WASHINGTON — A Dallas man who tried to fly overseas to join the Russian military and fight against Ukraine was sentenced on Friday to six months in prison for violating the terms of his probation for storming the U.S. Capitol four years ago. What You Need To Know Kevin Loftus, a 56-year-old veteran of the U.S. Army,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his administration, Republican governors and lawmakers in some states are already rolling out proposals that could help him carry out his pledge to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally. What You Need To Know Lawmakers in a growing number of states are proposing…
AUSTIN, Texas — Republicans will hold a 220-215 majority over Democrats in the U.S. House. However, that majority is even slimmer as President-elect Donald Trump continues to nominate House members to Cabinet positions. Despite the slim majority, Republicans will have full control of Congress and the White House beginning in 2025. The GOP will face challenges…
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said he can’t guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won’t raise prices for American consumers and he suggested once more that some political rivals and federal officials who pursued legal cases against him should be imprisoned. What You Need To Know President-elect Donald Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. government believes missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago near the Syrian capital, is alive and that Washington is committed to bringing him home after Bashar Assad’s ouster from power in Damascus. “We think we can get him back,” Biden told reporters at…
WASHINGTON — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the country illegally. What You Need To Know President-elect Donald Trump…
MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia’s notorious drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported back home. What You Need To Know Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25…
WASHINGTON — If President-elect Donald Trump wants to conduct a mass deportation operation, he would need more detention space to hold and process the nation’s undocumented Immigrants. But immigration experts say building and operating these facilities will present an enormous challenge. What You Need To Know President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation promises would require the…
U.S. Representative Michael Cloud SAN ANTONIO, Texas – U.S. Representative District 27 Michael Cloud met Mark Swidan this morning. Congressman Cloud presented to Swidan House Resolution 90. Cloud led this bipartisan letter urging Secretary Of State Antony Blinken to prioritize Swidan’s case in all dealings with China. The resolution calling on his release from China passed in the House unanimously last…
TAPACHULA, Mexico — Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday. What You Need To Know Mexican immigration authorities have broken up two small migrant caravans headed to the U.S. border, activists said Saturday The action comes a week after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to slap 25% tariffs on…