WESLACO, Texas (KVIA) — A roundtable on Texas’s ongoing border security efforts was held by Governor Greg Abbott along with other state officials after last week border security was designated as an emergency item for this legislative session. The discussion included expanding the state’s strategies to secure the southern border, as well as the Biden
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans are reacting to new details Friday of an armed bystander stopping the 16-year-old who shot and killed 17-year-old Angeles Zaragoza at Cielo Vista Mall on Wednesday. The bystander had been armed and police say he shot the 16-year-old to stop him. “I assume he feared for his life
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Originally Published: 17 FEB 23 12:01 ETBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Recovery operations have concluded for the suspected Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month, the US military said in a statement Friday.The recovery effort ended after “U.S. Navy assets assigned to U.S. Northern Command successfully
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Originally Published: 14 FEB 23 16:02 ETUpdated: 14 FEB 23 16:40 ETBy Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s economic team is taking new shape midway through his first term and as he gears up for an expected reelection bid, with the White House Tuesday officially naming Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as his
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President Joe Biden heads to Capitol Hill for a State of the Union address. President Biden plans to highlight the things he views as his administration’s accomplishments to distinguish his Democratic party. Biden’s address to Congress comes after Republicans regained control of the House chamber, meaning new Speaker Kevin McCarthy will share the dais with
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday mourned the death of Tyre Nichols, calling his death at the hands of police a moment that demands congressional police reform. “Was he not also entitled to the right to be safe? So when we talk about public safety, let us understand what it means
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Nine republican-led states wants a Texas court to block a federal rule protecting some immigrant children. Tuesday the states asked a federal judge to block DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The Obama-era program protects nearly 600,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a group often described as “Dreamers.” The
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Originally Published: 27 JAN 23 01:35 ETUpdated: 27 JAN 23 19:20 ETBy Travis Caldwell, Jay Croft, Eric Bradner and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — The city of Memphis has released police body camera and surveillance video showing the January 7 traffic stop and violent police confrontation that led to the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.CNN is
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Originally Published: 26 JAN 23 17:41 ETBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A Maryland man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening to murder a member of Congress, the Department of Justice announced in a news release.Justin Kuchta, 39, sent a message in July threatening to kill a Texas member of Congress through an event invitation website, according
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Originally Published: 26 JAN 23 16:33 ETAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — If you’re not intently following the drip, drip, drip of the various classified documents scandals involving President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, it’s easy to lose the thread.Suffice it to say the criticism of Biden
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Local officials said they are continuing discussions on the ongoing migrant crisis with New York City Mayor Eric Adams during his visit to El Paso Sunday “Mayor Adams has been a good partner to the community, and from the beginning we’ve been talking to his team and OEM,” said El
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez, Phil Mattingly and Marshall Cohen, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to take over the investigation into the Obama-era classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home and former private office. The special counsel is Robert Hur, who was nominated to be US attorney in
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EL PASO, Texas– Ahead of President Biden’s visit to El Paso Sunday, the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) holds a press conference and a “This is Our New Ellis Island” community march Saturday morning. The march is also in response to the Biden administration’s new border enforcement measures. The press conference begins at 11:00
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Originally Published: 01 JAN 23 11:09 ETUpdated: 01 JAN 23 14:49 ETBy Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden, after returning this week to a politically reshaped Washington, will join top Republican officials to herald his infrastructure law as he seeks out bipartisan cooperation in a new era of divided government.Wednesday’s event in Kentucky, which
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The House Committee investigating the January 6th capitol insurrection is withdrawing its subpoena of former President Donald Trump. Chairman Bennie Thompson wrote a letter to Trump’s attorney Wednesday explaining why. He said the committee can no longer pursue the information covered by the subpoena because the investigation is ending. Trump was subpoenaed in October for
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EL PASO, Texas — El Pasoans can expect to see two new shelters open soon according to Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino. The City is inspecting EPISD’s vacant Morehead and Bassett Middle Schools to make sure facilities are appropriate. The internet systems, fire systems, and kitchens are all being checked. Once inspection is complete, the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Texas Military Department service members deployed to El Paso Sunday morning and put up a triple-strand concertina barrier near the border in an attempt to deter illegal crossings, according to a Tweet from the department. This morning, service members deployed to El Paso, Texas constructed a triple-strand concertina barrier near the
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Originally Published: 26 DEC 22 17:05 ETBy Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 1.6 million asylum applications are pending in US immigration courts and at US Citizenship and Immigration Services — the largest number of pending asylum cases on record, according to analysis of federal data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.US immigration
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Originally Published: 24 DEC 22 21:45 ETUpdated: 25 DEC 22 11:05 ETBy Noah Gray, CNN (CNN) — Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather late Saturday.An initial two busloads were taken to local shelters, according to an administration
Continue Reading (CNN) — Several conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed sympathetic Monday to arguments from a graphic designer who seeks to start a website business to celebrate weddings but does not want to work with same-sex couples. The conservative justices viewed the case through the lens of free speech and suggested that an artist or someone creating
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Originally Published: 24 NOV 22 12:26 ETUpdated: 24 NOV 22 15:35 ETBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would work with Congress to “try to get rid of assault weapons” after a recent spate of shootings in the US.”The idea (that) we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is
Continue Reading Originally Published: 23 NOV 22 14:58 ETUpdated: 23 NOV 22 16:27 ETBy Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Justice Department prosecutors have reached out to representatives of former Vice President Mike Pence to seek his testimony in the criminal investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and allies to impede the
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Russia said it’s imposing entry bans on another 100 Canadian citizens in response to Canada’s sanctions on Moscow. They include American-Canadian actor Jim Carrey. The Russian foreign ministry’s “black list” contains hundreds of western officials and notable people. Russia said it’s adding a hundred more Canadians to the list in response to Canada’s continued practice
Continue Reading By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Tami Luhby, CNN Soaring prices were top of mind for voters as they cast ballots in this year’s midterm elections, according to the preliminary results of the national and state exit polls conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research. Nearly a third of voters said inflation was the
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EL PASO, Texas — A local non-profit organization is continuing sending charter buses full of migrants despite the City of El Paso and the Office of Emergency Management ending their charter operations last month. The Annunciation House of El Paso continues to see migrants in need of shelter and transportation as they make the journey
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Sen. Lindsey Graham’s emergency request that it quash a subpoena for his testimony from the Atlanta-area grand jury investigating efforts to undermine the 2020 election in Georgia. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court judge in ruling that the South
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Liz Truss’s tenure as prime minister has ended in record time, and an accelerated leadership contest has been announced to replace her. Truss said Thursday that she would step aside for a new leader to be chosen within the next week, after a growing number of her own Conservative Party’s lawmakers said they could not support
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A new Congressional report makes alarming allegations against the trump administration saying they blocked accurate information about COVID-19. Those accusations come in a 91-page report issued by the Democrat-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus crisis. Senior CDC employees say they were not allowed to convey information early on in the pandemic. One communications officer said
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George Floyd’s family is thinking about suing Kanye West. That’s according to Civil Rights Attorney Lee Merritt who represents them. At issue are comments West made on a recent podcast. He suggested Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose and said former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee was not on his neck. The medical examiner
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EL PASO, Texas — It will take several days to see the impact of The Department of Homeland Security’s announcement that Venezuelans who enter the U.S. illegally will be returned to Mexico, according to Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino. D’Agostino said it will take between seven to ten days from Wednesday’s announcement before the City
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