US asylum restriction aimed at limiting claims has little impact given strained border budget

US asylum restriction aimed at limiting claims has little impact given strained border budget

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Inside giant white tents that house about 1,000 migrants near Tucson International Airport, Border Patrol agents demonstrate clockwork efficiency to release detainees within two days of arrest with orders to appear in immigration courts at their final destinations. Agents transmit information from the field to colleagues who prepare court papers while

Continue reading

Texas nuclear weapons facility pauses operations as wildfires spread through rural Panhandle

Texas nuclear weapons facility pauses operations as wildfires spread through rural Panhandle

CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — Rapidly moving Texas wildfires Tuesday prompted evacuation orders in small towns and shut down a nuclear facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fueled the blaze in the state’s rural Panhandle. In this photo provided by the Flower Mound, Texas, Fire Department, Flower Mound firefighters respond to a

Continue reading

Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden

Michigan takeaways: Presidential primaries show warning signs for Trump and Biden

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump easily won their party’s primaries in Michigan, but Tuesday’s results showed that both candidates have cause for concern in their bid to to win the swing state in November.An “uncommitted” vote in Michigan’s Democratic primary was the first indication of how backlash over President Biden’s handling

Continue reading

European countries say they’re not sending troops to Ukraine as the Kremlin warns of a wider war | AP News

European countries say they’re not sending troops to Ukraine as the Kremlin warns of a wider war | AP News

European military heavyweights Germany and Poland affirmed Tuesday that they would not be sending troops to Ukraine, after reports that some Western countries may be considering doing so as the war with Russia enters its third year. This comes after French President Emmanuel Macron said that sending in Western ground troops should not be “ruled

Continue reading