Vice President Harris, Guatemalan leader Arévalo discuss immigration
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Bernardo Arévalo, the newly elected president of Guatemala, to the White House on Monday to praise his battle against…
Russia, China veto Gaza cease-fire resolution at U.N.
WASHINGTON — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-backed resolution calling for an “immediate and sustained” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip — a turnabout from…
Supreme Court says Texas can begin enforcing immigration law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a plea from the Biden administration and cleared the way for Texas to begin enforcing a new…
U.S., G-7 allies warn Iran to drop plan to give Russia missiles
WASHINGTON — The United States and allies warned Iran on Friday that major Western economies will pile new sanctions on Tehran if it moves forward with…
Middle East conflicts revive clash between president, Congress
WASHINGTON — A major deadline under the half-century-old War Powers Resolution came this week for President Biden to obtain Congress’ approval to keep waging his military…
Congress is threatening to ban TikTok: What that means
The House of Representatives’ lopsided vote Wednesday in favor of a bill banning TikTok in the U.S. unless it is freed from Chinese control suggests…
Katie Britt used old example of rapes in Mexico as GOP attack on Biden policy
The Republican senator who gave the party’s response to President Biden’s State of the Union address used a harrowing account of a young woman’s sexual…
Judge upholds program allowing migrants from 4 countries to enter U.S.
HOUSTON — The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian…
Judge dismisses red states’ challenge to Biden asylum-seeker program
VICTORIA, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Friday upheld a key piece of President Biden’s immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants…
Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the…
Russia said to obtain ‘troubling’ anti-satellite weapon
WASHINGTON — The White House publicly confirmed Thursday that Russia has obtained a “troubling” emerging anti-satellite weapon but said it cannot directly cause “physical destruction” on…
GOP-led House impeaches Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — The House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its…
House vote to impeach Homeland Security’s Mayorkas fails
WASHINGTON — In a dramatic setback, House Republicans failed Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, forced to shelve a high-profile priority — for…
Scalia’s dissent drives Texas immigration dispute with Biden
WASHINGTON — For more than a century, immigration and border enforcement have been seen as falling exclusively under federal control, and when states tried to exert…
House Republicans take key vote toward impeaching Mayorkas
WASHINGTON — House Republicans were ready to take a key vote Tuesday toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas over what they call his “willful…
Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia…
Supreme Court rules for Biden in Texas border razor wire case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for the Biden administration in a 5-4 vote Monday and said Border Patrol agents may cut barbed wire installed by…
U.S. asks Supreme Court to intervene in Texas border dispute
McALLEN, Texas — The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg…
Federal appeals panel says emergency care abortions not required by 1986 law
NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration cannot use a 1986 emergency care law to require hospitals in Texas to provide abortions for women whose lives are…