Saturday, November 16, 2024

US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

US intelligence still divided on origins of coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China's leaders did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic, according to results released Friday of a review ordered by President Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

G-7 grapples with Afghanistan, an afterthought not long ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months ago, the leaders of the world’s seven major industrialized democracies met at the height of summer on England’s southwest coast. It was a happy occasion: the first in-person summit of the Group of Seven nations in two years due to the coronavirus pandemic and the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Misread warnings helped lead to chaotic Afghan evacuation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The warnings were clear: The Afghan government would likely fall once U.S. troops pulled out. But intelligence agencies and ultimately President Joe Biden missed how quickly it would happen, losing weeks that could have been used for evacuations and spurring a foreign policy crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Misread warnings helped lead to chaotic Afghan evacuation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The warnings were clear: The Afghan government would likely fall once U.S. troops pulled out. But intelligence agencies and ultimately President Joe Biden missed how quickly it would happen, losing weeks that could have been used for evacuations and spurring a foreign policy crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Misread warnings helped lead to chaotic Afghan evacuation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The warnings were clear: The Afghan government would likely fall once U.S. troops pulled out. But intelligence agencies and ultimately President Joe Biden missed how quickly it would happen, losing weeks that could have been used for evacuations and spurring a foreign policy crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Misread warnings helped lead to chaotic Afghan evacuation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The warnings were clear: The Afghan government would likely fall once U.S. troops pulled out. But intelligence agencies and ultimately President Joe Biden missed how quickly it would happen, losing weeks that could have been used for evacuations and spurring a foreign policy crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Concerns over US terror threats rising as Taliban hold grows

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said Sunday that the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Concerns over US terror threats rising as Taliban hold grows

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said Sunday that the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Concerns over US terror threats rising as Taliban hold grows

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said Sunday that the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Concerns over US terror threats rising as Taliban hold grows

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said Sunday that the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers say China using Interpol to seek dissident's return

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys are asking the Biden administration to release from immigration custody a Chinese democracy advocate who could be deported to his homeland to face what they say are false charges — despite the lack of an extradition treaty between the United States and China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers say China using Interpol to seek dissident's return

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys are asking the Biden administration to release from immigration custody a Chinese democracy advocate who could be deported to his homeland to face what they say are false charges — despite the lack of an extradition treaty between the United States and China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers say China using Interpol to seek dissident's return

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys are asking the Biden administration to release from immigration custody a Chinese democracy advocate who could be deported to his homeland to face what they say are false charges — despite the lack of an extradition treaty between the United States and China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

In 1st visit to intel agency, Biden warns of cyber conflict

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden used his first visit with rank-and-file members of the U.S. intelligence community — a part of government that was frequently criticized by his predecessor Donald Trump — to make a promise that he will “never politicize” their work.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers say China using Interpol to seek dissident's return

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys are asking the Biden administration to release from immigration custody a Chinese democracy advocate who could be deported to his homeland to face what they say are false charges — despite the lack of an extradition treaty between the United States and China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers say China using Interpol to seek dissident's return

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys are asking the Biden administration to release from immigration custody a Chinese democracy advocate who could be deported to his homeland to face what they say are false charges — despite the lack of an extradition treaty between the United States and China.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

In 1st visit to intel agency, Biden warns of cyber conflict

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden used his first visit with rank-and-file members of the U.S. intelligence community — a part of government that was frequently criticized by his predecessor Donald Trump — to make a promise that he will “never politicize” their work.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

In 1st visit to intel agency, Biden warns of cyber conflict

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden used his first visit with rank-and-file members of the U.S. intelligence community — a part of government that was frequently criticized by his predecessor Donald Trump — to make a promise that he will “never politicize” their work.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

In 1st visit to intel agency, Biden warns of cyber conflict

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden used his first visit with rank-and-file members of the U.S. intelligence community — a part of government that was frequently criticized by his predecessor Donald Trump — to make a promise that he will “never politicize” their work.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Biden's 1st visit to intel agency to contrast with Trump's

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making his first visit to an agency of the U.S. intelligence community, looking to emphasize his confidence in national security leaders after his predecessor's incendiary battles against what he often derided as the “deep state.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Biden's 1st visit to intel agency to contrast with Trump's

