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At the border in Arizona, Harris lays out a plan to get tough on fentanyl

5:04pm September 27, 2024

Vice President Harris is trying to shore up one of her biggest political liabilities. She focused her border security remarks on disrupting fentanyl smuggling.

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Indian migrants drive surge in northern U.S. border crossings

6:00am September 10, 2024

Unauthorized crossings through the U.S. northern border have surged due to an influx of Indian migrants. Many leave Canada in search of better economic opportunities.

Politics & Government

Harris tries to flip the script on Trump on the border during raucous Georgia speech

9:14pm July 30, 2024

by Asma Khalid

The issue of border security is one of Vice President Harris' biggest vulnerabilities in her campaign. On Tuesday, she tried to use his signature issue against former President Donald Trump.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at rally

Politics & Government

Donald Trump campaigns in Greensboro with a focus on the border

4:45pm March 02, 2024

by David Ford

Presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigned in Greensboro on Saturday, just days before North Carolina's primary. Border security was on the minds of many in attendance.

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President Biden shakes hands with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox during a meeting with governors from across the country at the White House on Feb. 23.

Politics & Government

Biden is looking at options for the border. But he's running into legal issues

3:52pm February 23, 2024

President Biden told governors that he's looking for ways to take executive action to reduce the number of migrants crossing the southern border — but he's limited by laws and lack of funding.

President Biden pauses in remarks in the State Dining Room on Feb. 6. Biden urged Congress to pass a Senate compromise bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security priorities.

Biden tells Republicans to 'show some spine,' buck Trump, and back border bill

5:34pm February 06, 2024

by Asma Khalid

President Biden said it seems like the bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security issues will fail. He vowed to make that failure an election issue.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., the Democrats' chief negotiator on the border security talks, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in December.

Top Dem in immigration talks says Republicans are ignoring border chaos to help Trump

11:52am February 06, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Republican senators are now casting doubts on the new border security and foreign aid deal. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says they're caving to pressure from Trump to boost his reelection bid.

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Hundreds of migrants gather along the border wall Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lukeville, Ariz. The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes.

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Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona crossing, overwhelming agents

2:39am December 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

A shift in smuggling routes has brought an influx of migrants near Lukeville, Arizona, prompting the Border Patrol to seek help from other federal agencies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center) walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., (left) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on September 21. Zelenskyy made his renewed case for American aid to Ukraine to a deeply divided Congress.

The fate of Ukraine funding lies in the balance with speaker's race

11:34am October 06, 2023

by Lexie Schapitl

The next House speaker will need to win the support of 218 members and Ukraine aid is expected to be a significant factor.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short-term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown.

Politics & Government

House GOP hardliners block spending stopgap with shutdown looming

8:51pm September 29, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to keep agencies funded through November 17 and instead moved a GOP bill that linked another month of spending with border security.