Lawmakers and the Trump White House do not expect to strike a spending deal through 30 September this week so the House is teeing up a Wednesday vote on a measure to avert a government shutdown while talks continue.
The Supreme Court is struggling with whether to allow two lawsuits stemming from claims of property taken from Jews in Germany and Hungary during the Nazi era to continue in U.S. courts
Lawmakers are giving themselves more time to sort through their end-of-session business on government spending and COVID-19 relief
The illness can lead to a fatal heart infection
Prime minister and European Commission president to stage face-to-face talks - as EU deadline of Wednesday nears
Portage, Michigan, is helping manufacture the Covid vaccine, but it hasn’t been able to escape the pandemic’s toll. Josh Marcus writes
Educator says she wants to keep on teaching when Joe Biden becomes president
Larry Dixon’s last wishes were to prevent others suffering same fate as him
A grandson of the late author and art dealer Forrest Fenn has confirmed that a medical school student from Michigan found an over $1 million treasure chest that Fenn stashed in the wilds of Wyoming more than a decade ago
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres is urging quick restoration of the rule of law and respect for human rights in Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region as well as reconciliation efforts and unfettered humanitarian access
Homeowners will no longer be charged ground rent after buying flats from Barratt
Officials are scheduled to gather in Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack
When it comes to Christmas films, the more ludicrous the plot, the better, says Isobel Lewis
Out-of-favour goalkeeper has not appeared for the Blues since October
Young Delaware senator’s devastating losses shaped life and career in Washington
The United States is approaching the point where it is averaging 200,000 new confirmed cases per day
The World Health Organization has an unwelcome but potentially life-saving message for the holiday season: Don’t hug
Order comes days before FDA reviews Pfizer’s emergency authorisation application for vaccine
‘It was just as if it was placed from above,’ finder says
President Donald Trump has declared that he has “absolute power” to issue a pardon to himself
'It’s the first time we will not be having a Christmas Eve party since 1978 I believe,' Khloé Kardashian wrote on Twitter
The Italian Senate says Lidia Brisca Menapace, who as a teenager pedaled a bicycle to deliver messages to Resistance fighters in Italy during World War II, has died
Andrew Cuomo said a decision will be made at the end of the week
By 2022 UK visitors are likely to need to apply online in advance before travelling to the European Union
The ‘first daughter’ tweeted an image that was met with both ridicule and praise