May 08 More migrants cross border as U.S. to end Title 42 restrictions By Rebecca Santana, Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press A recent surge of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a coronavirus pandemic-era policy that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants. Continue reading
May 08 WATCH: Biden announces new rules to protect airline passengers for cancellations, delays By David Koenig, Associated Press President Joe Biden said Monday his administration will write new regulations that will require airlines to compensate air travelers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline's control. Continue reading
May 07 Yellen warns of economic ‘calamity’ if Congress doesn’t raise debt limit By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there are “no good options” for the United States to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress fails to raise the nation's borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion in the coming weeks. Continue reading
May 05 Before Texas mass shooting, locals felt abandoned by police By Juan A. Lozano, Paul J. Weber, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The end of a manhunt in Texas for a gunman accused of killing five Honduran neighbors hasn't quieted anger in the rural community where the April 28 shooting took place. Continue reading
May 05 Watch 10:33 Brooks and Capehart on the controversies involving Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas By David Brooks, Jonathan Capehart, Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including Senate Democrats exploring their own ethical code for justices following a series of controversies involving Supreme Court… Continue watching
May 05 Massachusetts fire crews work to clean up site of pharmaceutical plant explosion By Associated Press The pharmaceutical plant where a powerful blast killed a Massachusetts worker is set to move into the cleanup phase. Firefighters paused work overnight at the Newburyport plant, where a hazardous materials call went to seven alarms Thursday. Continue reading
May 05 Oregon GOP stages bill boycott, citing obscure law about reading level By Ed Komenda, Associated Press Republicans blocking bills about abortion, gun control and gender-affirming health care in Oregon this week are basing their boycott on an obscure, 44-year-old state law that requires bill summaries to be written at the reading level of an eighth- or… Continue reading
May 05 Russia jails theater director amid crackdown on dissent By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press A Moscow court has ordered pretrial detention for a theater director facing charges of justifying terrorism,. Friday's decision was the latest move in a relentless crackdown on dissent in Russia that spiked to unprecedented levels since Moscow's forces invaded Ukraine. Continue reading
May 05 What to know about Russia’s Wagner mercenaries as they threaten to leave Ukraine’s front line By Associated Press A threat by the leader of private Russian military company Wagner to withdraw his fighters from the battle to seize a city in eastern Ukraine is another flareup in his dispute with Russia's regular military over credit and tactics. Continue reading
May 05 Biden taps White House aide Neera Tanden as domestic policy adviser By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Joe Biden says he's chosen Neera Tanden, currently one of his senior advisers, to be his chief domestic policy adviser. Biden says Tanden has overseen decision-making involving his domestic, economic and national security teams. Continue reading