Asylum seekers have been involved in hundreds of serious incidents including acts of violence as perpetrators or victims, exclusive figures show. More than 1,900 incidents were reported in less than three years by organisations contracted by the Home Office to provide accommodation and other services for asylum seekers in the UK. Currently, 51,000 asylum seekers are staying in hotels, costing […]

Gov. Jared Polis signed a suite of wildfire prevention and recovery-related bills Friday, clearing the way for the state to stand up a new emergency insurance plan, standardize fire-resistant building codes and buy a $26 million firefighting helicopter. The 11 bills were all passed during the 2023 legislative session, which ended Monday. They represent the legislature’s ongoing efforts to protect […]

When Ethan Hayes, a senior at Howard University, talks to his mother about politics, they don’t always see eye to eye. During the 2020 presidential campaign, Mr. Hayes was skeptical of Joseph R. Biden Jr. because of his record on criminal justice. His mother, Lindi Hayes, who said she grew up in a “fairly conservative” Christian household, felt differently. “Well, […]

The lifting of a pandemic-era restriction that turned away many migrants at the U.S. border has ignited fierce debates within the Democratic Party over immigration and border security, exposing raw intraparty divisions over an issue that Democrats often find difficult to navigate. As U.S. officials brace for a rise in illegal crossings at the southern border after the expiration of […]

The News Recent changes by the Federal Bureau of Investigation appear to have significantly improved compliance with rules limiting when agents may access communications intercepted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, according to data from the bureau’s auditing office. In the year before the changes were enacted, about 18 percent of queries, or database searches, lacked sufficient justification or were […]

House Republicans pushed through a sweeping border security bill on Thursday that would crack down on unlawful immigration, blowing past solid Democratic opposition and narrowly avoiding an embarrassing mutiny within their own ranks on one of their signature midterm campaign promises. Republicans timed approval of the measure, which has no chance in the Democratic-led Senate, to spotlight their hard-line stance […]

Penny Mordaunt tells SNP to 'learn a lesson' from Coronation Penny Mordaunt today urged the SNP to “learn a lesson” from the Coronation in a brutal takedown. The Commons leader insisted you “can’t achieve anything with division and hate”, adding that “the only way forward is service, duty and love”. Ms Mordaunt made the comments as she responded to SNP MP […]

Leo Varadkar says he ‘has regrets’ over Northern Ireland Protocol Leo Varadkar has launched a savage attack on Brexit, claiming it made the UK “poorer, less secure and less influential”. He made the comments while issuing a warning over Irish political party Sinn Fein, claiming their election would be as big of a “threat” as Brexit. He described the separatist […]

President Biden’s tenure has coincided with a global rise in migration, and the pressure has been felt acutely at the United States’ southern border. Officials caught migrants crossing the border without authorization more than five million times from February 2021 to March this year, according to the most recent data available — the highest number of arrests in decades. Officials […]