Outgoing acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director P.J. Lechleitner expressed strong criticism of the Biden administration's delayed efforts to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglione has introduced House Bill 1554, which would bar state and local governments from using taxpayer money to fund legal services for illegal immigrants. The bill specifically targets state agencies, boards, commissions, universities, and local governments, prohibiting them from allocating public funds to assist individuals in immigration-related legal proceedings, including deportation cases.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen acknowledged in a CNBC interview that the Biden administration's pandemic stimulus spending may have contributed “a little bit” to inflation.
The Biden administration plans to send $500 million in weapons to Ukraine using existing U.S. stockpiles. The move aims to bolster Ukraine's position in ongoing negotiations ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the company is ending its third-party fact-checking initiative, replacing it with a user-driven “Community Notes” model. The decision comes after years of criticism over the program’s alleged suppression of conservative voices and promotion of left-leaning agendas.
U.S. Border Patrol agents continue to face escalating challenges at the southern border, regularly apprehending gang members, convicted felons, and Special Interest Aliens attempting to enter the country illegally. Recent arrests in the El Paso sector provide a glimpse into the ongoing crisis.
Intelligence sources from the U.S. and Israel estimate that only about 20 of the 251 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023, remain alive. This figure, shared during ongoing negotiations in Qatar, includes civilians and female Israeli soldiers but excludes male soldiers, whose inclusion might slightly increase the count.
The Biden administration is reallocating over $100 million in military aid originally earmarked for Israel and Egypt to Lebanon. The funding aims to support the implementation of a ceasefire agreement brokered between Israel and Hezbollah. The State Department outlined the plan in notices sent to Congress on January 3.
In a controversial move during its final weeks, the Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule Tuesday that will prevent medical debt from appearing on credit reports. The regulation, estimated to impact 15 million Americans and $49 billion in medical debt, also bars creditors from using medical information in lending decisions.
