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While these numbers at the border are sharply lower, the immigration courts are seeing historically high volumes of cases.

Democrats are tired of Joe Biden saying he would have won. What they want, they say, is for the former president to admit to ...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt hotel empire, has the kind of profile that seems destined to ignite debate ...

The 21st of July looms for Kamala Harris and the much smaller world of advisers left around her. It’s the day she’s set to ...