Following President Joe Biden dropping from the race, Vice President Kamala Harris will likely be the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential race. Now, several news outlets are backtracking on some previous reports on Harris — especially ones calling her the “border czar.” The title was given to Harris by Republicans and the media. This…

Chicago city officials are bracing for the possibility of thousands of migrants being bused to their city before the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August. In the last two years, officials estimate 45,000 migrants have either been bused or flown to Chicago, courtesy of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, R. At the Republican National Convention (RNC),…

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., has filed articles of impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris, citing two main grievances. The first article accuses Harris of failing to uphold U.S. immigration law, a charge rooted in her role overseeing efforts to address the border crisis. From the outset of the Biden administration, President Joe Biden assigned Harris…

A group of Republican senators expressed “grave concerns” to President Biden over his recent executive order that would provide a path to citizenship to approximately 500,000 people who have been in the country for a decade or more and are also married to United States citizens. The GOP lawmakers argued that Biden’s immigration relief “directly contravenes…

During Thursday’s debate, former President Trump criticized President Biden for stumbling over his words while addressing a border crisis question. Trump remarked, “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.” Biden, responding to CNN’s Jake Tapper, discussed a bipartisan border security…

The first presidential debate is in the books. We have a full recap, as well as what the reaction has been like. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Friday, June 28, 2024. Biden, Trump tout their records in first presidential debate  Thursday night, June 27, saw the first time a current U.S. President debated…

Illegal border crossings continued to decrease in May. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officials encountered 170,000 people total, including 117,000 between ports of entry. It is the lowest month of the 2024 fiscal year. As a comparison, encounters hit their highest mark ever in December at 301,000. May’s numbers are 9,000 lower than…

President Biden, responding to a recent uptick in “the entry of certain noncitizens at the southern border,” has restricted asylum eligibility and increased the consequences for individuals caught illegally crossing the border. Those measures prompted liberal advocacy groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to file lawsuits against the Biden administration. Biden’s stricter immigration…

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said U.S.-Mexico border crossings have fallen “materially” since President Joe Biden signed an executive order limiting migrant asylum claims. Mayorkas told a group of Bloomberg reporters that U.S. border officials are seeing results and recorded 2,600 migrant encounters between ports of entry Sunday, June 16 — a major…

Americans who don’t support either major party’s candidate for president find themselves in a difficult but familiar bind. Since the founding of the American republic itself, two political leviathans have dominated politics, quickly absorbing or brushing aside third-party challengers. From Teddy Roosevelt to Ross Perot, there have been some candidates capable of challenging this two-party…