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making his first visit to an agency of the U.S. intelligence community, looking to emphasize his confidence in national security leaders after his predecessor's incendiary battles against what he often derided as the “deep state.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Afghan pullout has US spies reorienting in terrorism fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two-decade war in Afghanistan has given U.S. spies a perch for keeping tabs on terrorist groups that might once again use the beleaguered nation to plan attacks against the U.S. homeland. But that will end soon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Afghan pullout has US spies reorienting in terrorism fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two-decade war in Afghanistan has given U.S. spies a perch for keeping tabs on terrorist groups that might once again use the beleaguered nation to plan attacks against the U.S. homeland. But that will end soon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and British agencies disclosed on Thursday details of “brute force” methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to try to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Afghan pullout has US spies reorienting in terrorism fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two-decade war in Afghanistan has given U.S. spies a perch for keeping tabs on terrorist groups that might once again use the beleaguered nation to plan attacks against the U.S. homeland. But that will end soon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and British agencies disclosed on Thursday details of “brute force” methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to try to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Afghan pullout has US spies reorienting in terrorism fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two-decade war in Afghanistan has given U.S. spies a perch for keeping tabs on terrorist groups that might once again use the beleaguered nation to plan attacks against the U.S. homeland. But that will end soon.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and British agencies disclosed on Thursday details of “brute force” methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to try to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and British agencies disclosed on Thursday details of “brute force” methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to try to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

No ET, no answers: Intel report is inconclusive about UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released Friday makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

House GOP leader to meet with officer hurt in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

No ET, no answers: Intel report is inconclusive about UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released Friday makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

House GOP leader to meet with officer hurt in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

No ET, no answers: Intel report is inconclusive about UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released Friday makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

No ET, no answers: Intel report is inconclusive about UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released Friday makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

House GOP leader to meet with officer hurt in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

House GOP leader to meet with Capitol officer hurt on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

House GOP leader to meet with Capitol officer hurt on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

House GOP leader to meet with officer hurt in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer who was injured in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and has pushed for an independent commission to investigate the attack will meet with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Military defends Jan. 6 response as House steps up probes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Army leader defended the Pentagon’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because it had to properly prepare for the deployment and that senior military leaders had determined beforehand …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Military defends Jan. 6 response as House steps up probes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Army leader defended the Pentagon’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because it had to properly prepare for the deployment and that senior military leaders had determined beforehand …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Military defends Jan. 6 response as House steps up probes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Army leader defended the Pentagon’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because it had to properly prepare for the deployment and that senior military leaders had determined beforehand …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal intelligence report warns that adherents of QAnon, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement's false prophecies increasingly fail to come true.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Military defends Jan. 6 response as House steps up probes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Army leader defended the Pentagon’s response to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, telling a House panel Tuesday that the National Guard was delayed for hours because it had to properly prepare for the deployment and that senior military leaders had determined beforehand …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Pelosi says House to move forward with Jan. 6 investigations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will move forward with investigations of the Jan. 6 insurrection now that legislation to create an independent commission has stalled in the Senate, saying “we can't wait any longer" to probe the attack.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal intelligence report warns that adherents of QAnon, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement's false prophecies increasingly fail to come true.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US intel report warns of more violence by QAnon followers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal intelligence report warns that adherents of QAnon, the conspiracy theory embraced by some in the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, could target Democrats and other political opponents for more violence as the movement's false prophecies increasingly fail to come true.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: The US investigation into COVID-19 origins

WASHINGTON (AP) — Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: The US investigation into COVID-19 origins

WASHINGTON (AP) — Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: The US investigation into COVID-19 origins

WASHINGTON (AP) — Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US intel report on UFOs: No evidence of aliens, but ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whatever or whoever they are, they’re still out there. U.S. intelligence is after them, but its upcoming report won't deliver any full or final truth about UFOs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US intel report on UFOs: No evidence of aliens, but ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whatever or whoever they are, they’re still out there. U.S. intelligence is after them, but its upcoming report won't deliver any full or final truth about UFOs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US intel report on UFOs: No evidence of aliens, but ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whatever or whoever they are, they’re still out there. U.S. intelligence is after them, but its upcoming report won't deliver any full or final truth about UFOs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'There is stuff': Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

US intel report on UFOs: No evidence of aliens, but ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Whatever or whoever they are, they’re still out there. U.S. intelligence is after them, but its upcoming report won't deliver any full or final truth about UFOs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

AP sources: US report makes no definitive finding about UFOs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government cannot give a definitive explanation of aerial phenomena spotted by military pilots but has found no evidence that they are linked to aliens, according to two officials briefed on an intelligence report examining the issue.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws US concern

