President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats while announcing he is sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas. | AP

Kristen Stewart says she's ready to "rocketship" into her next directorial project, after releasing her debut, "The Chronology of Water." | AP

President Donald Trump said in a White House speech Wednesday night that he was sending a $1,776 bonus check to U.S. troops for Christmas, indicating that tariffs were funding the payments as he tried to reassure a worried public about the health of the economy. | AP

Video from the Mexico City Congress session showed legislators shoving, yelling and pulling each other’s hair on the podium at the front of the chamber. The dispute broke out during discussion of a proposal to eliminate the city’s transparency agency and replace it with a new oversight body. | AP