The House has approved the final set of spending bills to avoid a government shutdown, despite objections from Democrats to the funding levels set for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
More than 30 years ago, a standoff with a white separatist family in Idaho led to federal rules on deadly use of force. Some say Renee Macklin Good's death in Minnesota offers a similar opportunity.
A cutting edge pan-African HIV vaccine trial lost funding last year when the Trump administration shut down much of foreign aid. The setback was devastating but the researchers refused to give up.
The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes responds to a Defense Department announcement that it will assume greater control over the military newspaper.