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is facing new pressure to resolve a mystery that has vexed its predecessors: Is an adversary using a microwave or radio wave weapon to attack the brains of U.S. diplomats, spies and military personnel?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws US concern

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is facing new pressure to resolve a mystery that has vexed its predecessors: Is an adversary using a microwave or radio wave weapon to attack the brains of U.S. diplomats, spies and military personnel?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Growing mystery of suspected energy attacks draws US concern

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is facing new pressure to resolve a mystery that has vexed its predecessors: Is an adversary using a microwave or radio wave weapon to attack the brains of U.S. diplomats, spies and military personnel?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Takeaways: Partisan discord instead of Jan. 6 answers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House hearing about what went wrong in the Jan. 6 Capitol siege frequently spiraled into partisan shouting matches on Wednesday, with lawmakers more often blaming each other than thoroughly questioning witnesses about the events of the day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Takeaways: Partisan discord instead of Jan. 6 answers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House hearing about what went wrong in the Jan. 6 Capitol siege frequently spiraled into partisan shouting matches on Wednesday, with lawmakers more often blaming each other than thoroughly questioning witnesses about the events of the day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Takeaways: Partisan discord instead of Jan. 6 answers

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House hearing about what went wrong in the Jan. 6 Capitol siege frequently spiraled into partisan shouting matches on Wednesday, with lawmakers more often blaming each other than thoroughly questioning witnesses about the events of the day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

US report: Taliban will likely curtail Afghan women's rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are warning that any gains in women's rights in Afghanistan made in the last two decades will be at risk after U.S. troops withdraw later this year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Latest attack pushes US Capitol Police further toward crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol Police are struggling.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Latest attack pushes US Capitol Police further toward crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol Police are struggling.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP source: Suspect in Capitol attack suffered delusions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one of them before he was shot to death by police, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Saturday. Investigators …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Latest attack pushes US Capitol Police further toward crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol Police are struggling.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP source: Suspect in Capitol attack suffered delusions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one of them before he was shot to death by police, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Saturday. Investigators …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP source: Suspect in Capitol attack suffered delusions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one of them before he was shot to death by police, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Saturday. Investigators …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP source: Suspect in Capitol attack suffered delusions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one of them before he was shot to death by police, had been suffering from delusions, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, a U.S. official told The Associated Press. Investigators believe it …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer has died after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Migrant kids crowded into Texas facility as space runs low

DONNA, Texas (AP) — More than 500 migrant children were packed into plastic-walled rooms built for 32 people, sitting inches apart on mats with foil blankets Tuesday at the largest U.S. Customs and Border Protection holding facility for unaccompanied children.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Over 4,000 migrants, many kids, crowded into Texas facility

DONNA, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration for the first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and the youngest were …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews figures on border, taxes, more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday misstated the reality at the U.S.-Mexico border when he asserted that “nothing has changed” when it comes to the number of children coming to the United States since his predecessor, Donald Trump, was in office. The numbers are up since Biden became …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews figures on border, taxes, more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday misstated the reality at the U.S.-Mexico border when he asserted that “nothing has changed” when it comes to the number of children coming to the United States since his predecessor, Donald Trump, was in office. The numbers are up since Biden became …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews figures on border, taxes, more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday misstated the reality at the U.S.-Mexico border when he asserted that “nothing has changed” when it comes to the number of children coming to the United States since his predecessor, Donald Trump, was in office. The numbers are up since Biden became …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House effort to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border and work with Central American nations to address root causes of the problem.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews figures on border, taxes, more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday misstated the reality at the U.S.-Mexico border when he asserted that “nothing has changed” when it comes to the number of children coming to the United States since his predecessor, Donald Trump, was in office. The numbers are up since Biden became …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews figures on border, taxes, more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday misstated the reality at the U.S.-Mexico border when he asserted that “nothing has changed” when it comes to the number of children coming to the United States since his predecessor, Donald Trump, was in office. The numbers are up since Biden became …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House effort to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border and work with Central American nations to address root causes of the problem.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Photos of migrant detention highlight Biden's border secrecy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those released Monday of immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under foil blankets, separated in groups by plastic partitions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House effort to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border and work with Central American nations to address root causes of the problem.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Photos of migrant detention highlight Biden's border secrecy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those released Monday of immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under foil blankets, separated in groups by plastic partitions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Photos of migrant detention highlight Biden's border secrecy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those that emerged Monday showing immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under foil blankets, separated in groups by plastic partitions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Photos of migrant detention highlight Biden's border secrecy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those that emerged Monday showing immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under foil blankets, separated in groups by plastic partitions.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oil field workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly setting up to hold children crossing the southern border.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s head of Homeland Security sparred Wednesday with members of Congress over the surge of migrants at the Southwest border, refusing to concede the situation was a crisis or even much different from what the two previous administrations faced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oil field workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly setting up to hold children crossing the southern border.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s head of Homeland Security sparred Wednesday with members of Congress over the surge of migrants at the Southwest border, refusing to concede the situation was a crisis or even much different from what the two previous administrations faced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oil field workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly setting up to hold children crossing the southern border.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Emergency sites for migrant children raising safety concerns

