The last fiscal year saw a record number of apprehensions, but most of those migrants were either removed from the country or are still detained.
Category: Politics
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Democrats quietly scramble to include immigration provision in social spending bill
The emerging ideas shed light on what has been one of the most divisive issues of Biden’s presidency, and a subject he has spoken to sparingly in the context of the negotiations.
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Additional Medicare, Medicaid benefits may be whittled or cut as Democrats woo moderates
Health provisions remain a sticking point in spending package amid efforts to reduce price tag, rally factions.
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Rep. Mo Brooks, denying planning role in Jan. 6 rally, says he’d be ‘proud’ if his staff helped out
Brokos responded to a Rolling Stone report that found the GOP congressman or his staff to have been in contact with two unnamed organizers of the Jan. 6 rally and similar gatherings following the 2020 presidential election.
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Election ‘distracted’ Trump team from pandemic response, Birx tells Congress
The Trump administration was “distracted” by last year’s election and ignored recommendations to curb the pandemic, the White House’s former coronavirus response coordinator told Congressional investigators this month.
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GOP lawmakers distance themselves from Jan. 6 rally — despite supporting its cause, downplaying Capitol riot
The lawmakers responded to a new story tying them to organizing the “Stop the Steal” rally, reinforcing the concerns about what might come from the House’s investigation.
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The perfect distillation of 2021 politics is a banned-book controversy from 2013
Toni Morrison’s contentious novel “Beloved” is the Chekov’s gun of Virginia’s gubernatorial race.
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The mystery of Manchin’s motivations
President Biden’s economic agenda is on hold — thanks, in no small part, to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). The families in his home state could pay the price for it.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jan. 6 riot was in line with the Declaration of Independence
It’s easy to dismiss this as the rantings of a fringe member. But these things have demonstrated a tendency to catch on.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports in schools
The two-term Republican governor is facing a primary challenge from the right.
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Senate confirms former senators, lawmakers’ widows to ambassadorial roles
Former senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) was among a quartet of former senators and widows of senators confirmed to ambassadorial posts Tuesday.
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Joe Manchin doesn’t know what party he belongs in. We’re here to help.
The result? An exploration of what partisanship means.