At 14 days as of Tuesday, the current shutdown ranks as the fifth-longest: Without a deal by Thursday, the shutdown could become the fourth-longest, tying with a 2013 shutdown tha

President Donald Trump says the U.S. struck another small boat that he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela. It’s the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean as the Trump administration has asserted that it is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants who must be met with military force.

The U.S. government has revoked the visas of at least 50 politicians and government officials in Mexico amid the Trump administration's crackdown on drug cartels and their suspected political allies,

Civility protects the processes that give everyone a voice and a chance to participate. Disagreement, even when passionate or angry, is not the enemy. Being unreasonable is what’s un-American. Matt Lehrman Scottsdale, Ariz.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. struck another small boat that he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.