Sakshi Venkatraman, Kwasi Asiedu and Bernd Debusmann Jrat the White House Watch: Construction begins in the East Wing of the White House Parts of the White House’s East Wing have been demolished, as construction begins on US President Donald Trump’s new ballroom. Construction crews on Monday tore down massive chunks of a covered entryway and...

HAYWARDS HEATH, England — HAYWARDS HEATH, England (AP) — Deep underground beneath the Sussex countryside in southern England, millions of seeds are kept frozen in a vault built to withstand fire, flooding, and any other disaster. The Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew holds more than 2.5 billion wild plant seeds from...

Top White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett on Monday predicted the government shutdown is “likely to end sometime this week.” But if that does not happen, the Trump administration may impose “stronger measures” to force Democrats to cooperate, Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” The comments came deep into...

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Ana Faguy and James FitzGerald Getty Images The pair’s divorce was finalised in 2007 The ex-husband of pop star Britney Spears gives new details on the pair’s tense relationship in his new memoir You Thought You Knew. Kevin Federline, her one-time backing dancer, presents a picture of Spears’s allegedly erratic behaviour as a wife and...

BULAPE, Congo — BULAPE, Congo (AP) — The World Health Organization announced that the last Ebola patient in Congo’s latest outbreak was discharged over the weekend and no new cases have been reported since Sept. 25. Sunday’s announcement started a 42-day countdown to declare the outbreak over if no further cases are confirmed. The outbreak,...