World / Politics Apr 18, 2021

After outcry, Biden confirms U.S. will raise Trump refugee cap

Biden on Friday signed an order intended to accelerate processing of refugees while keeping former President Donald Trump’s 15,000-person cap in place.

World | FOCUS Mar 5, 2021

Biden risks Mexico border crisis as migrant children fill up shelters

More than 5,700 unaccompanied minors were apprehended at the border in January, the highest total for that month in recent years, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

World / Politics Nov 12, 2020

Biden’s transition teams sideline industries Trump put in charge

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has stocked his transition team with policy experts, academics and former Barack Obama administration officials, a contrast with the industry-friendly figures President Donald Trump placed in government upon winning office. The roughly 500-person group Biden’s campaign announced on Monday will prepare ...

World / Politics Nov 6, 2020

Trump team pursues contradictory strategy as U.S. continues to count votes

Donald Trump’s chances of winning now rest on an attempt to stop vote counting where he thinks he’s ahead, while demanding the tallies continue where he’s losing.

World / Politics Oct 20, 2020

Trump turns Anthony Fauci into campaign pawn, assailing him as ‘idiot’

Trump’s effort to disparage the scientist invites even more scrutiny of the president’s handling of the outbreak, already rated poorly by voters.

World Sep 27, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett picked by Trump to push court further to right

The loss of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the confirmation of the conservative Barrett, 48, could cement the court’s rightward shift for a generation.

World Aug 14, 2020

Trump claims foreign policy win he craves with UAE-Israel accord

U.S. President Donald Trump hasn’t yet delivered the "deal of the century” he’s long sought in the Middle East, but his administration’s efforts have produced an agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that even opponent Joe Biden is calling a historic step. It’s ...

World Jun 3, 2020

Trump’s show of force fizzles in backlash over protest crackdown photo op

Images of police using tear gas and flash-bang devices to clear protesters ahead of Trump’s walk to the church marred his presidency anew.