Before dawn the morning of Halloween, residents of a quaint, tree-lined Michigan neighborhood were jolted awake to the startling blasts of detonated smoke bombs and a voice shouting in Arabic.

During the previous hearing on October 27, the bench had strongly criticised several state governments for failing to comply with its earlier directives.

President Donald Trump says he “won’t be extorted” by Democrats to reopen the government, making clear that he has no plans to negotiate as the government shutdown will soon enter its sixth week ...