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Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico border

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP
Updated 5:51 PM CST, January 22, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.

Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses said the troops will fly helicopters to assist Border Patrol agents and help in the construction of barriers. The Pentagon also will provide military aircraft for Department of Homeland Security deportation flights for more than 5,000 detained migrants.

The number of troops and their mission may soon change, Salesses said in a statement. “This is just the beginning,” he said.

“In short order, the department will develop and execute additional missions in cooperation with DHS, federal agencies, and state partners to address the full range of threats outlined by the President at our nation’s borders,” Salesses said. ...

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Sen. Warren: Big banks hiked interest on borrowers, but not for savers

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As interest rates climbed, major banks charged borrowers more for mortgages and auto loans, yet never increased payouts to savers, despite telling lawmakers they would do so, say two U.S. senators in letters to seven CEOs, shared exclusively with CBS News.

In March 2022, the Federal Reserve started raising the federal funds rate, with banks following suit by hiking rates for mortgages, auto loans and credit cards. But those increases were not matched with high interest rate payouts on savings accounts at banks including Bank of America, Citibank...
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'Blatantly unconstitutional': US judge temporarily blocks Trump's ban on birthright citizenship

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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order banning birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, describing the action as "blatantly unconstitutional."

The decision by U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, a Ronald Reagan appointee, comes in response to four U.S. states — Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington — who sued to block Trump's executive order, which was signed by Trump shortly after being sworn in as president.

Coughenour said Thursday that the executive order...
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John Ratcliffe confirmed as next CIA director, becomes second Trump nominee to gain congressional approval

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John Ratcliffe was confirmed to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Thursday, making him the second of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks to secure their position.

By a vote of 74-25, Ratcliffe was confirmed.

The Senate's full approval of Ratcliffe came after a 14-3 vote by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday evening, which advanced Ratcliffe's nomination to the Senate floor Thursday.

Ratcliffe previously served as Trump's Director of National Intelligence (DNI) from May 2020 until January 2021, during...
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Border encounters drop sharply as Trump launches crackdown on illegal immigration

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EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. southern border has seen a sharp drop in illegal immigrant encounters in the first days of the Trump administration, compared to the final few days of the Biden administration, multiple Department of Homeland Security sources tell Fox News Digital.

The number of Border Patrol encounters at the southern border in the first three days of the Trump administration is 35% lower than the final three days of the Biden administration, the sources said. The numbers do not include encounters at the northern border, or encounters at ports...
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‘Tides are shifting’: Push to codify key Trump-era policy snags dozens of cosponsors, including Dems

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FIRST ON FOX: A bill to restore the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, introduced recently in the House, is racking up cosponsors as it becomes the latest immigration bill to pick up bipartisan support in the chamber.

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, a freshman lawmaker, introduced the Remain in Mexico Act this month.

The bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols, which were introduced during the first Trump administration and required migrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases were...
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GOP lawmaker rolls out MERIT Act to restructure federal workforce based on private sector model

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FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Barry Loudermilk rolled out a measure Thursday that would reform and restructure the federal workforce by focusing on hiring and retaining officials on a merit basis, modeling employee dismissal with that of the private sector, Fox News Digital has learned.

Loudermilk, R-Ga., re-introduced the Modern Employment Reform, Improvement and Transformation (MERIT) Act on Thursday in an effort to hold "inefficient, corrupt government bureaucrats accountable."

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The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member

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The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.

Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA, the nation’s premier spy agency. The Texas Republican is a former federal prosecutor who emerged as a fierce Trump defender while serving as a congressman during Trump’s first impeachment.

The vote was 74-25.

At his Senate hearing last week, Ratcliffe said the CIA...
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Sacklers, Purdue Pharma reach $7.4 billion settlement in opioid lawsuits

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Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to $7.4 billion to resolve mass opioid litigation.
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GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she's "unable to support" Hegseth

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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday she is "unable to support" Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense. She's the first Republican to state her opposition to President Trump's nominee ahead of his Senate confirmation vote.

The Alaska Republican had been seen on Capitol Hill as a possible "no" vote and had tough questions for Hegseth about his views on women in combat, about his character, and about his lack of an FBI background check.

"The leader of the Department of Defense must demonstrate and model the standards of behavior and...
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright citizenship executive order

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Washington — A federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked President Trump's new executive order that seeks to eliminate birthright citizenship.

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour said during a hearing in a challenge to Mr. Trump's order that it is "blatantly unconstitutional," and said he will grant the request for a temporary restraining order sought by four states.

This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Trump threatens to withhold wildfire aid ahead of Los Angeles visit

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Washington — President Trump is threatening to withhold federal disaster aid for the Los Angeles area if California doesn't change the way it manages water in the state.

Mr. Trump said he plans to head to Southern California on Friday to visit the communities affected by the fire. In an interview that aired Wednesday on Fox News, Mr. Trump threatened to potentially withhold federal funding, blasting California's water management and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The president told Fox News' Sean Hannity that he doesn't think the federal government...
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Moderate Republican Murkowski won't back Trump pick Hegseth for defense secretary

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said on Thursday she can't support Pete Hegseth to be President Donald Trump's secretary of Defense.

"Given the global security environment we’re operating in, it is critical that we confirm a Secretary of Defense, however, I regret that I am unable to support Mr. Hegseth," she concluded in a lengthy statement posted to X.

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In her reasoning, Murkowski cited infidelity, "allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking" and...
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JD Vance's first big VP moment on the horizon with possible cabinet tiebreaker vote

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JD Vance's first big moment as vice president is on the horizon as the Senate prepares confirmation votes on President Donald Trump's picks to lead the CIA and Defense Department, which could require Vance stepping in with a tiebreaking vote.

Under the Constitution, vice presidents serve as the president of the Senate and are charged with the sole power of breaking tied votes in the chamber. Vance, who previously served in the Senate before his election as vice president, could employ this power in the coming days as lawmakers make their way...
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Mexico scrambles to build tents to handle mass deportations from US

  • News source: FOX News
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The Mexican government is building large encampments in Ciudad Juárez to receive an expected influx of Mexicans returned to their native country by President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations.

Tent shelters in Ciudad Juárez are made to temporarily house thousands of people and will be prepared in just a few days, city official Enrique Licon told Reuters.

"It's unprecedented," Licon said Tuesday of Mexico's plan to build shelter and reception centers in nine cities south of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Authorities at the site will reportedly...
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Trump expected to pardon pro-life activists convicted under FACE Act

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump is expected to pardon pro-life activists convicted under the FACE Act during President Joe Biden's administration in the coming days.

The pardons, first reported by The Daily Wire, would apply to activists convicted of protesting near abortion clinics during various demonstrations. The details and scope of the pardons have yet to be revealed.

Thomas Ciesielka, a spokesman for the pro-life law firm the Thomas Moore Society, confirmed plans for the pardon to Fox News Digital.

News of the plan comes just one day before the...
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