States would receive $22 billion in direct payments. Last month, members of a House study committee visited a section of the border wall in Texas that was nearly…
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Senate Majority Leader Meets With Texas Legislators
Discusses voting rights with protesting state On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he would be meeting with members of the Texas legislature that have gone…
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Unemployed Americans Sue States for Benefits
They want reinstatement of $300 per week unemployment checks. Early in the COVID pandemic, Congress authorized $300 per week unemployment benefits in addition to state unemployment benefits to…
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Six States Send Aid to Border
Governors of Texas and Arizona have requested help. Ohio has joined five other states in sending National Guard members or law enforcement personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border to…
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Migrants Being Smuggled in Trains and Cars
Rio Grande Valley border agents apprehend dozens of migrants. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested dozens of migrants last week that…
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Legislators Denied Access to DEA Border Facility
Members of Congress unable to to gather information on scheduled visit. A delegation of congressional lawmakers, including Appropriations Committee member Mike Garcia of California, sought to take a…
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Texas and Louisiana Hit by Severe Weather
Torrential rain, flooding and tornadoes devastate some areas. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared the situation in his state urgent due to the ongoing severe weather impacting southwest…
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Supreme Court Declines Texas v. California Lawsuit
Case challenged California travel ban to Texas. On Monday the Supreme Court declined to take up a case between California and Texas that had the potential to weigh…
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Sheltering Migrant Children Costs $60M Weekly
Allegations of sexual assault and positive COVID-19 tests reported. The number of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors entering the U.S. from the southern border has surged in the past…
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Administration Sued Over Keystone Pipeline Order
State AGs claim president overstepped his constitutional authority. The attorneys general of 21 states filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Biden administration over the president’s decision to…
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