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has stopped taking immigrant teenagers to a converted camp for oil field workers in West Texas as it faces questions about the safety of emergency sites it is quickly setting up to hold children crossing the southern border.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s head of Homeland Security sparred Wednesday with members of Congress over the surge of migrants at the Southwest border, refusing to concede the situation was a crisis or even much different from what the two previous administrations faced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s head of Homeland Security sparred Wednesday with members of Congress over the surge of migrants at the Southwest border, refusing to concede the situation was a crisis or even much different from what the two previous administrations faced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Homeland Security head rejects GOP claims of border 'crisis'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Department of Homeland Security pushed back Wednesday against Republican criticism of the Biden administration's border policies, refusing to say that the surge of migrant children entering the United States is a “crisis.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Immigrant teens to be housed at Dallas convention center

DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. government plans to house up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers at a convention center in downtown Dallas as it struggles to find space for a surge of migrant children at the border who have strained the immigration system just two months into the Biden administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Immigrant teens to be housed at Dallas convention center

DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. government plans to house up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers at a convention center in downtown Dallas as it struggles to find space for a surge of migrant children at the border who have strained the immigration system just two months into the Biden administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Immigrant teens to be housed at Dallas convention center

DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. government plans to house up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers at a convention center in downtown Dallas as it struggles to find space for a surge of migrant children at the border who have strained the immigration system just two months into the Biden administration.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

No evidence migrants at border significantly spreading virus

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As he ended Texas’ coronavirus restrictions Wednesday over the objections of public health officials, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has tried shifting concern about the virus' spread to migrants with COVID-19 crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, though without evidence they are a significant factor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

No evidence migrants at border significantly spreading virus

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As he ended Texas’ coronavirus restrictions Wednesday over the objections of public health officials, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has tried shifting concern about the virus' spread to migrants with COVID-19 crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, though without evidence they are a significant factor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

No evidence migrants at border significantly spreading virus

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As he ended Texas’ coronavirus restrictions Wednesday over the objections of public health officials, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has tried shifting concern about the virus' spread to migrants with COVID-19 crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, though without evidence they are a significant factor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Board to begin search for permanent Capitol Police chief

WASHINGTON (AP) — The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Board to begin search for permanent Capitol Police chief

WASHINGTON (AP) — The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Board to begin search for permanent Capitol Police chief

WASHINGTON (AP) — The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Capitol Police chief appeals for National Guard to stay

WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about continuing threats, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police has appealed to congressional leaders to use their influence to keep National Guard troops at the Capitol, two months after the law enforcement breakdowns of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Capitol Police chief appeals for National Guard to stay

WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about continuing threats, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police appealed to congressional leaders Thursday to use their influence to keep National Guard troops at the Capitol, two months after the law enforcement breakdowns of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Capitol Police chief appeals for National Guard to stay

WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about continuing threats, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police appealed to congressional leaders Thursday to use their influence to keep National Guard troops at the Capitol, two months after the law enforcement breakdowns of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Capitol Police chief appeals for National Guard to stay

WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried about continuing threats, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police appealed to congressional leaders Thursday to use their influence to keep National Guard troops at the Capitol, two months after the law enforcement breakdowns of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Law enforcement grapples with US Capitol security after plot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is reviewing a police request to keep National Guard troops patrolling the U.S. Capitol for another 60 days following evidence of a “possible plot” by a militia group to storm the building again, two months after Trump supporters smashed through windows and doors in an …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: What were the warnings before the Capitol riot?

