Новости за 22.02.2024

Less than 1% of illegal immigrants who were caught and released by the Border Patrol using "parole" powers last year have been deported or confirmed to have left the country on their own, the Department of Homeland Security says.

Homeschool skeptics challenge whether homeschooling can provide a quality education. For homeschool veterans, questions and criticisms are nothing new.

Much of the millions of dollars in environmental justice funding from President Biden's COVID-19 relief is paying for the salaries, benefits and travel expenses of community organizations' staff, according to congressional documents shared with The Washington Times.

Albania's Parliament votes Thursday on a deal with Italy to hold thousands of migrants rescued in international waters by the Italian authorities while their asylum applications are processed.

hina plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic bears on loan to U.S. zoos were returned as relations began to sour between the two nations.

A man arrested on charges of smuggling illegal immigrants died in Border Patrol custody last week after hanging himself in his cell, authorities said Wednesday.

Baraka Okojie scored all of his career-high 19 points in the second half, and George Mason rallied past No. 16 Dayton 71-67 on Wednesday night for the first home victory over a ranked foe in program history.

Federal prosecutors asked District Judge Otis D. Wright on Wednesday to reverse an order releasing Alexander Smirnov from custody.

Carly Thibault-DuDonis is in her second year as a head coach, leading Fairfield to a 22-1 record and a 20-game winning streak. The Stags are on the cusp of entering the AP Top 25 for the first time in program history, receiving 28 points this week.

The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law repeatedly tapped by former President Donald Trump to unilaterally enact a sweeping crackdown at the southern border, according to three people familiar with the deliberations.

A Catholic advocacy group called on New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City District Attorney Alan Bragg to investigate what the group sees as a "hate crime" committed by transgender activists who arranged a funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City last week and openly mocked the church and Catholicism.

"We need to build the broadest possible coalition to defeat Donald Trump, defend our democracy and win back the House from his MAGA minions," John Avlon said.

Wednesday was a new day for the Washington Commanders, assistant coaches said when they met the media. The 2024 coaching staff features an array of familiar faces for Commanders fans, including former Washington linebackers Ryan Kerrigan and Darryl Tapp.

Congress has made little public progress since January on its quest to hit a March 1 deadline to partially fund the government, and the three dozen members of the House Freedom Caucus are demanding an update.

The Republican prosecutor of Arizona's most populous county took a thinly veiled swipe at a Democratic counterpart in the East on Wednesday, saying it would be more secure to hold a man accused of stabbing two women in Arizona than to extradite him to New York City, where he is wanted in connection with the fatal bludgeoning of a woman in a hotel room.

Growing dangers of a war with China highlight the urgent need to improve the military's ability to supply troops in the Pacific with weapons and other support, the admiral in charge of the Pacific Fleet says.

In his closed-door testimony Wednesday before House lawmakers, President Biden's brother James said he didn't know payments he received had come from a Chinese energy company, testimony that appears to conflict with the assertions of a former Biden family business associate.

Pennsylvania's highest court ruled Wednesday that Republican state lawmakers can no longer try to enforce a subpoena for election records they issued in 2021 in a quest inspired by former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Brandon Woodruff is staying with the Milwaukee Brewers after all.

Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch resolved a drunken driving case without a trial or DUI conviction Wednesday, 18 months after police found him asleep in the driver's seat of a damaged luxury sports car in Las Vegas.

On the heels of two egregious cases of funeral home owners mishandling bodies and cremated remains, Colorado lawmakers aimed Wednesday at trying to shore up the state's lax regulations that failed to prevent the horrific incidents.

Memphis police said they arrested and charged a woman Monday after she uploaded photos of her five-year-old daughter waxing women's genitalia on social media.

President Biden maintains a slender advantage over his likely challenger, former President Donald Trump, in a new poll despite two-thirds of voters saying Mr. Biden is too old.

The 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods is taking the first step toward trying to play on the PGA Tour. Charlie Woods is entered in a pre-qualifier for the Cognizant Classic.

The transcripts of a 2006 grand jury that investigated Jeffrey Epstein 's sexual assaults of underage girls would be released to the public under a bill heading to Florida's governor after it was unanimously passed by the Legislature.