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Thousands of Syrians seeking refuge in neighboring Lebanon are scrambling for shelter and an 8-year-old girl was reported dead.

The president abruptly ended spending talks Wednesday after congressional Democrats rejected his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall. A partial government shutdown stretched into its 19th day.

Richard Nixon’s first vice president resigned in 1973 amid charges of bribery and tax evasion. Now, Maddow and her former producer Mike Yarvitz revisit the Agnew story in the podcast Bag Man.

The remarks, which also included a claim that a Hindu god created the dinosaurs, sparked an uproar among scientists and congress organizers and on Twitter.

Will peace, love and music be back? One of the original organizers of the iconic 1969 event is putting together a new three-day festival, which will take place in August in upstate New York.

A major credit rating agency is warning that a prolonged government shutdown could mean that it will reconsider the nation’s AAA rating. That could lead to higher borrowing costs.

Congressional Democrats want to protect health coverage and protections of the Affordable Care Act. With the Senate in Republican hands, House Democrats will hold hearings and may turn to the courts.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has been on shaky political ground for months, but there is no specific plan for his departure. William Barr’s confirmation hearing is next week.

The secretary’s trip has two goals: to reassure allies amid the Trump administration’s mixed messages on troop levels in Syria and to stress the U.S. commitment to fighting ISIS and countering Iran.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun fled her family during an overseas trip and tried to fly to Australia, but was stopped in Thailand. The U.N. refugee committee has declared her a refugee. “I’m happy,” she says.

Jacinda, whose husband is a TSA officer, says her biggest concern is losing her home. “I feel this sneaking anxiety that it all can be gone,” she says.

Successful talks could mean relaxed economic tensions and reduced tariffs between the two countries. Trump has threatened to restart the trade war if no deal is reached by March 2.

Americans consumed almost 37 pounds per capita in 2017, but that wasn’t enough to reduce the country’s 1.4 billion-pound cheese surplus. The stockpile of cheese started to build several years ago.

114-year-old Lessie Brown died Tuesday at her home in Cleveland Heights. Family members attributed her longevity to her love of sweet potatoes. “I don’t think that’s it,” Brown told media in 2013.

For all the formality of an Oval Office address, the partial shutdown is no closer to being over, and Democrats and Republicans are living in very different worlds when it comes to immigration policy.

President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office, pressing Congress again to provide funding for a border wall. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer refused.

President Trump used his first prime-time address from the Oval Office to make the case for a $5.7 billion border wall. That demand and Democrats’ opposition has led to a partial government shutdown.

Investigators filed capital murder charges against Larry Woodruffe on Tuesday. The 24-year-old was picked up on Jan. 5 after investigators received a tip connecting him to the drive-by attack.

The chief of the EU Mission to the U.S. noticed he was called up last as he paid his respects to late President George H.W. Bush.

Speaking after the president, the two leading Democrats in Congress accused Trump of trying to “manufacture a crisis, stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration.”

The country’s new president says $3 billion worth of fuel was stolen from the state-owned oil company last year.

The giant clump of fat, oil and wet wipes lurking below the town of Sidmouth measures 210 feet, making it 42 feet longer than the White House. It will take about eight weeks to break it apart.

Hacienda HealthCare is facing investigations after a 29-year-old woman in a vegetative state gave birth. Police Tuesday served the facility with a search warrant for DNA evidence.

Park officials said few rangers are on hand to prevent off-road driving, which causes destruction of the park’s namesake trees. Volunteers have been cleaning the nearly 800,000-acre park.

Democrats unveiled new legislation to enhance background checks on the eighth anniversary of the Tucson shooting that injured former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz. But the gun lobby vows to oppose it.

A newly released report shows that the United States’ CO2 emissions spiked last year. A booming economy and busy transportation sector are to blame.

Paul Manafort’s lawyers botched redactions in a court filing, revealing the information. Separately, the Supreme Court denied a request believed to be a challenge to special counsel Robert Mueller.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will speak at the Capitol Tuesday night. They are in a battle with President Trump over border funding amid a government shutdown.

DNA combined with the study of family history has been used to solve high-profile cold cases such as the Golden State Killer. Now, volunteers are using the technique to identify crime victims.

The 18-year-old fled her family and was detained in Thailand en route to Australia. Australia’s Department of Home Affairs says her application for a humanitarian visa will be “carefully considered.”

They’re part of a global supply chain of trinkets that starts out in Chinese factories. A vendor in India can earn a living by selling five a night.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute planned to honor the activist at a February event. It now says her statements and public record do not “meet all of the criteria on which the award is based.”

Robert Habeck says he left Twitter after he was hacked, but he also says the platform has made him more “polemic”.

If no deal is reached, more than 30,000 union members wouldn’t go to work, affecting roughly 480,000 public school students.