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WASHINGTON — The man accused of ramming a U-Haul truck into barriers near the White House earlier this week isn't a U.S. citizen, authorities said Wednesday. Sai Varshith Kandula, a 19-year-old from suburban St. Louis, wore an orange jail-issued jumpsuit in his brief courtroom appearance — his first since the Monday incident — when prosecutors requested pre-trial detention. A government prosecutor told the court that Kandula is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident. But later on Wednesday, a Department of Justice official clarified the open-court remarks and said Kandula does hold a green card for lawful, permanent U.S. residency....

A Louisiana judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday against the state from enforcing its ban on abortions, leading to the immediate resumption of the procedure. Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarrusso granted the request of plaintiffs Hope Medical Group For Women and Medical Students for Choice. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years had granted women the constitutional right to an abortion. Providers in Louisiana had stopped performing abortions on Friday, unsure of the legality of the practice due to the vagueness of the bill, according to reproductive rights...

Former second lady Jill Biden lashed out at President Donald Trump on Saturday, accusing him of "bullying" and being "afraid" to run against her husband. The wife of former Vice President Joe Biden told MSNBC's "Up with David Gura" that Trump was wrong to attack 16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg, who was named Time magazine's person of the year before she was immediately mocked by the president. "That's bullying," Jill Biden told MSNBC. "Look at what the president did this week with that 16-year-old girl, Greta. You can't attack children. That's the bottom line." The Bidens have been center stage...

A 17-year-old girl who played football and aspired to enlist with the Marines was killed by a suspected drunken driver, Florida authorities said Tuesday.

A New York Times columnist tweeted a joke about assassinating GOP front-runner Donald Trump -- and then deleted the message and apologized. The 1983 Paramount Pictures film "The Dead Zone" Ross Douthat tweeted Wednesday night, "Good news guys I've figured out how the Trump campaign ends" along with a clip from a little-known movie, "The Dead Zone."In the 1983 flick, Christopher Walken plays a man who can see the future and knows that a US Senate candidate, portrayed by Martin Sheen, will eventually become president and start a nuclear war....