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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday called for urgent action to resolve the “humanitarian crisis” along the border, and floated the idea of a 90-day moratorium on immigration as a way of sending a message that would discourage people from flooding the region trying to enter the United States illegally. Manchin, who was one of […]

A City Council member in Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty on election fraud charges stemming from last year’s municipal election. Alex Mendez entered his not guilty plea from a Passaic County judge on Thursday. Mendez was previously indicted on seven voter fraud and election fraud charges relating to the May 2020 election. He was

The Delaware Senate voted Thursday to require handgun buyers to get permits and training before they can purchase their firearms, joining states like New York and Connecticut, as well as a bill that would ban magazines that hold more than 17 rounds. The measure passed in a 13–8 vote, with one Senate Democrat joining Republicans

The European Union and the UK on Friday voiced their concerns over media freedom in China after two journalists working for British and Irish broadcasters were forced to leave the country late last month. The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth and his wife, Yvonne Murray, the China correspondent of the Irish broadcaster RTE, left China

A Texas family has been charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy to do so, the Department Of Justice (DOJ) announced April 1. Maria Botello, 54, her son, Edgar Botello, 28, her nephew, Arian Botello, 23 and her daughter, Yudy Lucatero, 31, from Houston allegedly coerced waitresses working at the Houston bar Puerto Alegre to engage in commercial sex

WASHINGTON—America’s employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as businesses increasingly reopen. The March increase—the most since August—was nearly double February’s gain of 468,000, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate declined from 6.2 percent to

President Joe Biden ends another Trump-era immigration policy. And a key Democrat senator visits the border. What does he think needs to be done about the crisis? A mother was wounded trying to protect her nine-year-old son who was killed in a California mass shooting. But what sets this shooting apart from the other two

Background checks for firearms conducted by the FBI reached a new record high in March. Nearly 4.7 million checks were done across the month, smashing the previous record of 4.3 million set in January. The FBI numbers include background checks for firearms, permits, and other purposes related to guns. Adjusted numbers from the National Shooting Sports

When bars and restaurants in England reopen outdoors on April 12, they are required to ask every visitor aged 16 and over to sign in, among other rules. Hospitality trade bodies said the industry is “dismayed” at the reopening restrictions. Venues will be required to ask all customers and visitors to provide their names and contact details, either

Americans fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 can travel without taking a test of self-isolating, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday in updated guidance. Once two weeks have elapsed after the final COVID-19 vaccine, people can travel at low risk to themselves, the CDC said. “Fully vaccinated people can