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The Biden administration has announced new steps to cut off support for the global spyware industry, which it said represented a threat to US national security and counterintelligence interests and has personally targeted dozens of American abroad. A new state department policy, unveiled on Monday, will allow the US to impose visa restrictions on individuals […]
Members of Congress have written a letter to the Biden-Harris administration requesting President Joe Biden grant Mauritanians Temporary Protected Status (TPS) due to “ethnic cleansing” in the Northwestern African country. U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fl., told theGrio that more than half of the Mauritanian population is “vulnerable to enslavement-like conditions.” The U.S. Capitol building is shown […]
Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters Migrants gather Monday near the US-Mexico border wall after crossing a razor wire fence as members of the Texas National Guard stand guard, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Eagle Pass, Texas CNN — As the migrant crisis continues at the US-Mexico border and beyond, tensions between Texas and federal officials remain […]
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed federal immigration agents to remove the razor wire that Texas state officials have set up along some sections of the U.S.-Mexico border to try to discourage migrants from crossing into the country unlawfully. A lower court ruling last year had barred the federal government from removing the razor wire […]
The US public got one of its first glimpses of the Biden administration’s strategy on Black Sea security in the form of Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien’s October testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The testimony follows after US senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) […]
John Moore/Getty Images In this September 27 photo, US Border Patrol agents cut an opening through razor wire after immigrant families crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas. CNN — The Supreme Court is allowing US Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire deployed by Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s security initiative […]
The Biden administration on Thursday warned Texas that it will sue the state if it implements a strict immigration law known as SB4 that would empower state and local law enforcement officials to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants suspected of entering the U . . .
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration moved on Tuesday to conserve groves of old-growth trees on national forests across the U.S. and limit logging as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the agency was adopting an “ecologically-driven” approach to older forests — an arena […]
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 31, 2023. CNN — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is visiting Israel on Monday to get . . .
Biden administration officials want Israel to end its large-scale ground and air campaign in the Gaza Strip within weeks and to transition to a more targeted phase in its war against Hamas, American officials said Thursday. Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser, met with Israeli leaders on Thursday about the direction of the war. […]