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Pentagon to send up to 1,500 active duty troops to help secure US-Mexico border, officials say
U.S. officials say the Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days More »
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration More »
White House sidelines 160 National Security Council staffers, aligning the team with Trump's agenda
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda More »
Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the US
Refugees who'd been approved to travel to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration More »
Trump to meet with more Republicans as they hash out legislative roadmap
President Donald Trump will meet with a small contingent of the most politically endangered House Republicans as the party struggles to agree on a strategy for implementing the tax cuts that it promised voters More »
Everything Trump did in the first executive orders of his presidency
President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities More »
Trump demands an apology from bishop who asked him to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ+ people and migrants
President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from the Episcopal bishop of Washington after she asked him to have mercy on the LGBTQ+ community and migrants in the United States illegally during a prayer service marking his inauguration More »
Border security is popular – but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP-NORC poll
An AP-NORC poll finds many U.S. adults support the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some deportations More »
Pardons by Trump and Biden reveal distrust of each other and wobbly faith in criminal justice system
A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol More »
Supreme Court could revive lawsuit against Texas officer who shot motorist stopped for unpaid tolls
The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death during a traffic stop in Houston over unpaid tolls More »
