Evening Edition: Contradicting Trump, Bolton says U.S. troops will stay in Syria until ISIS is eradicated
Park Service takes 'extraordinary step' of dipping into entrance fees to bolster operations; Trump heads to staff retreat at Camp David as shutdown enters third week
"There are objectives that we want to accomplish that condition the withdrawal," national security adviser John Bolton said in Jerusalem. The president's abrupt promise in December to bring troops home "now" surprised allies and prompted Defense Secretary Jim Mattis's resignation.
The unprecedented move, which some critics said could be illegal, shows the extent to which the decision to keep the national park system open to visitors across the country is straining its capacity.
The staff retreat, at which border security and other topics are on the agenda, comes one day after Vice President Pence and senior congressional aides emerged empty-handed following more than two hours of negotiations on ending the budget stalemate over border wall funding.
At just 24, Mehdi Meklat was a star blogger for the French newspaper Libération, a frequent guest on national radio programs and the co-author of a critically acclaimed novel. Then journalists uncovered anti-Semitic and homophobic tweets, and his meteoric rise was overshadowed by a staggering fall.
Leaders in the Netherlands fear that the best efforts of a nation that loves to be prepared may not be enough if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal to manage the withdrawal. And Britain's other trading partnerships in Europe could be even worse off.
The Democratic operatives and a research firm known to have roles in "Project Birmingham" are distancing themselves from its most controversial tactics during the special Senate election won by Doug Jones.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to quell rising furor over whether Democrats will seek to remove the president from office, saying that the public has yet to hear the conclusions of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation.
Houston police have arrested a 20-year-old black man in the fatal shooting of Jazmine Barnes. Authorities initially searched for an older white suspect.
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