Capitol Police leadership had plenty of intelligence warning that armed extremists were planning to target the Capitol over President Donald Trump’s election loss, according to new testimony Thursday. But their rank-and-file officers were still left exposed against armed rioters who came within steps of lawmakers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Police heeded Capitol attack warnings but overwhelmed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers pressed the acting U.S. Capitol Police chief Thursday to explain why the force wasn't prepared to fend off a violent mob of insurrectionists even though officials had compiled specific, compelling intelligence that extremists were likely to attack Congress and try to halt the certification of Donald …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: What were the warnings before the Capitol riot?

Capitol Police leadership had plenty of intelligence warning that armed extremists were planning to target the Capitol over President Donald Trump’s election loss, according to new testimony Thursday. But their rank-and-file officers were still left exposed against armed rioters who came within steps of lawmakers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Police heeded Capitol attack warnings but overwhelmed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers pressed the acting U.S. Capitol Police chief Thursday to explain why the force wasn't prepared to fend off a violent mob of insurrectionists even though officials had compiled specific, compelling intelligence that extremists were likely to attack Congress and try to halt the certification of Donald …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: What were the warnings before the Capitol riot?

Capitol Police leadership had plenty of intelligence warning that armed extremists were planning to target the Capitol over President Donald Trump’s election loss, according to new testimony Thursday. But their rank-and-file officers were still left exposed against armed rioters who came within steps of lawmakers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Police heeded Capitol attack warnings but overwhelmed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers pressed the acting U.S. Capitol Police chief Thursday to explain why the force wasn't prepared to fend off a violent mob of insurrectionists even though officials had compiled specific, compelling intelligence that extremists were likely to attack Congress and try to halt the certification of Donald …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Capitol Police were warned of violence before riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police knew armed extremists were primed for violence at the iconic building on Jan. 6 and even provided officers with assault rifles to protect lawmakers, the acting chief acknowledged Wednesday. But the wild invasion of the Capitol was far worse than police expected, leaving them unprepared …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: What were the warnings before the Capitol riot?

Capitol Police leadership had plenty of intelligence warning that armed extremists were planning to target the Capitol over President Donald Trump’s election loss, according to new testimony Thursday. But their rank-and-file officers were still left exposed against armed rioters who came within steps of lawmakers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Police heeded Capitol attack warnings but overwhelmed

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers pressed the acting U.S. Capitol Police chief Thursday to explain why the force wasn't prepared to fend off a violent mob of insurrectionists even though officials had compiled specific, compelling intelligence that extremists were likely to attack Congress and try to halt the certification of Donald …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Capitol assault much bigger than intel suggested

WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting U.S. Capitol Police chief was pressed to explain Thursday why the agency hadn't been prepared to fend off a violent mob of insurrectionists, including white supremacists, who were trying to halt the certification of the presidential election last month, even though officials had compelling advance …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Capitol Police were ready for trouble, but not a riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police is testifying before Congress on Thursday as lawmakers press for answers about intelligence and procedural failures that allowed thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump to storm the Capitol last month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Judge bans enforcement of Biden's 100-day deportation pause

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge late Tuesday indefinitely banned President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Texas crisis has governor facing big backer: energy industry

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and iced-over wind turbines but gone easier on another culprit: an oil and gas industry that is the state's dominant business and his biggest …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Capitol police were unsure about using force Jan. 6

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection did not properly lock down the building and were unsure of the rules for using deadly force against the rioters, according to the acting chief of the Capitol Police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Texas governor's biggest donors: Energy industry that failed

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and iced-over wind turbines but gone easier on another culprit: an oil and gas industry that is the state's dominant business and his biggest …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Power failure: How a winter storm pushed Texas into crisis

HOUSTON (AP) — Two days before the storm began, Houston’s chief elected official warned her constituents to prepare as they would for a major hurricane. Many took heed: Texans who could stocked up on food and water, while nonprofits and government agencies set out to help those who couldn’t.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Chief: Capitol Police were warned of violence before riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Police knew armed extremists were primed for violence at the iconic building on Jan. 6 and even provided officers with assault rifles to protect lawmakers, the acting chief acknowledged Wednesday. But the wild invasion of the Capitol was far worse than police expected, leaving them unprepared …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Texas crisis has governor facing big backer: energy industry

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and iced-over wind turbines but gone easier on another culprit: an oil and gas industry that is the state's dominant business and his biggest …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Riot video spotlights mob's focus on stopping Biden win

