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The Shadow Wolves, an elite Tohono O'odham Nation-based border patrol group, could expand under Gallego's bill.

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The Trump administration’s deployment to Latin America offered a nugget of insight into the president’s unusual worldview.

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El Salvador's Congress voted on Wednesday to allow minors convicted of crimes linked to organized crime to be housed in the ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the lawsuit Wednesday, saying "New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over ...

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...