Jun 25 Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner steps down By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection John Sanders is stepping down after the discovery of dozens of children in filthy conditions at one of the agency's stations in Texas. Continue reading
Jun 25 2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren launches election security plan By Elana Schor, Associated Press This is Warren's latest in a series of hefty policy proposals — which have become a trademark as she climbs in the Democratic 2020 presidential primary polls. Continue reading
Jun 25 Acting Customs and Border Protection chief resigns amid migrant detention outrage By Associated Press Lawyers who visited CBP facilities last week described squalid conditions: inadequate food, lack of medical care, and children trying to care for toddlers. Continue reading
Jun 25 First lady’s spokeswoman to be White House press secretary By Associated Press Stephanie Grisham, who has been with the Trumps since 2015, will also take on the role of White House communications director. Continue reading
Jun 25 Trump says woman who accused him of sexual assault is not his ‘type’ By Associated Press Writer E. Jean Carroll has claimed that a friendly encounter with Trump at Bergdorf Goodman in 1995 or 1996 turned violent when the real estate mogul pushed her up against a dressing room wall, unzipped his pants and forced himself… Continue reading
Jun 25 Chicago police release more than 1,000 files from Smollett investigation By Don Babwin, Sophia Tareen, Associated Press The files included video footage that for the first time shows the "Empire" actor with a thin, white rope wrapped around his neck that he told detectives was a noose. Continue reading
Jun 25 Migrant woman and children found dead near U.S.-Mexico border at start of summer By David Warren, Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press A law enforcement official close to the investigation said the four were overcome by the heat after fording the river. Continue reading
Jun 24 Hundreds of migrant children transferred from Texas facility with ‘inhumane’ conditions By William Brangham Hundreds of migrant children on Monday were reported to have been transferred out of a Texas facility following uproar over their treatment. But on Tuesday, 100 children were moved back to the facility in Clint, Texas, which was described as… Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 3:00 News Wrap: Children being moved from El Paso detention center In our news wrap Monday, there’s word the U.S. government is moving most of the 300-plus children held at a Border Patrol station near El Paso, Texas. The Associated Press had reported kids were going without food, showers and care… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 5:59 Trump pushes for new transparency with health care prices — but will it lower them? Uncertainty around the costs of prescription drugs and health care in general is worrying Americans. A recent study found that one in six were surprised by a medical bill from a hospital treatment in 2017. On Monday, President Trump issued… Continue watching