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The government shutdown is on track to become the longest in U.S. history this week, as the stalemate between Democrats and ...

Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth ...

An appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Friday and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government’s immigration crackdown in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will visit northwest Indiana Thursday. She's expected to bring ...

The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be ...

So goes “Operation Midway Blitz”, the federal immigration enforcement effort in Chicago, which started in early September.

A South Texas city has removed a mural protesting the border wall along the southern border with Mexico following a threat by ...

Gregory Bovino appeared in court to discuss compliance with a temporary restraining order related to immigration enforcement ...

How much longer is the government shutdown 2025 expected to last? See live updates, odds on next Senate vote to reopen today amid looming SNAP cuts ...

Border walls and new surveillance technology could be coming to the greater Big Bend region and the rest of Texas’ southern ...