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North America
'Not kidding': Donald Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border
Trump has been promising for more than two years to build a long, impenetrable wall along the border to stop illegal immigration.
- by Nooman Merchant and Jonathan Lemire
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Technology & democracy
Alex Jones blames conspiracy claims on 'psychosis'
Jones said during the deposition that he "almost had like a form of psychosis back in the past where I basically thought everything was staged."
Russia probe
A Mueller mystery: How Trump dodged a special counsel interview - and a subpoena fight
It was March 2018, nearly 10 months into his Russia investigation, when special counsel Robert Mueller, a man of few words, raised the stakes dramatically in a meeting with President Trump's lawyers.
- by Philip Rucker, Carol D Leonnig, Josh Dawsey and Matt Zapotosky
US votes 2020
After fall from grace, Silicon Valley is a minefield for 2020 hopefuls
Silicon Valley's standing in presidential politics has fallen many notches, making candidates shun the industry instead of courting it.
- by Evan Halper
Good Weekend
The tiny town behind a heartwarming 9/11 tale
After the 9/11 attacks, thousands of airline passengers were redirected to a tiny Canadian town. The extraordinary events that followed have inspired a musical.
- by Konrad Marshall
How a law means that lifers in Rhode Island are officially 'dead'
The law is more than 100 years old, but it has its origins in medieval Europe. Now Rhode Island is being challenged to stop declaring living people dead.
- by Jennifer McDermott
Asylum seekers
Nauru refugees struggling with life in the US 'Valley of Opportunity'
Many refugees from Manus Island and Nauru arrive in the US full of optimism. But they soon find life in America is much more challenging than they had imagined.
- by Matthew Knott
Courts
Chicago seeks $130K from Jussie Smollett
Chicago officials have ordered actor Jussie Smollett to pay $US130,000 to cover the cost of the investigation into his report of a street attack that police say was staged to promote his career.
Trump's America
US brothel owner elected after death had fatal heart attack: coroner
An autopsy found that Dennis Hof's sudden passing after his birthday party last October was due to natural causes.
Russia probe
Dems mock 'scaredy-cat' GOP, demand Mueller's full 300 pages
Democrats intensified their demands for Robert Mueller's full report on Thursday after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages, while President Donald Trump boasted of total exoneration based on a four-page summary by his attorney general.
Trump's America
Trump tells faithful Russia probe backers tried to steal power
At his first political rally since the end of the Russia collusion probe, President Donald Trump has accused backers of the investigation of trying to overturn the 2016 election and attempting "illegally" to claim power.
- by Jeff Mason