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Snow blankets a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square with the White House behind, as a winter storm arrives in the region, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Washington.

FBI: Man wanted to attack White House with antitank rocket

01/17/2019 08:47 AM

A Georgia man who traded his car for an antitank rocket, guns and explosives in a plot to storm the White House is under arrest, authorities said...

Facebook shuts hundreds of Russia-linked pages, accounts

May battles to keep Brexit on track after no-confidence win

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to speak outside 10 Downing street in London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019.

Trump administration to roll out new missile defense plan

Democrats press EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler on climate change, shutdown

Andrew Wheeler departs after testifying at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019.

Michigan State interim president resigns

A member of Kenyan special forces shouts at the media to go back after his wounded colleague was carried into an ambulance by paramedics at the scene Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.

American identified as among 14 killed in Nairobi hotel attack

An American has been identified as being among those killed during an extremist attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya...

Extremists attack hotel in Nairobi; al-Shabab claims role

Security forces are seen at the scene of a blast in Nairobi, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Sears staves off liquidation, stores to remain open

In this Feb. 13, 2012 file photo, a worker repairs a sign outside the Sears Grand store in Solon, Ohio.

30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles go on strike as negotiations stall

A Los Angeles United School District teacher protests outside La Fayette Park Primary Center as students are picked up from the school Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Los Angeles.

IRS recalling 46,000 workers to handle taxes

This March 22, 2013 file photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington.

In this Jan. 9, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, William Barr, meets with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump's AG nominee defends memo criticizing Mueller probe

President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general on Tuesday defended his decision to send an unsolicited memo to the Justice Department criticizing an aspect of the special counsel's Russia investigation, saying he was simply trying to warn senior Justice Department officials against "stretching a statute" to conclude that the president had obstructed justice...

Mueller not ready for Trump aide's sentencing, filing says

In this Feb. 23, 2018, file photo, Rick Gates leaves federal court in Washington. Paul Manafort�s trial opened this week with a display of his opulent lifestyle and testimony about what prosecutors say were years of financial deception.

New round of hearings for Florida school shooting suspect

In this Aug. 15, 2018 file photo, Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz listens during a status check on his case at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census.

Why US classrooms are starting to resemble arcades

In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, fifth grade teacher Heather Dalton, center, works with students Julian Ryno, left, and Ma'Kenley Burns, doing math problems on the DreamBox system at Charles Barnum Elementary School in Groton, Conn.

President Donald Trump talks to the media about the table full of fast food in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, for the reception for the Clemson Tigers.

Lovin' it: Trump fetes champion Clemson with burgers, fries

Shoppers with their hands raised are evacuated from Fashion Place Mall in Murray, Utah, after a shooting on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019.

Police arrest 2 men in Utah mall shooting that wounded 2

Authorities respond to the scene of a reported active shooter in New Jersey.

Suspect shot, hostage situation ends at New Jersey UPS facility

Polish mayor dies after being stabbed in heart at age 53

The popular liberal mayor of the Polish port city of Gdansk died on Monday after he was stabbed during a charity event the evening before by an ex-convict who stormed onstage and said it was revenge against a political party the politician once belonged to...

In this Saturday, April 21, 2018 file photo, the mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz addresses a rally organized in protest against a recent gathering by far-right groups in this Baltic coast city, in Gdansk, Poland.

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