Day: November 7, 2023

House committee launches investigation into Biden admin’s handling of border, cutting razor wire

10:05 pm November 7, 2023

The House Republican-led Committee on the Judiciary launched an investigation into the Biden administration’s handling of the immigration crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, including whether the president had the authority to cut razor wire installed by Texas authorities on the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas. In a letter addressed to Department of Homeland Security […]

Twice-arrested Honduran illegal immigrant accused of sex crimes apprehended a third time

9:17 pm November 7, 2023

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that it has arrested an illegal immigrant charged with felony rape by force, threat, or intimidation; abduction by force, and assault on a family member in Herndon, Virginia. Officials say the man illegally entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and without being […]

Second man charged in Connecticut shootout that left 2 dead, including teenage girl

9:09 pm November 7, 2023

Connecticut police have charged a second Pennsylvania man in connection with a shootout that killed two people, including a 17-year-old girl, and wounded two others during a suspected robbery attempt at an apartment where a large amount of money was found, authorities said Tuesday. Police in Hartford said Elexer Orta, 29, of Philadelphia, was extradited […]

How Lebanon’s Hezbollah group became a critical player in the Israel-Hamas war

9:05 pm November 7, 2023

BEIRUT (AP) — When the Lebanese militia Hezbollah announced last week that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, would deliver his first public speech since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, much of the region held its breath. Would Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the Arab world’s most powerful paramilitary force, continue its limited exchanges of fire with Israel or […]

Nashville mayor blasts purported leak of Covenant manifesto as expert says withholding docs is wrong

9:04 pm November 7, 2023

A day after three pages purported to have come from the manifesto of Covenant School shooter Audrey Hale appeared online, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is calling the potential leak a “violation” of the victims’ families as the city investigates whether the leak was “illegal.” “Our first thought was let’s make sure that we continue to […]