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A flight carrying immigrants deported from the US has landed in Eswatini, the homeland security department announced, in a move that follows the supreme court lifting limits on deporting migrants to third countries. In a post online, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin named five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen and […]
A 27-year-old man was killed Monday after opening fire at a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, authorities said. Federal agents returned fire at Ryan Louis Mosqueda, who had an assault rifle and was carrying a utility vest, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez told reporters Monday morning. The shooting took place at a Border Patrol facility […]
Under the command of U.S. Northern Command, American soldiers have been deployed to assist Joint Task Force–Southern Border (JTF-SB) in safeguarding the United States’ territorial integrity. The operation involves close coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to enhance border security.  As part of this mission, troops are employing a range of advanced […]
Hearing tales of a bear in Overland Park and southern Johnson County? Well, they appear to be true. Earlier this week, a black bear was spotted near the corner of 199th Street and U.S. Highway 69. Security cameras at the nearby Grass Pad lawn and garden center caught the animal on the property after hours. […]
The Pentagon is creating a second expanded military zone at the southwestern border, to be patrolled by U.S. soldiers, in the Trump administration’s latest step to militarize the boundary with Mexico to help stem the flow of migrants. The military’s Northern Command said in a statement on Thursday evening that it was establishing a narrow […]
Drop in illegal crossings at U.S. southern border Sharp drop in illegal crossings at U.S. southern border 01:16 Washington — Two service members deployed to the U.S. southern border are dead and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, the military announced late Tuesday. The troops were […]
Firefighters are battling the Black Cove Complex, the top priority fire in the Southern US, amid warnings of severe conditions. POLK COUNTY, N.C. — The National Interagency Fire Center has designated the Black Cove Complex as the highest-priority fire in the Southern United States. Currently, 303 firefighting personnel from North Carolina and across the country […]
The Pentagon is surging about 3,000 active-duty troops and other resources to the U.S. southern border as aggressive efforts continue to stop the flow of illegal immigration.  The Department of Defense announced Saturday that it’s sending a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a General Support Aviation Battalion to the U.S. border with Mexico. The […]
NEW YORK (WABC) — The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan resigned Thursday rather than obey a Justice Department order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Danielle Sassoon resigned Thursday as the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York in addition to two officials in Washington. It follows […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed Thursday when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. The aircraft was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine […]