Harris heads to border, will say she plans to keep Biden’s asylum crackdown

During a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to announce that she intends to keep President Biden’s asylum crackdown in place if elected and make it harder for the policy to be lifted, a senior Harris campaign official told CBS News.  The Biden administration is already planning to

Senator Unveils Bill to Increase Size of Supreme Court to 15

Supporters say the bill will ensure transparency and accountability while critics say it is an effort to make the high court more liberal. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) unveiled comprehensive reform legislation on Sept. 26 to add six justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, raising the total from the current nine members to 15. The measure

Nearly 750,000 Purged From North Carolina’s Voter Rolls

Most records were removed as duplicate entries or for inactivity in recent federal elections. More than 747,000 registrants have been stripped from North Carolina’s voter rolls since the start of 2023 due to ineligibility, the state’s elections board announced on Sept. 26. North Carolina’s county boards of elections ended the 20-month purge in August, removing

From National Debt to Budget Deficits, America’s Fiscal Health Absent From Election: Economists

‘Setting a course for improved fiscal health will be challenging,’ said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at North Trust. America’s fiscal health, from the national debt to the budget deficit, is not a priority for the presidential candidates in this year’s election, say economists. The national debt currently stands at $35.324 trillion, up by nearly $8

Travel, Golf, Campaign Donations: How a Chinese EV Subsidiary Tried To Woo Local Michigan Officials

China-based EV company Gotion High-Tech offered to provide an all-expenses-paid trip to China to the lead government official assisting the company with its plans to build an EV battery component factory in northern Michigan amid a contentious approval process for the project last year, according to federal court documents reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

Trump to Meet With Zelenskyy to Discuss Ukraine ‘Victory Plan’

The Republican presidential nominee has signaled he would prefer cease-fire negotiations over continued fighting in the Russia–Ukraine war. Former President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Trump Tower property in New York City on Sept. 27. The Ukrainian leader has been traveling in the United States this week, making appearances at

America Must Side With Israel Against Hezbollah

Column: No more diplomatic games from Biden and Blinken Israeli military moves near Lebanese border, Nov. 2023 (Amir Levy/Getty Images) President Biden has seen enough. On Sept. 26, the United States joined nine other countries and the European Union to demand a three-week ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border. “It is time,” the group said in