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May 12, 2021

Battered Biden under siege as crises confound the White House

The jobs figures were just the first in a series of out-of-nowhere body blows hitting President Biden during a remarkable five days of bad developments that stretched from Israel to the Mexican border and up the East Coast via the Colonial Pipeline.

May 12, 2021

US foster care system already stretched to the max as unaccompanied minors continue to cross southern border

After being stretched by the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. foster care system has another challenge ahead: an unprecedented number of unaccompanied migrant children coming over the southern border.

May 12, 2021

Ingraham: Biden is out of gas, is now America's problem denier

Fox News host Laura Ingraham claimed President Biden's "incompetence and radicalism are a dangerous combination" as he denies the several crises facing the nation on "The Ingraham Angle"

May 11, 2021

Migrant encounters rose again in April, but number of unaccompanied minors decreased: CBP data

The number of migrants encountered at the border in April increased slightly compared to already high numbers encountered in March, according to Customs and Border Protection data released Tuesday -- although the number of unaccompanied minors coming across decreased.

May 11, 2021

Border Patrol apprehends dozens of migrants at stash houses after failed smuggling attempts

Border Patrol agents in Rio Grande Valley (RGV) sector have picked up dozens of migrants at stash houses within the last week -- shining light on the operations smugglers use to get illegal immigrants into the U.S., and the harsh conditions those migrants face.

May 11, 2021

Border Patrol in Texas picks up abandoned bag of 'AK-47 style' guns

A member of the National Guard last week found an abandoned bag filled with “AK-47 style pistols,” including some that had been reported stolen -- just as border officials are trying to deal with a continuing crisis at the southern border

May 11, 2021

Texas farmer finds migrant girls abandoned near border without food, water: 'It's just getting worse'

The border crisis is "just getting worse," a Del Rio farmer said as Border Patrol agents catch 5,000 people in a week.

May 11, 2021

20 governors urge Biden to act on border crisis, hit 'unacceptable' plans to house migrants in states

Twenty Republican governors are urging the Biden administration to take further action on the crisis at the southern border as the question of where to house the surge in unaccompanied children is impacting states -- with the governors describing the situation as "unacceptable and unsustainable."

May 11, 2021

COVID shutdowns put northern border towns on the brink

Locals say this summer is a make-or-break year for Niagara Falls.

May 11, 2021

Border agents uncover $4.6M worth of methamphetamine, cocaine

Border agents in Texas seized $4.6 million in methamphetamine hidden in Home Depot buckets and cocaine in two separate smuggling attempts across international crossing points last week, authorities said.