Nation Mar 12 Children packed into Border Patrol tent facility for days on end President Joe Biden's administration is refusing to allow lawyers who inspect facilities where immigrant children are detained to enter a Border Patrol tent in Texas where agents are holding hundreds of youths.
Nation Mar 05 U.S. to open more beds for detained immigrant children A memo issued Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services tells service providers to "temporarily increase capacity to full licensed capacity ... while implementing and adhering to strict COVID-19 mitigation measures."…
Nation Feb 25 WATCH: Acting Capitol Police chief says riot much bigger than intel suggested Three days before the riot, Capitol Police distributed an internal document warning that armed extremists were poised for violence and could attack Congress. But the acting chief said Thursday that the assault turned out to be much bigger than the…
Nation Feb 24 U.S. tries to expedite release of migrant children amid surge With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to expedite the release of children to their relatives in the U.S.
Nation Feb 24 Judge indefinitely bans enforcement of Biden’s 100-day deportation pause Biden proposed the 100-day pause on deportations during his campaign as part of a larger review of immigration enforcement and an attempt to reverse the priorities of former President Donald Trump.
Nation Feb 22 U.S. reopens Texas tent facility to hold immigrant teenagers President Joe Biden's administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border unaccompanied by a parent, a sign of growing worries about how children are treated in government custody.
Nation Feb 18 WATCH: Texas crisis has governor facing energy industry Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants mandates that would require power plants to withstand extreme winter weather. The number of Texas residents still without electricity Thursday was fewer than 500,000 after historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures.
Politics Feb 02 WATCH: Capitol Police officer killed in insurrection honored at U.S. Capitol House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sicknick was a patriot who will be remembered by lawmakers each day as they enter the Capitol. “We will never forget,” she promised his family, who attended the ceremony.
Nation Jan 26 Judge bars Biden from enforcing 100-day deportation ban The order represents a victory for Texas' Republican leaders, who often sued to stop programs enacted by Biden's Democratic predecessor, President Barack Obama.
Nation Jan 07 AP report: Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob The failure also raised questions about the treatment of mainly white Trump supporters, compared with the Black and brown protesters across the country who demonstrated last year over police brutality.