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Migrant Crossings Along the Southern US Border Are Rising, Reaching More Than 8,000 Apprehensions

Posted by Kiana Jaycee
October 9, 2023

Migrant crossings along the United States’ southern border are rising, reaching more than 8,000 apprehensions on Monday, according to a Department of Homeland Security official,...

Citizenship Test Changes Might Require Better English Skills

Posted by Peter Burton
October 7, 2023

The United States admitted over 967,000 people as new citizens in 2022. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that was the largest...

Congress Set to Sell East Coast’s 1 Million Barrel Gas Cache

Posted by Peter Burton
October 7, 2023

(Bloomberg) — Congress is poised to sell off a 1 million barrel emergency cache of gasoline created in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy amid...

House GOP Pulls Key Vote to Advance Stopgap Government Funding Bill

Posted by Frederick Pope
October 6, 2023

The House of Representatives canceled a scheduled key procedural vote Tuesday on a temporary government funding bill hashed out by Republicans. The House GOP...

Sharks, Deadly Rip Currents Plague Beachgoers in Florida, East Coast

Posted by Braelyn Seven
October 6, 2023

Sharks bit two Florida swimmers, while swimmers in North Carolina and New Jersey had to be rescued from the water over Labor Day weekend....

State Rep. Gloria Johnson of ‘tennessee Three’ Launches US Senate Bid

Posted by Damon Arnold
October 5, 2023

WashingtonCNN — Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson, who made national headlines earlier this year as one of three lawmakers facing expulsion over protesting for more gun control...

The Age Gap in U.S. Politics Contributes to the Cynicism Gap

Posted by Kasey Truth
October 5, 2023

I will stipulate at the outset here that I have an unusually intricate view of the importance of age in American politics. My book on...

U.S. National Debt Hits $33 Trillion for the First Time

Posted by Damon Arnold
October 4, 2023

WASHINGTON — The national debt of the U.S. reached a historic milestone by passing $33 trillion for the first time, less than two weeks before the...

Racial and Socioeconomic Gaps in Preterm Infant Mortality Persist in the United States

Posted by Damon Arnold
October 4, 2023

The US continues to face stark inequalities in preterm birth and mortality rates between mothers of differing socioeconomic status and race, finds a new...

Iran Accuses US of Stoking Ukraine War in UN Speech, Sparking Israel Walkout

Posted by Frederick Pope
October 3, 2023

President Ebrahim Raisi tells the UN general assembly the project to ‘Americanise’ the world had failed Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, in a lengthy set-piece...