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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Roseanne” star Sarah Chalke, who stepped into the role of Becky Conner in 1993, faced many challenges on and off the set.  During an appearance on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s on Me” podcast, the 49-year-old actress opened up about the “intense” set …

We’re about to enter a world without nuclear arms control. The last remaining treaty capping the arsenals of Russia and the US will expire on Thursday. It means, for the first time in more than half a century, there will be no legal limits on their missiles and warheads, and …

The Tesla Model S is at the end of its illustrious 14-year run — and what a dizzying ride it’s been. In 2012, when Tesla made its first Model S deliveries to customers, Facebook acquired Instagram. Apple launched the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. Barack Obama sailed into his second …

“Purposeful storytelling” is how Melania Trump herself describes what audiences will find in her cinematic debut. In many ways, that sums this film up. While Amazon paid an eye-watering fee for the documentary, don’t expect a warts-and-all unflinching record of what the first lady did in the 20 days leading …

In the days after the killing of the 37‑year‑old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, signs emerged that the Trump administration understood how quickly anger at federal immigration agents could ignite across Minnesota and the nation. Early in the week, the president touted “very good” phone calls with the Minnesota governor, Tim …

Donald Trump has sent his “border tsar” to Minneapolis as the White House seeks to ease unrest after two people were killed by federal agents. Tom Homan arrived in the midwestern city on 27 January to replace US border patrol commander Gregory Bovino, who was overseeing ICE (immigration and customs …

Top Democrats in Congress are plunging into an impeachment fight with Kristi Noem, as even some moderate Republicans say they’ve lost faith in the embattled Department of Homeland Security chief – upping the pressure on the administration over what they see as a complete failure in Minnesota. In a joint …

Bernd Debusmann JrWhite House reporter Getty Images Tom Homan has decades of experience across Democratic and Republican administrations US President Donald Trump has deployed his “border tsar” Tom Homan to lead on-the-ground immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, after two US citizens were shot dead by federal agents in the city in …

A top US immigration official is expected to leave the US city of Minneapolis in what may mark a shift in the White House’s tone after the fatal shooting of a second US citizen by federal officers over the weekend. As Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some immigration agents …

Around 6:15 a.m. on Monday, “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade pitched a solution to President Trump’s growing political problem in Minnesota. “What I would do is just bring Tom Homan in,” he said. Kilmeade, a Trump booster who knows the president often watches the morning show, volunteered the idea …

Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent Reuters President Trump talks to reporters on Air Force One on Saturday The Trump administration has quickly abandoned its familiar “deny and attack” playbook after initially using it when federal agents shot dead Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. Within 24 hours, as various videos …

Israel is carrying out a “focused operation” to find the body of the last remaining hostage in Gaza – and has agreed to a “limited” reopening of the Rafah crossing between the territory and Egypt once the operation has ended. An Israeli military official said there were “several intelligence leads” …

EPA/Shutterstock The Republic Day parade is a display of India’s culture, achievements and military might India will mark its 77th Republic Day on 26 January – the day when the country adopted its constitution and formally became a republic, breaking from its colonial past. The annual grand parade will take …

Allan LittleSenior correspondent BBC I had been asked to give a key-note speech at a conference at Columbia University’s Journalism School. It was January 2002. Two planes had been flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre months earlier and you could still feel how wounded the city …

Guy Hedgecoein Córdoba, Spain Reuters “Since the high-speed line was built, 30-something years ago, we never had any problems, it worked perfectly and was fantastic,” says Alberto Montavez Montes, a shop-owner opposite Córdoba city hall, where the Spanish and Andalusian flags have been hanging at half-mast. Now, though things feel …

Over 1,000 non-US NATO troops died in Afghanistan and at least double that number were seriously wounded in supporting US policy there. It is for this reason that many in the UK have condemned Donald Trump, who claimed during the war in Afghanistan that NATO troops stayed “a little off …

Getty Images Mandela’s eldest daughter has the go-ahead to sell off personal items, including one of his iconic floral shirts A South African court has dismissed an appeal by the country’s heritage body to stop the sale and export of various artefacts connected to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela. The 70 …

Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent BBC “Together we are in a position to… end decades of suffering, stop generations of hatred and bloodshed, and forge a beautiful, everlasting and glorious peace for that region and for the whole region of the world.” Such was the soaring promise of US President Donald …

As masked and armed men in combat armor swarmed throughout the Twin Cities, Gov. Tim Walz took to primetime television to ask Minnesotans to film ICE. The videos, he said, would “create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans — not just to establish a record for posterity, but to …

Reuters / Getty Images / EPA Ajay Banga, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are among those on the committee The White House has released the names of the members who will form the Trump administration’s new “Board of Peace” for Gaza. With the US president as chair, the founding Executive …