A U.S. military plane is deporting migrants to India, a U.S. official said on Monday, the farthest destination of the Trump administration’s military transport flights for migrants. President Donald Trump has increasingly turned to the military to help carry out his immigration agenda, including sending additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, using military aircraft to…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro welcomes ‘free and dignified’ deportees, stressing that migrants are not criminals. The first flights carrying migrants deported from the United States to Colombia after a major diplomatic row have arrived in the capital Bogota. The Colombian government confirmed on Tuesday that two planes carrying migrants had landed. A total of 201 migrants —…
US President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed legislation to add 66 new judges to understaffed federal courts nationally, a once widely bipartisan measure that would have been the first major expansion of the federal judiciary since 1990. The JUDGES Act, initially supported by many members of both parties, would have increased the number of trial…
The next US president’s ability to govern and enact his or her policy agenda will depend in large part on which party wins control of both houses of Congress. If a president’s party controls both the House of Representatives and Senate, it is far easier to get legislation passed. Here are some key races to…
