Attorneys ask court to intervene against U.S. over migrant kids’ detention conditions
A 17-year-old Honduran migrant described babies sleeping on a cold floor. A teen mother said her sick baby was unable to open her eyes but no one responded to her pleas for help for two days. Another teenager took charge of a 5-year-old stranger becaus…
Sen. Warren seeks investigation of landlord at U.S. Air Force base
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is seeking an official inquiry and demanding answers from the Air Force and one of its top housing contractors following a Reuters-CBS News report describing how the company falsified maintenance records to help it secure Def…
Mexico migrant shelter accuses police of intimidation
A Mexican migrant shelter is raising concern over what it said was an unauthorized attempt by Mexico’s National Guard to enter the facility and question migrants.
Photo of drowned migrants triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown
A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday of a U.S. political debate over President Donald Trump’s asylum policies.
Congress clashes over border funding as migrants kept in squalor
The U.S. House and Senate will try to resolve their conflicting versions of an emergency funding bill on Thursday to address worsening humanitarian conditions for migrant children and families on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump says he wants to attend Presidents Cup in Melbourne
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would be interested in attending the Presidents Cup in Melbourne, ahead of a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting in Osaka, Japan.
Second Democratic debate could come down to Biden vs. Sanders
During the second night of the Democratic presidential debate on Thursday, most eyes will likely be trained on former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders – but for wildly divergent reasons.
Supreme Court to issue major census, electoral map decisions
The U.S. Supreme Court is due to issue eagerly awaited decisions on Thursday in cases on the Trump administration’s attempt to add a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 census and bids by voters to stem the partisan manipulation of electoral d…
Ex-Trump aide Manafort to plead not guilty in New York
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was convicted of numerous federal crimes last year, is expected to plead not guilty on Thursday to residential mortgage fraud and other New York state charges, setting the stage for a showdown over whet…
Warren emerges from first Democratic debate unscathed
A lot could have gone wrong for Elizabeth Warren at Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate.
