North Korea on Thursday revealed a new facility for producing nuclear bomb fuel, with leader Kim Jong Un declaring his regime intends to expand its nuclear arsenal "at an exponential rate," the Associated Press reports.
The Senate voted 53-46 Wednesday afternoon to begin formal consideration of a roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, kicking off a marathon amendment process before a final passage vote expected later this week.
Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, known as "El Tigre," publicly thanked President Donald Trump on Wednesday after winning the first round of the country's presidential election with nearly 44 percent of the vote.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected claims Wednesday that President Donald Trump made Iran war decisions based on personal financial interests, calling the Democratic allegation "completely false" during a contentious House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that Republicans are pressing ahead with a third budget reconciliation bill focused on combating fraud and reducing the cost of living, even as their second package was still working through the Senate.
Federal prosecutors arrested a Southern California technology executive Wednesday on charges he spent more than a decade smuggling U.S.-origin computer networking and encryption equipment to Iran's nuclear and military programs, laundering more than $15 million in the process.
