears to have deployed a large number of long-range artillery units in the region of Wonsan on its east coast. The report cites an unidentified South Korean government source as saying

The batteries of North Korean artillery lie just on the other side of the divided peninsula’s demilitarized zone. There are thousands of them—some hidden, others out in the open. Artillery shells are stored in an elaborate network of tunnels; and though much of the weaponry and ammunition is old, U.S. forces stationed in South Korea

Former President Obama told his supporters Monday that they shouldn’t immediately assume that someone who wants stricter enforcement of immigration laws is “automatically racist,” as he called for a new understanding and engagement in American political life. Returning to the public stage for the first time since leaving office, Mr. Obama said his chief post-presidency