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Marines install concertina wire on top of a border fence at the Otay Mesa port-of-entry. The facility, east of San Diego, is primarily used for commercial cargo passing back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico.

Marines Deployed To U.S.-Mexico Border As Central American Migrants Continue North

Active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border are barred from direct contact with migrants. Instead, they're stringing concertina wire and camping out just miles from their regular bases.

Democrat Nancy Pelosi Poised To Become House Speaker Once Again

A small group of House Democrats insist they have the votes to derail Rep. Nancy Pelosi from being confirmed as House speaker. Pelosi is confident and her record as a deal-maker is a central reason.

Interim JEA CEO Scores Lower Than Competitors On Skills, Experience

A confidential assessment of the four finalists vying to become JEA’s next chief executive officer shows the utility’s interim leader, Aaron Zahn, scored…

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Feb. 19 about whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross can be deposed for the lawsuits over the citizenship question he added to the 2020 census.

Supreme Court To Weigh In On Dispute Over Census Citizenship Question Evidence

The justices will hear arguments over whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross can be questioned under oath for the lawsuits over the controversial citizenship question he added to the 2020 census.

U.S. Diplomat To Africa Says The Horn Of Africa Is Now Full Of Hope After Peace Deal

Eritrea was once dubbed the North Korea of Africa. Now, the United Nations is lifting sanctions on it following a peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

'Los Angeles Times' Photographer On Documenting California's Wildfires

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Los Angeles Times photographer Wally Skalij about his photos of the Woolsey Fire in Southern California.

A miner lights a dynamite fuse in the Cerro Rico mine in Potosí — Spanish for "Rich Mountain." Mining in Cerro Rico is known as a dangerous profession. "They have whole graveyards dedicated to people who die in mine collapses," says Andrea Marston, a researcher who studies Bolivian mining. "The peak of it has been slowly collapsing because there's so much being removed from the inside."

PHOTOS: Dust And Danger For Adults — And Kids — In Bolivia's Mines

When photographer Simone Francescangeli took pictures of the miners, he was struck by the dangerous environment — and the number of children he saw working in the mines.

President Trump has never foreclosed the possibility he might talk in person with the special counsel's investigators, even though his own attorneys have advised him against it.

The Russia Investigations: Trump Says His Answers For Mueller Are Done. Now What?

The president told reporters that he wrote the answers to questions from the special counsel and that he did so "very easily." He also said he suspected some were designed to be a "perjury trap."

A postcard from the U.S. Census Bureau reminds recipients that responding to the census is required by law.

DOJ, Asked About Census Confidentiality, Crafted Intentionally Vague Answer

An internal email reveals a Justice Department discussion about the possibility of "renewed debate" over whether the Patriot Act could force the release of individuals' confidential census responses.

A black trash bag covers a red swastika painted over a mural at Duke University. Dedicated to the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the original mural replaced the yellow star in the Pittsburgh Steelers' emblem with the Star of David and read, "We must build this world from love."

Swastika Defaces Duke University Mural Honoring Synagogue Shooting Victims

The Nazi symbol was spray-painted over a Star of David on a campus memorial to the 11 people killed last month at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pennsylvania.

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