Beth Zasloff, a freelance writer and editor, said she's out protesting in New York because she's outraged and distressed at what she sees as a "move toward fascism and an authoritarian government" happening in the Trump administration.

That follows a more than two-hour phone call between the two leaders on Thursday, US time. The aim, Mr Trump said, was “to see if we can bring this ‘inglorious’ war,” to an end. The last time the pair met,

President Donald Trump said the two survivors of a US attack on a submarine he claimed was carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean will be returned to their home countries.

The military rescued the pair after striking a submersible vessel on Thursday, in what was at least the sixth such attack since early September.

The Senate is expected to vote on Thursday for the 10th time on a budget package but most signs point to the shutdown continuing into next week.

Venezuela's top ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, once again denounced the U.S. military strikes in Caribbean waters and urged the Trump administration to "stop this madness" during a press briefing with reporters at the U.N. on Thursday.

Just before midnight, Superstition Fire and Medical crews were called to a crash involving two vehicles on eastbound US 60 near Peralta Road. Firefighters arrived and found one vehicle fully engulfed in flames, and multiple people had been ejected from the vehicles.

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