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Fort Bliss, which holds temporary housing for migrants is seen through a fence on June 25, 2018 in Fort Bliss, Texas.

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Immigration

Whistleblowers say they were told to downplay Covid outbreak among migrant kids at shelter

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Immigration

New Biden admin plan to speed up asylum process would allow for claims to bypass courts

Image: A health worker shows the media how she prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered to a patient at a vaccination center set up in front of Rome's Termini central station on March 8, 2021.

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White House

Veterans Affairs becomes first federal agency to require some staff be vaccinated against Covid

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U.S. news

Miami board sided with building owners over safety officials more than half the time

Nightly News

Inside the fight to change the family court system after custody dispute tragedies

Kathy Sherlock is pushing for new legislation to change the family court system after the death of her daughter, Kayden. Judge Ramona Gonzalez, a longtime family court judge, is part of a group offering training for judges who handle custody cases.

Investigations

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National Security

To leave Afghanistan, thousands eligible for U.S. evacuation face life-or-death hurdle

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National Security

CIA reviewing how it handled officers' reports of Havana Syndrome symptoms

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National Security

U.S. is still carrying out airstrikes against Taliban in Afghanistan

Immigration

Biden administration officials fear lifting Covid restrictions at border could trigger migrant surge

National Security

Undercover officer who hunted Bin Laden tapped to lead CIA's Havana Syndrome task force

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National Security

First Trump, now Biden: Ukraine feels jilted by its American ally

The White House said it has invited Ukraine’s president for a visit in August — later than Kyiv had hoped.

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U.S. news

4 drug companies agree to pay $26 billion to resolve opioid lawsuits

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Personal Finance

Government has forgiven nearly $400 billion in Covid-relief PPP loans

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Politics News

Tom Barrack, Trump's inaugural committee chair, charged with acting as agent of UAE

The Embassy of the United States of America in Berlin on Sept. 14, 2020.

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National Security

As many as 200 Americans have now reported possible symptoms of 'Havana Syndrome'

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U.S. news

L.A. officers who caused giant blast with fireworks likely made 'significant miscalculation'

Former Afghan interpreters rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on June 25, 2021.

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Mideast

Biden admin to evacuate group of Afghan interpreters to U.S. base in Virginia

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington on June 25, 2021.

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Justice Department

DOJ limits federal gov't ability to obtain journalists' communications secretly

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U.S. news

Biden administration transfers its first detainee from Guantánamo Bay

A resident receives a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine from a healthcare worker at The Palace, an independent living community for seniors, at Coral Gables in Miami, Fla., on Jan. 12, 2021.

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Coronavirus

A tiny fraction of vaccinated people get sick and die from Covid. Who's at risk?

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U.S. news

'Ridiculous' price of medical marijuana leaves patients scrambling

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Military

National Guard to Congress: Pay us back for Capitol security mission

An Afghan interpreter monitors radio traffic during a patrol with U.S. soldiers near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2014.

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National Security

Biden admin now plans to evacuate 2,500 Afghans directly to the U.S.

Image: Migrants are accounted for and processed by border patrol after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States on July 1, 2021 in Roma, Texas.

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Immigration

Number of attempted crossings at southern U.S. border hits 21-year high

Image: Then-California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton speaks during the dedication of the John L. Burton California Democratic Party Headquarters in Sacramento, Calif.

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Politics News

Two men charged in plot to attack Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento

Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Dec. 3, 2019.

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Immigration

Democrats pursue ambitious immigration changes in $3.5 trillion budget measure

Image: Migrants are processed by the United States Border Patrol after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into the United States in Penitas, Texas on July 8, 2021.

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Immigration

Garland reverses Trump-era immigration order in move that will cut huge backlog of asylum cases

The Sam M. Gobbons United States Courthouse on October 21, 2020, in Tampa, Fla.

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Crime & Courts

16 members of Florida white supremacist gang charged in sweeping indictment

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Politics News

Top generals mobilized on fears Trump wanted military post-election coup

Masih Alinejad near her home in New York on May 4, 2018.

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U.S. news

Four Iranians charged with plotting to kidnap author living in Brooklyn

Satellite images of boreal forests - made up largely of evergreen trees - in Irkutsk, Russia show the loss of trees over an eight-month period.

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Environment

One forest is crucial to Earth's climate. Illegal logging there was likely linked to Ikea.

Image: Larry Nassar sits in court listening to statements before being sentenced by Judge Janice Cunningham for three counts of criminal sexual assault in Eaton County Circuit Court on Feb. 5, 2018 in Charlotte, Mich.

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Justice Department

Nassar's sex abuse probe was riddled with 'fundamental errors' by FBI, watchdog report says

US military convoys on their way to Poland

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Military

Watchdog report faults military for fatal vehicle accidents

Image:; Alejandro Mayorkas during a hearing in Washington on May 26, 2021.

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Immigration

Rights advocates blast Mayorkas for saying U.S. will turn away fleeing Haitians, Cubans

Image: An Afghan interpreter, right, working on a patrol with of 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment of the 5th Stryker Brigade, calls over some local teenagers who were seen moving suspiciously in a tree line in Afghanistan

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White House

U.S. to begin evacuation flights for eligible Afghans at end of July

Members of the DC Marijuana Justice community hold a blow-up joint on the National Mall to call on President Joe Biden to take action on legalization and expungement of criminal records on April 28, 2021.

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Congress

Senate Democrats rolling out draft of bill to end federal marijuana ban

Image: Stephen Calk, founder of the Federal Savings Bank of Chicago, center, exits federal court in New York, on May 23, 2019.

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Justice Department

Banker convicted of bribery for plot to land Trump administration job