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WASHINGTON (AP) — A splintered Senate has swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown. But the twin setbacks on Thursday prompted a flurry of bipartisan talks aimed at temporarily halting the longest shutdown in history and paying 800,000 beleaguered federal workers while bargainers seek a deal.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Iranian television anchorwoman says she believes the U.S. government jailed her as a witness as a warning to "watch your step." Marzieh Hashemi told The Associated Press on Thursday that she suspects she was jailed because of her work as a journalist and her beliefs. But she says she won't be intimidated. Hashemi was released Wednesday from jail in Washington after being detained for 10 days as a material witness in an ongoing grand jury investigation.
SEBRING, Fla. (AP) — An Indiana police department has released a 2014 incident report in which Florida bank shooting suspect Zephen Xaver said he had dreams of hurting other students in a classroom. The report was released Thursday night by the Bremen Police Department and dates to February 2014 when Xaver was a 16-year-old high school student.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. official says the Trump administration will start forcing asylum seekers in San Diego to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts. The official said Thursday that the changes will be introduced at San Diego's San Ysidro border crossing and may be expanded. The policy could become one of the more significant changes to the immigration system in years but is expected to face a legal challenge.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's new governor says he thought it best to accept his secretary of state's resignation "and move on" after old photos of the elections chief in blackface surfaced. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday afternoon that he thinks Secretary of State Michael Ertel regrets his actions but he wants state officials "to be able to lead and not have these things swirling around them."
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