Biden says he’s restricting asylum to help ‘gain control’ of the border
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s restricting asylum to help “gain control” of the U.S.-Mexico border. The American Civil Liberties Union says it’ll sue over Biden’s plan to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the border. Biden signed the proclamation Tuesday as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability before November’s elections. Biden’s order would bar migrants from being granted asylum when U.S. officials deem the southern border to be overwhelmed. The Democratic president has contemplated unilateral action for months, especially after Republican lawmakers rejected a bipartisan security deal at the behest of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Trump says Biden has surrendered the southern border.
India’s popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?
NEW DELHI (AP) — Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after claiming victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power. The win has made Modi, 73, only the second leader in India to return as prime minister for a third-straight term. Supporters see him as a cult figure who has improved India’s standing in the world, and credit his pro-business policies with making the economy the world’s fifth-largest. To his critics, though, Modi is an authoritarian responsible for eroding India’s democratic and advancing divisive politics that have harmed Muslims who make up 14% of the country’s population.
Jurors in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial see the document at center of the case for the first time
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors on Tuesday got their first look at the document at the center of Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial. Prosecutors shows the form after spending hours detailing Hunter Biden’s drug problems. The case is dredging up painful memories for the president and his family, and revealing new and highly personal details about their struggles with addiction and grief as the 2024 election looms, all while the first lady and Hunter Biden’s sister Ashley watched from the front row of the courtroom.
Arizona voters will decide whether local police can make border-crossing arrests
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature has given final approval to a proposal that will ask voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry. The 31-29 vote Tuesday by the Republican-controlled House bypasses opposition from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and instead sends the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot. It would draw the state directly into immigration enforcement. State and local police could arrest people crossing the border without authorization, and state judges would have the power to order those convicted of the offense to return to their countries of origin.
Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Felony forgery charges have been filed in Wisconsin against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. The charges were filed Tuesday against Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis and former Trump aide Mike Roman. Authorities said Roman delivered Wisconsin’s fake elector paperwork to a Pennsylvania congressman’s staffer in order to get them to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021. All three are due in court in September. Troupis and Chesebro did not return voicemail messages left Tuesday. Roman’s attorney said he was reviewing the charges.
Garland slams attacks on the Justice Department, telling lawmakers: ‘I will not be intimidated’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is forcefully rebuking what he describes as “unprecedented” attacks on the Justice Department. Garland on Tuesday told House Republicans who have sought to hold him in contempt that he will “not be intimidated.” During a hearing before the the House Judiciary Committee, Garland condemned what he said are “baseless and extremely dangerous falsehoods” being peddled about the FBI and slammed threats to defund the special counsel prosecutions of former President Donald Trump. His appearance comes as Republicans have moved to hold him in contempt for the Biden administration’s refusal to hand over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur.
House passes proposal sanctioning top war-crimes court after it sought Netanyahu arrest warrant
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed legislation that would sanction the International Criminal Court for seeking an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The 247-155 vote delivered Washington’s first rebuke to the war-crimes court even as partisan divisions over the Israel-Hamas war intensified. The Republican-backed proposal only managed to garner some Democratic support after a bipartisan effort to respond to the court’s stunning action against Israel was rejected by the White House last week. The bill is expected to go to the Senate where it is unlikely that the Democratically-controlled chamber chooses to take it up.
Mexico’s next president faces 3 pressing challenges: money, dialogue and the US election
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s newly elected president faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, cash-straitened social programs and the long shadow of her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. But for some analysts what awaits Claudia Sheinbaum mostly comes down to three things: money, dialogue and what happens in the U.S. election. She begins her six-year presidential term Oct. 1, so has four months to define her agenda. During this time, López Obrador is expected to continue delivering his daily morning press briefings as he tries to solidify his legacy. The coexistence might be far from easy: He has divided society; she says she wants to unite it. He is a leader of the masses; she is an academic and a scientist.
Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden’s push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. A poll shows high prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago shows about 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to buy an EV the next time they buy a car, while about half aren’t ready to give up on gas-powered vehicles. The results indicate President Joe Biden’s plan to dramatically raise EV sales is running into resistance from drivers.
Southwest US to bake in first heat wave of season, and records may fall with highs topping 110
PHOENIX (AP) — The first heat wave of the season is bringing triple-digit temperatures earlier than usual to much of the Southwest U.S. Forecasters warned residents Tuesday to be ready for “dangerously hot conditions” with highs expected to top 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the days ahead in Las Vegas and Phoenix. By Wednesday, the National Weather Service says most of an area stretching from southeast California to central Arizona will see “easily their hottest” weather since last September. Record daily highs will be in jeopardy throughout the region. The unseasonably hot weather is expected to make its way into parts of the Pacific Northwest by the end of the week.
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