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House speaker declares Senate border and Ukraine deal ‘dead on arrival’

By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The bill is a long-shot effort to overcome skepticism from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson. But he quickly dismissed its chance of passage.

Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Sen. Chris Murphy, the lead Democratic negotiator, posted on social media Friday that a deal had been reached and text of the bill would be released over the weekend.

House Homeland Security Committee votes along party lines to advance Mayorkas impeachment

By Lisa Mascaro, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Mayorkas has been meeting with senators on a border security package and argues the Republicans should instead be working with the Biden administration on U.S.-Mexico border issues.

Biden says he would shut down U.S.-Mexico border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

Bidding to salvage a border deal in Congress that also would unlock money for Ukraine, Biden offered fresh assurances Saturday night that he would be willing to close the U.S.-Mexico border if lawmakers would only send him a bill to sign.

Speaker Johnson warns Senate’s bipartisan border deal will be ‘dead on arrival’ in House

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

He sent a letter to colleagues that supported an effort by hardline conservatives following the lead of Donald Trump to sink the compromise on border and immigration policy.

Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse amid election year pressure

By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Senate negotiators have been striving for weeks on a carefully negotiated compromise on border and immigration policy. But even before the senators have had a chance to finalize the legislation and release it to their colleagues, election-year politics and opposition…

Border standoff between Texas, feds intensifies as governor defies Supreme Court ruling

By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan, Shrai Popat

This week, the Supreme Court sided with federal agents to remove razor wire put in place by Texas along the Rio Grande. The state is using wire and state agents to block Border Patrol from accessing a section of the…

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Divided Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire installed by Texas on U.S.-Mexico border as lawsuit continues

By Associated Press

The justices, by a 5-4 vote Monday, granted an emergency appeal from the Biden administration, which has been in an escalating standoff at the border with Texas and had objected to an appellate ruling in favor of the state.

German parliament approves legislation easing deportations of rejected asylum seekers

By Associated Press

The legislation approved Thursday foresees increasing the maximum length of pre-deportation custody from 10 days to 28 and specifically facilitating the deportation of people who are members of a criminal organization.

France’s Macron seeks to rejuvenate his presidency, says country has ‘all the aces to succeed’

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

The press conference is Macron's latest effort to reinvigorate his presidency after a series of bruising domestic battles, notably about France's retirement age and how to better control immigration.