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Washington — The number of migrants apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border dipped in March, internal government statistics obtained by CBS News show, a surprising trend that American officials say mainly stems from an immigration crackdown by the Mexican government. Border Patrol agents apprehended over 137,000 migrants who crossed the U.S. southern border unlawfully in March, […]
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Getty Images; Business Insider An illegal trade in greenhouse gases is threatening US climate goals. Refrigerant smuggling has persisted since the 1990s, when regulations arose to close the ozone hole.
Washington — President Biden is debating whether to invoke a sweeping presidential authority that gained infamy during the Trump administration to stage a crackdown on migrants coming to the U.S. southern border, three people familiar with the plans told CBS News. Mr. Biden is weighing citing a law dating back to 1952 to severely restrict […]
U.S. proposals to clamp down on investments in China may be being undermined by continued funding from some of the country’s biggest institutional investors, new analysis shows. The majority of U.S. public pensions have committed funds to China and Hong Kong, including in sensitive technologies — some as recently as this year, according to a […]
The United States is heading into a “quagmire, if not crisis” of gambling addiction among young people, according to counselors and clinicians – prompting calls for a regulatory crackdown. Treatment clinics are grappling with an influx of patients in their teens and early 20s and helplines are reporting record levels of calls. “There’s a lot […]
Havana (AFP) – Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft. Issued on: 25/11/2023 – 02:21Modified: 25/11/2023 – 02:19 3 min Irma Perez, a 28-year-old Cuban, told AFP […]
Elon Musk sought an “unfiltered view” of the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday on a trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, the site where thousands of migrants have crossed the Rio Grande in recent weeks. Donning a black cowboy hat and aviator-style sunglasses, the billionaire CEO of Space X and Tesla broadcast himself speaking with […]
Sept 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. FDA is cracking down on lax testing practices by dozens of makers of healthcare products following hundreds of deaths overseas from contaminated cough syrups, a Reuters review of regulatory alerts found. The Food and Drug Administration has reprimanded at least 28 companies this year, saying they failed to prove […]
[1/2]A Chinese flag flutters near a Huawei store in Shanghai, China September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – A group of senior U.S. House . . .
June 12 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Monday added 43 entities to an export control list, including Frontier Services Group Ltd, a security and aviation company previously run by Erik Prince, for training Chinese military pilots and other activities that threaten U.S. national security. The Test Flying Academy of South Africa, a flight school […]