Trump’s own team acknowledged that it used misleading statistics to push for a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Low-key Sen. James Risch contrasts combative Corker on Foreign Relations Committee
A self-made millionaire, former trial lawyer and cattle rancher, Sen. James Risch is a low-key legislator unlike Bob Corker, who was a high-profile media star.
As Trump’s timeline for Syria withdrawal slips, U.S. allies are nervous, angry, confused
Trump’s advisers are trying to calm jittery U.S. allies amid Trump’s Syria withdrawal announcement. But experts say they have lost credibility.
‘Fatberg’ discovered in UK sewer is longer than 6 double-decker buses
‘The Blob’ is a cheesy cult classic horror film about a gelatinous blob that eats people but this blob discovered in a sewer in the UK is more gross and slimy than scary. Buzz60’s Mercer Morrison has the story.
A ‘fatberg’ made of grease and wet wipes found in English sewer
A ‘fatberg’ made of wet wipes, oil and grease is blocking a sewer in a seaside town in England. It measures more than 200 feet, according to reports.
Watch this dog skateboard better than you can
14-month-old Pumpkin has learned how to skateboard, and she loves skating through the streets where she lives in England.
Three killed as trains collide in South Africa
Authorities in South Africa say a train collision in Pretoria has killed three people and injured more than 200. The cause of the crash is under investigation. (Jan. 8)
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un makes birthday visit to China for meetings with President Xi Jinping
Kim’s visit comes in the wake of an announcement on Sunday by President Donald Trump that Washington and Pyongyang were in negotiations over a location for a second summit, saying that it would be revealed “probably in the not-too-distant f…
French writer Yann Moix claims women over 50 ‘too old’ to love
Yann Moix said he was “incapable” of loving a womanover 50 and they were effectively “invisible” to him.
20 children injured in Chinese school attack
A 49-year-old man injured 20 children with a hammer Tuesday inside a primary school in China’s capital, the Xicheng district government said on its social media account. Three of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries. (Jan. 8)