Pentagon authorises $1bn for Trump's border wall

The Pentagon has notified Congress that it has authorised the transfer of $1 billion to begin building a new wall along the United States-Mexico border, an election campaign promise of President......

US House approves $1.1 trillion spending bill, averts shutdown

The US House of Representatives averted a government shutdown on Thursday, narrowly passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill despite strenuous Democratic objections to controversial financial......