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Asylum-seeking migrants are detained by a U.S. Border Patrol agent after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 30, 2022. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/REUTERS

Texas governor orders increased patrolling at border, taunts Biden administration’s lack of action

By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America, Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

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Major report says nursing home care, funding system needs overhaul

A major report says American nursing home residents are subjected to ineffective care and poor staffing, and that facility finances are shrouded in secrecy and regulatory lapses go unenforced.

By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces enforcement actions against Russia, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2022. Photo by Elizabeth Frantz/REUTERS

Attorney General Garland, Commerce Secretary Raimondo test positive for COVID-19

Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days. Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday.

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

U.S. Border Patrol officers walk along the perimeter fence near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S., where migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are waiting to be processed, in Del Rio, Texas, U.S., September 20, 2021. Photo by Marco Bello/REUTERS

WATCH: House committee hearing on COVID-19 immigration rule Title 42 and asylum at the border

At the 2020 height of the pandemic, President Donald Trump imposed immigration curbs letting authorities immediately expel asylum seekers and migrants for public health reasons. …

By News Desk and Associated Press

Kevon Jaskin, a health care administer, stands for a photograph by a mobile coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center ...

Global COVID cases drop for second consecutive week, WHO says

The World Health Organization reports that the number of coronavirus cases reported globally has dropped for a second consecutive week.

By Associated Press

GOP blocks $10 billion Senate COVID bill, demands votes on immigration

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

Republicans have blocked a Democratic attempt to begin Senate debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise that is just a day old.

Biden orders research push on long COVID, a still mysterious condition

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Joe Biden is ordering a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and debilitating condition.

Democratic, GOP senators reach $10 billion COVID agreement, removes international aid

By Alan Fram, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York says the deal will give the government "the tools we need" to continue battling the disease.

China orders millions in Shanghai to shelter in place as COVID cases surge

By William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Isaiah Schrader

Shanghai is under lockdown Friday, as COVID cases continue to surge in China’s financial capital. It is the most severe measure by the Chinese government to isolate and tract infections since it shut down the city of Wuhan after the…

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U.S. to end COVID asylum limits at Mexico border

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

The use of public health powers has been widely criticized by Democrats and immigration advocates as an excuse for the United States to shirk its obligations to provide haven to people fleeing persecution.