Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith pushed resolution praising Confederate soldier's effort to ‘defend his homeland’  —  Photo surfaces of Senator with Confederate artifacts  —  (CNN)Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith once promoted a measure that praised a Confederate soldier's effort to …

Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers  —  Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the US social media giant to account after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly refused to answer MPs' questions.

A border clash turns deadly  —  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Henry Diaz Reyes and about 1,500 other Central American migrants had just pushed past Guatemalan authorities and onto a border bridge to Mexico.  —  Mexican federal police were waiting for them in riot gear.  The official border entry was closed, police said.

New book by Trump advisers alleges that the president has ‘embedded enemies’  —  Two of the president's longest-serving advisers allege in a new book that scores of officials inside the White House, Congress, the Justice Department and intelligence agencies are “embedded enemies of President Trump” …

Senior Saudi prince says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion  —  ABU DHABI (Reuters) - A senior Saudi prince cast doubt upon the reported CIA finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month …

Donald Trump is attacking the rule of law and may well get away with it  —  On the evidence available, most Americans do not think President Donald Trump has committed a high crime or misdemeanour.  Only a third of voters say he should be impeached over his alleged complicity …

My New Vagina Won't Make Me Happy  —  And it shouldn't have to.  —  Ms. Chu is an essayist and critic.  —  Next Thursday, I will get a vagina.  The procedure will last around six hours, and I will be in recovery for at least three months.  Until the day I die, my body will regard the vagina as a wound …

Students Who Made Apparent Nazi Salute in Photo Won't Be Punished  —  The Wisconsin students who appeared to make a Nazi salute in a widely criticized photo will not be punished, the school's superintendent said this week in a letter to parents.  —  The superintendent, Lori Mueller …

Alabama GOP: Sessions not guaranteed to win back his old seat  —  Republicans are certain they can win back the Alabama Senate seat they lost in spectacular fashion last year.  They just aren't sure whether Jeff Sessions is the one to do it.  —  Sessions' name surfaced as a potential candidate immediately …

Brexit: High Court to rule if referendum vote ‘void’ as early as Christmas after Arron Banks investigation  —  Exclusive: Judges poised to fast-track explosive legal challenge after Theresa May's ‘failure to act’ on growing evidence of illegality  — {{#singleComment}}{{total}} comment{ …

Black Man Killed by Officer in Alabama Mall Shooting Was Not the Gunman, Police Now Say  —  The police in Alabama said an officer fatally shot a 21-year-old black man on Thursday night who they said shot at least one person at a mall near Birmingham, turning a Thanksgiving holiday shopping scene into chaos.

New Hampshire political legend falls prey to Trump effect  —  ‘One of the great ironies is backlash against President Trump is likely to cost to Bill Gardner his job,’ says one Republican.  —  Secretary of State Bill Gardner has had a decades-long run as the legendary …

Memos to Nobody: Inside the work of a neglected fed agency  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Robbins gets to work at 8:15 each morning and unlocks the door to his office suite.  He switches on the lights and the TV news, brews a pot of coffee and pulls out the first files of the day to review.