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As part of his immigration proposal, President Trump has proposed eliminating the Green Card Lottery that allows around 55,000 people who have no family connection or employer sponsor to enter the U.S. each year. Muzaffar Chishti, a director of the Migration Policy Institute, explains the origin of the program and how it's changed.

Ten questions and answers about the latest — and perhaps most complicated — subplot to spin out of Washington's ongoing Russia imbroglio.

The ruling is the latest development in the legal fight over the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau supporters say combats predatory lending and other abuses. Critics say the agency is too powerful.

A woman paid full price for two seats on a United Airlines flight out of Newark, N.J. One seat for her and one for her peacock. United told her the bird didn't meet the guidelines for many reasons.

The human rights office at the U.N. says it has list of about 200 global companies that do business in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The U.S. and Israel don't want the list published.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced Wednesday that his office will dismiss thousands of marijuana-related convictions dating back to 1975, now that pot is legal in the state.

The European Union's inability to agree on how to manage migration has turned some of Greece's Aegean islands into squalid dumping grounds for asylum seekers.

Lord Michael Bates was set to answer questions before the British House of Lords on Wednesday, but arrived a few minutes late. When the session concluded, he jumped up to the lectern, apologized profusely and offered his resignation. He still has his job though after Prime Minister Theresa May said she wouldn't accept it.

Daniela Vega stars as a trans woman who deals with the resentment of her dead lover's family. The film is nominated for best foreign language film at this year's Oscars.

Authorities say they tried to break up two separate brawls involving more than a hundred Eritrean and Afghan migrants at Calais, the French port that many hope to use to cross over to the U.K.