[ad_1] World War II veteran Gene Kleindl, age 102, from Rockford, Ill., receives a kiss from Chantell Boivin while leaving the Normandy American Cemetery on June 4 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Kleindl, a medic in the U.S. Army’s 90th Infantry Division, arrived on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Win McNamee/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption toggle […]

[ad_1] President Biden just issued an executive order that allows him to temporarily shut down the U.S.-Mexico border to asylum seekers once a daily threshold of crossings is exceeded. The order comes months after the failure of yet another border security deal, the most recent attempt to overhaul an immigration system that hasn’t seen comprehensive […]

[ad_1] President Biden is laying out new measures to restrict the number of migrants able to cross the southern border — one of the top political issues for his campaign. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: President Biden took sweeping executive action today, aimed at cracking down on illegal crossings at the southern border. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED […]

[ad_1] Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy speaks to a crowd during a fundraising event that featured Donald Trump, Jr., in Missoula, Mt., on April 28. Shaylee Ragar/Montana Public Radio hide caption toggle caption Shaylee Ragar/Montana Public Radio Republican Tim Sheehy won his party’s nomination to run for Montana’s U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, according […]

[ad_1] Project 2025 lays out a vision of a new immigration enforcement agency that will be more effective than ever in deporting, detaining, and denying entry to immigrants. Illustration by Ellen Weinstein. This article appears in the June 2024 issue, with the headline “Deport, Detain, Deny.” The chapter on the Department of Homeland Security in […]

[ad_1] There’s now a real, organized effort to transform his resentments and impulses into policy. It’s called Project 2025. Illustration by Steve Brodner. This article appears in the June 2024 issue. How far might Donald Trump go, if given a second chance? The estimates range from dictatorship to a rerun of his first term, when […]

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[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Two national civil rights groups accused Illinois’ third-largest school district on Tuesday of relying on police to handle school discipline, unlawfully targeting Black […]

[ad_1] Many Americans say they do not want to vote for either President Biden or former President Trump this year. These voters make up a critical part of the electorate this year — 14 percent of respondents in the latest NPR/PBS/NEWSHOUR Marist poll say they are part of this demographic. Many live in swing states […]

[ad_1] The Big Picture / June 4, 2024 If Democrats try to sideline protesters by opting for a semi-virtual convention, it will be a huge betrayal of the Democratic base. Ad Policy The logo for the Democratic National Convention is displayed on the scoreboard at the United Center during a media walkthrough on January 18, […]