Biden unveils new immigration order restricting asylum claims along border

President Biden on Tuesday unveiled new executive action authorizing U.S. immigration officials to deport large numbers of migrants without processing their asylum claims, announcing what is arguably the most restrictive border policy by a Democratic president in recent history. Mr. Biden’s aggressive move suspends the processing of asylum claims between official entry points along the southern border,

$64 million mystery: The anonymous donors fueling the 2024 presidential campaign

Washington hates a secret. Yet in the summer of 2020, when a blandly named entity called the Impetus Fund received a $64 million donation from a single anonymous source, it touched off a guessing game with broad political implications. That single anonymous donation, routed through a series of accounts, eventually would be used to help

Prosecutors say “the law makes no distinction for Hunter Biden” in gun trial

The jury has been seated in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial, and in opening statements Tuesday, the prosecution began, “No one is above the law,” and “the law makes no distinction for Hunter Biden,” the son of the president of the United States.  Prosecutor Derek Hines acknowledged Hunter Biden’s addiction, saying, “addiction may not be

Garland tells GOP House members, “I will not be intimidated”

Washington — Weeks after the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against him, Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before the panel and pushed back against the move as unfounded and serving “no legitimate purpose.” House Republicans on the Judiciary and Oversight Committees last month voted to move forward with contempt