There has been more optimism in the upper chamber over the last several days than the entire shutdown so far, as more and more bipartisan conversations are cropping up. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., believed that lawmakers were close to an off-ramp, but there still hasn’t been a concrete move made toward ending the shutdown yet.

A draft Security Council resolution said that an international force would ensure that Gaza be demilitarized, though specifics were unclear.

The United States will look at “flexibility” for its troops stationed in South Korea to operate against regional threats, but the focus of the alliance will remain on deterring

The United Nations said the United States' attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific are violations of international human rights law.

The summit was organized by C40, a network of mayors from big cities that has pushed to be included in decisions on how to combat global warming and adapt to its effects.

The United Nations human rights chief says the Trump administration "must halt" strikes on alleged drug boats to prevent "extrajudicial killing."

A U.S. official said the International Stabilization Force would be an “enforcement force, not a peacekeeping force.”

The FBI has arrested an active-duty U.S. Marine it accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl in Indiana with the intent of sexually assaulting her.

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