The Trump administration has transformed the Biden-era “CBP One” app, which allowed migrants to apply for asylum in the United States from their home countries, into “CBP Home,” a platform aimed at streamlining the self-deportation of illegal immigrants. CBP Home will automatically replace CBP One on users’ devices, and the Department of Homeland Security can
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said early Monday that 83% of programs funded by U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, are being canceled, in the latest for the beleaguered agency that provides humanitarian aid overseas and has become the target for the Elon Musk-helmed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Rubio said on his
Facing President Trump’s repeated assertions that Greenland should be brought under U.S. control, the island’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said that Mr. Trump was, “very unpredictable, in such a way that people feel insecure” as global power dynamics shift. Egede’s interview with Denmark’s public broadcaster, DR, was published Monday, one day before voters on the
Congress has until March 14 to avert a shutdown. WASHINGTON—Republicans have released their proposal for extending government funding, but it faces hurdles in both chambers of Congress. The 100-page continuing resolution (CR)—Capitol Hill parlance for a stopgap funding bill—would primarily extend funding past the March 14 deadline to Sept. 30. But it also contains provisions
The secretary of state announced the move. The U.S. State Department has canceled some 83 percent of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contracts, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 10. “The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in
Reports finds increasing LGBTQ+ candidates Growing LGBTQ+ representation on U.S. ballot boxes, report finds 05:34 Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a challenge to state and local laws that ban so-called conversion therapy for LGBTQ children. The dispute before the court arose out of a Colorado law that prohibits licensed
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a bid by Republican-led states to block lawsuits brought by a group of Democratic-led states that seek to hold oil and gas companies accountable for their fossil fuel products’ contributions to climate change. The court’s decision to stay out of the dispute allows the five blue