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Hope on the horizon for cross-border sewage crisis
Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story Hope on the horizon for cross-border sewage crisis Southern Californians who have long been ...The Hill - 3h -
‘No Place to Hide’: Trapped on the Border, Immigrants Fear Deportation
Undocumented immigrants whose children or spouses are U.S. citizens are feeling particularly vulnerable to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s threats to push them out.The New York Times - 1d -
Tax lobbyists worry border bill could derail reform efforts
Tax lobbyists are worried Congress could endanger highly anticipated tax reform if it uses the first reconciliation bill to shore up immigration and border security funding. Tax cuts enacted in ...The Hill - 1d -
AP All-America team: Travis Hunter, Xavier Watts back on first team; Ashton Jeanty is unanimous pick
Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter of Colorado and Notre Dame’s Xavier Watts are repeat first-team selections on The Associated Press All-America teamABC News - 2d -
A Rare Cross-Canada Political Consensus Forms Against Trump’s Border Threat
Canadian leaders agreed to tighten the border, but not on how to respond if President-elect Donald J. Trump follows through on 25 percent tariffs.The New York Times - 4d -
Freedom Caucus backs two-track strategy to tackle Trump border and tax agenda
The hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus is backing a two-step approach to tackle parts of President-elect Trump’s agenda on border, taxes and energy amid an internal clash over the ...The Hill - 5d -
U.S. Considered Border Buoys Months Before Texas Put Them In
Border officials explored using floating barriers from Texas to California in 2022. The effort could help pave the way for their deployment under President-elect Donald J. Trump.The New York Times - 5d -
TSMC says first advanced U.S. chip plant 'dang near back' on schedule. Here's an inside look at the Arizona fab
Apple will be the largest customer at TSMC's new Arizona chip fab, which the Taiwanese company says is 'dang near back' on schedule. Here's an inside look.CNBC - 5d -
Incoming Trump border czar on meeting with NYC mayor: 'He gets it'
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) and incoming border czar Tom Homan swapped words of praise Thursday, after the two former law enforcement officers met to discuss the scope of collaboration on ...The Hill - 5d -
Loud and brutal ending to Myanmar army's control of western border
Insurgents seized Myanmar's border with Bangladesh in one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war.BBC News - 5d -
Turok Is Back With Turok: Origins, Which Ditches First-Person
Turok is coming back. At The Game Awards , Saber Interactive announced Turok: Origins, the first new entry in the Turok franchise since 2008. The debut trailer set the mood with a cinematic flair ...GameSpot - 5d -
New York City mayor meeting Trump's incoming "border czar"
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is meeting with Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar," on the immigration changes planned for the former president's second term. CBS News ...CBS News - 6d -
Mayor Adams meeting with Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan today
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar" Tom Homan.CBS News - 6d -
Trump says he'll pardon Jan. 6 defendants in first hour back in White House
President-elect Trump says he intends to pardon "most" rioters accused or convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in one of the first official acts of his second presidency. “It’s going ...The Hill - 6d -
Moment of relief as Romania and Bulgaria join EU border-free zone
Seventeen years after joining the EU, the two countries are given the green light to join the Schengen zone.BBC News - 6d -
Palestine is most dangerous country for journalists, Reporters Without Borders says
Press freedom NGO describes Israeli killing of reporters working in Gaza as an ‘unprecedented bloodbath’. Middle East crisis – live updates Fifty-four journalists were killed worldwide while ...The Guardian - 6d -
Bottom Line: Former Texas Democratic congressman registers to lobby on border wall
Trade On behalf of the City of Del Rio, Texas, R.R.P. Consulting Engineers hired Valiant Strategies LLC to lobby on issues related to “the Presidential Permit process for the construction of an ...The Hill - Dec. 11 -
Trump ready to 'seal' border from immigrants on Day 1
President-elect Trump is signaling he wants to completely reshape the nation's immigration laws starting on Jan. 20, the day he officially takes office. Immigration has always been Trump’s core ...The Hill - Dec. 11 -
With rise in border migrant deaths, forensic volunteers and students work to identify remains
Operation Identification (Operation ID) uses volunteers and students to help do forensic work as border counties see a rise in migrant deaths in areas "that have never experienced this before."NBC News - Dec. 11 -
Syrians await Turkey border entry after fall of Assad's regime
Syrian refugees who fled to Turkey during President Bashar al-Assad's regime are awaiting entry back into their country after the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, took over. CBS News' ...CBS News - Dec. 10 -
Lindsey Graham says border bill should be 'first order of business'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that a border security bill should be “the first order of business in the Senate Budget Committee." “Stephen Miller was spot on when he said that the Senate ...The Hill - Dec. 9 -
What will Trump do on his first day back in the White House?
