Cuban migrants are escorted by Mexican immigration officials in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in April, as they cross the Paso del Norte International bridge to be processed as asylum seekers on the U.S. side of the…
Migrant: Young family ignored advice against border swim
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — The young family from El Salvador appeared in this border city over the weekend with fear already on their faces. They went to the downtown bridge that leads to Brownsville, Texas,…
John Roberts Throws the Administrative State a Lifeline
United States Chief Justice John G. Roberts (Jim Young/Reuters) He mostly saved a doctrine that shields executive agencies from judicial review. While there are many cultural and political causes for the growth of the federal…
Senate Passes $4.6 Billion Border Funding Bill after…
An American flag flies at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2019. (Al Drago/Reuters) The Senate on Wednesday passed a $4.6 billion spending package to alleviate the ongoing crisis at the southern border,…
Julian Castro Defends Trans Peoples’ Right to Publicly-Funded…
Julian Castro speaks at the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Fla., June 26, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Julian Castro, who served as secretary of housing and urban development under President Obama, offered a vigorous defense…
Democrats Lurch Left on Abortion, Immigration, and Health…
From left: Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Rep. Beto O’Rourke pose before the start of the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Fla., June 26, 2019. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Miami — It was supposed to…
Pluralism and the Politics of the Good
A Trump supporter holds an American flag at a rally in Madison, Ala., February 2016. (Marvin Gentry/Reuters) A politics stripped of the good might be unable to sustain the intellectual and cultural capital that makes…
The U.S. Can Afford to Stay Calm with…
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters) The Trump administration can sit back and monitor Iran’s international ostracism and economic isolation while remaining unpredictable and enigmatic. President Trump recently ordered and then called off a retaliatory…
CIA Contrarian Herbert E. Meyer, R.I.P.
CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Va. (Larry Downing/Reuters) A perspicacious observer of foreign threats and weaknesses has passed away. It is now well understood that the fall of 1983 was a moment in the Cold…
Please Raise My Taxes?
Eli Broad at a media preview of The Broad Museum in Los Angeles, Calif., in 2015. (Kevork Djansezian/Reuters) Rather than calling for the federal government to do more income redistribution, it might be useful to…
The Libra Gambit
(Dado Ruvic/Reuters) Facebook is not the first to develop a private currency with the hopes of superseding the cartel that is consumer banking. They had to call it “Libra” of course — like something off…
Jeremy Hunt reveals baby sister died in accident…
Jeremy Hunt reveals his baby sister died in a 'terrible accident' 50 years ago - as ITV's Peston makes grovelling apology for 'aggressive' questioning about the tragedy Foreign Secretary was asked about the tragedy on ITV's…
Group pushing for cannabis legalisation bankrolled by firm…
A Tory-run group pushing for cannabis legalisation is being bankrolled by North American firms producing the drug. Crispin Blunt MP, who has predicted cannabis will be lawful in the UK within five years, is chairman…
RIBA National Awards for architecture winners are revealed…
A bus station in Lancashire, a small pavilion on the site where King John sealed the Magna Carta, and a whisky distillery with a wavelike roof are among the winners of this year's 2019 RIBA…
Prime Minister will tell Putin to scrap Russias…
May faces backlash for 'legacy hunting' at LAST major summit before she quits: PM and husband Philip arrive in Japan for G20 meeting ahead of showdown with Putin May will warn Vladimir Putin at the…
Boris says ALL Cabinet ministers must vow to…
Boris says ALL his Cabinet ministers must back a 'do or die' Brexit by Halloween - as Remainers plot 'grossly irresponsible' bid to block No Deal by CUTTING OFF vital funding to Whitehall departments Boris…
Primary school headmistress, 47, stalked by ex-policeman 50
Basil Thomas, 50, pictured, bombarded primary school headmistress Caroline Beaumont, 47, with gifts during a doomed attempt to rekindle their failed romance A headmistress has won a restraining order against a lovesick ex-policeman after he…
GMB guests clash over claim Toy Story 4…
'It's a story about toys!' GMB guests clash over claim Toy Story 4 is RACIST for having 'no black leads' - as writer insists it DOES have diverse characters including a Martian and Mr Potato…
Teenager, 18, is 63rd person to be murdered…
Student, 18, is stabbed to death 'after putting his arms up to show attackers he wasn't armed' - as his 'heartbroken' father reveals family moved to London from war-torn Somalia to be 'safer' Victim is…
Family of missing zoology student Rosie Johnson join…
Missing zoology student Rosie Johnson rang her mother just hours before she went missing on the Isle of Wight, a family member revealed last night. The 22-year-old, whose disappearance is said to be 'totally out…
How Much Is a Little Girl Worth?: The…
Jan. 24, 2018, Rachael Denhollander walked into a Michigan courtroom to speak about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child from Larry Nassar. She was the last in an extraordinary procession of nearly 150…
27-year-old allegedly stabbed her identical twin to death
A 27-year-old woman is in custody in New Jersey after she allegedly stabbed her identical twin to death, prosecutors said. Amanda Ramirez was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the slaying of Anna Ramirez, who…
Start Here: Dems host 1st debate as a…
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