U.S. to send migrants back to Mexico to wait out asylum requests
The United States will soon send non-Mexican migrants who cross the U.S. southern border back to wait in Mexico while their U.S. asylum requests are processed, a major change in immigration policy, the Trump administration announced on Thursday.
Trump demands wall funding, increasing threat of U.S. government shutdown
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said border security must be part of legislation to fund the U.S. government, a position that raises the threat of a partial federal shutdown on Saturday.
U.S. judge rejects claim lawyer arranged contact between ‘El Chapo,’ wife
The judge presiding over the U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Thursday rejected an accusation by prosecutors that one of Guzman’s lawyers had facilitated unauthorized contact between the accused Mexican drug lord and his wife, Emma Coronel.
Republicans in House to try adding border wall to short-term funding bill
A top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Steve Scalise, said on Thursday that lawmakers in his chamber would move to add $5 billion for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall to a short-term funding bill, as they race to avert a pa…
Trump says any measure that funds U.S. government must include border security
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that any measure passed by Congress to fund the U.S. government past a midnight Friday deadline must include border security.
Pennsylvania prosecutor opens criminal investigation of Mariner East pipe
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan opened a criminal investigation into Energy Transfer LP’s construction of the Mariner East natural gas liquids pipelines in Pennsylvania.
Nine U.S. states seek to stop Trump administration’s Atlantic oil testing
Attorneys general from nine U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Thursday to stop future seismic tests for oil and gas deposits off the East Coast, joining a lawsuit from environmentalists concerned the tests harm whales and dolphins.
USOC prized winning over athlete safety: congressional report
The U.S. Olympic community prioritized “medals and money” over the safety of its athletes, creating a culture that contributed to widespread instances of sexual abuse, according to a congressional report released on Thursday.
Private jet crash in Atlanta kills all aboard: officials
A private jet crashed near a small airport on the outskirts of Atlanta on Thursday, killing all of its occupants, officials said.
Congress approves criminal justice bill backed by Trump
The U.S. Congress on Thursday gave final approval to bipartisan legislation supported by President Donald Trump that would bring sweeping changes to prison sentencing and the treatment of inmates during incarceration and following their release.
