Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say

ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — National Guard members from Texas were at an Army Reserve center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration’s plan to send troops to the Chicago area despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who has accused President Donald…MORE

No Progress in Gov’t Shutdown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump cracked the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly closed it Monday, leaving the two sides once again at a seemingly intractable impasse. Trump indicated that some talks had begun that could lead to “good things…MORE