The president-elect made a number of promises in an interview with NBC NewsBBC News - Dec. 9 -
Good ideas know no borders
There is something narrow-minded about criticising a British politician for being ‘America-brained’Financial Times - Dec. 9 -
Trump's border czar signals solution for Dreamers will be tied to border security
President-elect Trump's appointed "border czar" said Monday that a potential legislative solution for Dreamers should be contingent on Democrats supporting increased border security and deportation ...The Hill - Dec. 9 -
Trump details changes he’ll carry out on first day back as president
President-elect Trump sat down with NBC’s Kristen Welker for a wide-ranging conversation around his plan for tariffs, mass deportations and whether he will prosecute members of the Jan. 6 ...NBC News - Dec. 9 -
Small businesses being 'crucified' by sea border
Stormont will vote on whether NI's Brexit deal should continue to operate for another four years.BBC News - Dec. 9 -
As Syrian Rebels Advance, Iran Grows Nervous and Neighbors Close Their Borders
The rebels’ gains prompted Lebanon and Jordan to close border crossings and Iran to begin withdrawing personnel from Syria.The New York Times - Dec. 8 -
A fact check of Trump's "border czar" claims about U.S. fentanyl deaths
Both President-elect Donald Trump and incoming "border czar" Tom Homan cite inflated figures, with Trump often makes a misleading connection between migrants illegally crossing the border and the ...CBS News - Dec. 7 -
Football fans stand up to ‘ridiculous’ ticket-price hikes that border on antipathy
Premier League supporters are fighting to retain concession prices in the face of clubs’ desire to target ‘tourist fans’. For West Ham supporters it was a sense of values betrayed. “The club should ...The Guardian - Dec. 7 -
Will Trump seek detente with Venezuela in return for border security?
The Trump administration is considering a double-sided détente with Venezuela to increase energy imports and stem migratory flows to the Southern border, with the oil industry and financiers ...The Hill - Dec. 6 -
PM meets leaders from both sides of the Irish border
Sir Keir Starmer is only the third prime minister to attend a meeting of the British-Irish Council in 17 years.BBC News - Dec. 6 -
Trump nominates former border chief Rodney Scott as commissioner of CBP
President-elect Trump nominated former border chief Rodney Scott as the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “Rodney served nearly three decades in the Border Patrol, building ...The Hill - Dec. 6 -
Eric Adams and Trump 'border czar' set meeting date
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that he and President-elect Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan have set a meeting date to discuss deportation plans. "I am looking forward to sitting down ...The Hill - Dec. 6 -
Trump’s New Border Czar Looks to Texas as a Model for Enforcement
The incoming Trump administration’s new border czar said that Texas provided a “model” for border enforcement. State officials have offered to be a staging ground for mass deportations.The New York Times - Dec. 4 -
Trump ‘border czar’ offers NYC mayor a call to expedite deportations
Homan joins NewsNation's "CUOMO" to discuss what the consequences could be for lawmakers opposing mass deportations.The Hill - Dec. 4 -
Paul George, Tyrese Maxey lead 76ers over Hornets 110-104 to earn first first back-to-back wins
Paul George scored 29 points, Tyrese Maxey had eight of his 21 points in the final 30 seconds and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Charlotte Hornets 110-104 to earn back-to-back wins for the ...ABC News - Dec. 3 -
Thune lays out plan for separate border and tax reconciliation bills
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) laid out an ambitious plan at the Senate Republican retreat Tuesday for Congress to move first next year on a budget reconciliation package that ...The Hill - Dec. 3 -
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire tested by intensifying cross-border strikes
Israel hits Lebanon with its largest wave of airstrikes since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, as both sides accuse each other of violations.CBS News - Dec. 3 -
Israeli military says Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone, the group's first attack since a ceasefire began
Israeli military says Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone, the group's first attack since a ceasefire beganABC News - Dec. 2