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What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky-high again in latest survey of federal employees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from home like everyone else, and an agency that has struggled with low morale is showing improvement. Those are some of the highlights of a survey released Monday of more than a million...
New immigration court docket aims to speed up removals of newly arrived migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday that a new fast-track docket in immigration courts will cut the time it takes to decide asylum claims from years to months for some single adults. Migrants who settle in five cities — Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles...
China and US resume cooperation on deportation as Chinese immigrants rush in from southern border
WASHINGTON (AP) — Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, as the two countries are reestablishing and widening contacts following their leaders' meeting in California late last year. After China...
Tech CEOs Altman, Nadella, Pichai and others join government AI safety board led by DHS' Mayorkas
WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEOs of leading U.S. technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation's critical services from “AI-related disruptions.” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro...
Cannabis seizures at checkpoints by US-Mexico border frustrate state-authorized pot industry
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments — including commercial, state-authorized supplies — as licensed cannabis providers file complaints that more than $300,000 worth of marijuana has been confiscated in recent months at highway...
Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border and shutting down his trial before arguments...
Senate adjourns the impeachment trial against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after dismissing charges
Dubious claims about voting flyers at a migrant camp show how the border is inflaming US politics
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico said it did not create flyers urging migrants to vote for President Joe Biden that were filmed at its shelter in a viral video that sparked a firestorm of conservative outrage this week. Accusations that...
Senate begins impeachment trial for Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's secretary of Homeland Security
House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce immigration laws. While the Senate is...