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Thousands of active duty US Coast Guard service members did not receive their paycheck Tuesday, making it the first time in history that US Armed Forces service members were not paid during a lapse in government funding. ...Read more

Volkswagen announced at the Detroit Auto Show that it will be investing $800 million in its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee to build a new electric vehicle at the plant. Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess said: “The US is one of the most important locations for us, and producing electric cars in Chattanooga is a key part of our growth strategy in North America.” ...Read more

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman from NY said on Tuesday that the Trump administration is barred from adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. The Federal Judge said that while such a question would be constitutional, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had added it arbitrarily and not followed proper procedure. However,  this decision won’t be the final word on the matter. ...Read more

Shortages of federal airport security workers in the partial U.S. government shutdown forced several large U.S. airports to close security lanes Monday. ...Read more

On Monday, President Donald Trump emphatically denied that he’s ever “worked for Russia” — this statement comes in response to a news report that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into whether he was an agent working on behalf of Russia against American interests, concerned about his behavior after he fired FBI director James Comey. ...Read more

A deadly winter storm rolled east to the mid-Atlantic United States on Sunday, after dropping more than a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest and killing at least 7 people in highway accidents. ...Read more

A mass fentanyl overdose incident in Northern California on Saturday, leaving one dead and at least a dozen others hospitalized. ...Read more

Counsel at the White House is adding to it’s legal team to, in the hopes of preventing President Trump’s confidential discussions with top advisers from being disclosed to House Democratic investigators. The strategy to assert the president’s executive privilege is being developed under new White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, who has also hired 17 lawyers in recent weeks to help in this effort. ...Read more

President Donald Trump is taking the shutdown battle to the U.S.-Mexico border, in the hopes of boosting  his case for the border wall after negotiations with Democrats halted over his demands for funding. Trump walked out of his meeting with congressional leaders, as efforts to end the partial government shutdown fell apart. The White House meeting in the Situation Room ended after just 14 minutes, where Democrats claim they asked Trump to re-open the government but that he told them if he did they wouldn’t give him money for the wall.  ...Read more

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Wednesday he and his wife, MacKenzie, are planning to divorce. Bezos said on Twitter he and MacKenzie have already separated. The two were married in 1993 and have four children. ...Read more