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FEMA administrator surveys Oklahoma tornado damage with the state's governor and US senator.
A Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator said Tuesday that “our heart aches for the loss of life” in tornadoes that left four dead and about 100 injured in Oklahoma. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell joined Gov. Kevin Stitt and Sen. James Lankford in surveying the...
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. __ ...
Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp says he will aid Texas governor's border standoff with Biden
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday he will send more of his state's National Guard soldiers to aid Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to control illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border, as fellow Republican Abbott pursues a showdown with the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. ...
Abandoned by his colleagues after negotiating a border compromise, GOP senator faces backlash alone
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before the Senate voted Wednesday to kill the border deal he spent the last four months negotiating, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford climbed a set of marble stairs outside the chamber and joined his wife in the visitors’ gallery. As the Republican quietly...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Feb. 2 The New York Times on immigration President Biden’s assertion that he’s ready to sign a border deal — one that would make it much harder for migrants to enter the United States...
Border bill supporters combat misleading claims that it would let in more migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one of the most hard-fought provisions in the bipartisan border security package, and one that Democrats had to be persuaded to include: a new authority for the U.S. government to block migrants from entering the country. Now it’s the central line of...
