Senate begins voting on Republican bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol amid GOP split on Trump’s $1.8B fund
The Senate began voting on a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol as Republicans split on Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund.
Rare type of Lyme disease found for the first time in New York
A rare type of Lyme disease caused by B. mayonii bacteria was found for the first time in New York state. It was previously only ever detected in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
House rebukes Iran war and Trump names attorney general nomination: Morning Rundown
The House passes a war powers resolution in a symbolic disapproval of the Iran war.
Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd
A flesh-eating parasite that had been kept out of U.S. livestock for decades has been detected in Texas, threatening the nation’s cattle industry and food supply at a time when prices are already high.
Jozy Altidore, now a broadcaster, is bullish on the U.S. making a deep World Cup run
The former striker will serve as a World Cup commentator for Telemundo, the tournament’s official Spanish-language network.
The Knicks’ Jalen Brunson can already do what the Spurs are still figuring out
When the New York Knicks needed a big basket against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, they turned to Jalen Brunson. He delivered.
Trump to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general
President Donald Trump will nominate his acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, to be the country’s permanent top prosecutor, he said Wednesday evening.
Trump says he’s not sure if ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is really dead: ‘I’d have to ask the lawyers’
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday the Justice Department was “not moving forward” with the $1.8 billion fund.
New intel chief is a partisan warrior who has the president’s ear, sources say
The partisan warrior named to serve as the country’s top intelligence official is part of a small circle of trusted allies who won President Donald Trump’s confidence by taking swift action against prominent Democratic...
DHS watchdog finds use-of-force issues, and safety and sanitation concerns at Louisiana ICE center
A Department of Homeland Security watchdog report revealed that staff at an ICE detention center in Louisiana used a prohibited chokehold to “gain control” of one person being held there and stabbed another in...