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Fifteen hundred active-duty troops being sent to southern border ahead of expected migrant surge
Bo Zaunders/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Defense plans to send 1,500 additional active-duty troops to support the security mission along the U.S.-Mexico border for a temporary three-m...
May 02, 2023
Nearly 300 arrested in 'largest international operation' targeting fentanyl and opioid trafficking: DOJ
WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly 300 people were arrested as a result of a years-long, three-continent operation targeting darknet trafficking of fentanyl and o...
May 02, 2023
Muslim mayor speaks out after Secret Service denies him White House entry
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(PROSPECT PARK, N.J.) -- A Muslim mayor who has represented Prospect Park, New Jersey, for nearly two decades said Tuesday afternoon he has not heard from the White...
May 02, 2023
How looming 'proxy war' in 2024 Republican primaries could define key races nationwide
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the 2024 election cycle takes very early shape, GOP strategists are predicting that an expensive and potentially even race-deciding "proxy war" could brea...
May 02, 2023
US could default by June 1 unless debt ceiling is raised; Biden looks to meet with Congress
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. government risks defaulting on its debts -- for the first time in history -- "as early as June 1," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote in a letter to...
May 01, 2023
Feds say hospitals broke the law by refusing to provide life-saving abortion
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated federal law last summer when they refused to provide an emergency abortion to a woman who went into premature la...
May 01, 2023
Abbott spokesperson voices 'regret' for tweet critics say 'dehumanizes' mass shooting victims
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE(CLEVELAND, Texas) -- After Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott faced backlash for what critics called an effort to "dehumanize" the victims of a mass shooting in his home state ...
May 01, 2023
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'not planning' a primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't preparing to challenge incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, her Democratic colleague, during next year's ...
May 01, 2023
Montana trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr sues state over censure
Mark Miller Photos/Getty Images(HELENA, Mont.) -- Montana state legislator Zooey Zephyr is suing the state, House Speaker Matt Regier and Sergeant at Arms for the Montana House of Representatives Brad...
May 01, 2023
Highlights from the White House correspondents' dinner: Punchlines, protests and more
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner was held Saturday night in Washington and, as is customary, featured a mix of cel...
Apr 30, 2023
