The Madurai district administration on Monday sought to defuse the escalating legal row over the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam at the Thiruparankundram hilltop, with the District Collector filing an unconditional apology.

US President Donald Trump urged the House of Representatives on Monday to swiftly adopt a spending bill and end the three-day government shutdown.

The Justice Department said Monday that it had taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related Jeffrey Epstein.