As the insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol, smashing windows and climbing in over the jagged glass, some of their first audible cries were a declaration of purpose: “Where are they counting the votes?”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Trump can't hang on to lawyers after false election claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump spent much of his career deploying high-powered lawyers to do his bidding. Now he is having trouble finding top-tier help when he might need it most.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Riot video spotlights mob's focus on stopping Biden win

As the insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol, smashing windows and climbing in over the jagged glass, some of their first audible cries were a declaration of purpose: “Where are they counting the votes?”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Riot video spotlights mob's focus on stopping Biden win

As the insurrectionists breached the U.S. Capitol, smashing windows and climbing in over the jagged glass, some of their first audible cries were a declaration of purpose: “Where are they counting the votes?”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Trump can't hang on to lawyers after false election claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump spent much of his career deploying high-powered lawyers to do his bidding. Now he is having trouble finding top-tier help when he might need it most.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In Biden's early days, signs of Trump-era problems at border

HOUSTON (AP) — The day after she gave birth in a Texas border hospital, Nailet and her newborn son were taken by federal agents to a holding facility that immigrants often refer to as the “icebox.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

New riot video shows Officer Goodman point Romney to safety

During the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Democrats revealed new footage of a U.S. Capitol Police officer hailed for his heroism during the Jan. 6 insurrection, this time directing Sen. Mitt Romney to turn around and head in the opposite direction of rioters storming the building.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Trump can't hang on to lawyers after false election claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump spent much of his career deploying high-powered lawyers to do his bidding. Now he is having trouble finding top-tier help when he might need it most.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In Biden's early days, signs of Trump-era problems at border

HOUSTON (AP) — The day after she gave birth in a Texas border hospital, Nailet and her newborn son were taken by federal agents to a holding facility that immigrants often refer to as the “icebox.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

New riot video shows Officer Goodman point Romney to safety

During the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Democrats revealed new footage of a U.S. Capitol Police officer hailed for his heroism during the Jan. 6 insurrection, this time directing Sen. Mitt Romney to turn around and head in the opposite direction of rioters storming the building.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Trump can't hang on to lawyers after false election claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump spent much of his career deploying high-powered lawyers to do his bidding. Now he is having trouble finding top-tier help when he might need it most.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

New riot video shows Officer Goodman point Romney to safety

During the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Democrats revealed new footage of a U.S. Capitol Police officer hailed for his heroism during the Jan. 6 insurrection, this time directing Sen. Mitt Romney to turn around and head in the opposite direction of rioters storming the building.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In Biden's early days, signs of Trump-era problems at border

HOUSTON (AP) — The day after she gave birth in a Texas border hospital, Nailet and her newborn son were taken by federal agents to a holding facility that immigrants often refer to as the “icebox.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Immigrants, activists worry Biden won't end Trump barriers

HOUSTON (AP) — For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

In Biden's early days, signs of Trump-era problems at border

HOUSTON (AP) — The day after she gave birth in a Texas border hospital, Nailet and her newborn son were taken by federal agents to a holding facility that immigrants often refer to as the “icebox.”
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Immigrants, activists worry Biden won't end Trump barriers

HOUSTON (AP) — For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Riot aftermath: Still-shaken lawmakers, troops stand guard

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol was
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Immigrants, activists worry Biden won't end Trump barriers

HOUSTON (AP) — For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Immigrants, activists worry Biden won't end Trump barriers

HOUSTON (AP) — For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Riot aftermath: Still-shaken lawmakers, troops stand guard

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol was
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Riot aftermath: Still-shaken lawmakers, troops stand guard

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol was
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Slain Capitol Police officer honored: 'We will never forget'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders paid tribute Wednesday to slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the building he died defending, promising his family and his fellow officers that they will never forget his sacrifice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Slain Capitol Police officer honored: 'We will never forget'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders paid tribute Wednesday to slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the building he died defending, promising his family and his fellow officers that they will never forget his sacrifice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Slain Capitol Police officer honored: 'We will never forget'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders paid tribute Wednesday to slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the building he died defending, promising his family and his fellow officers that they will never forget his sacrifice.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Guard in DC forced to sleep in garages, sparking outcry

WASHINGTON (AP) — Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls Friday for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent to help after its failure to stop rioting mobs two …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Guard in DC forced to sleep in garages, sparking outcry

WASHINGTON (AP) — Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls Friday for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent to help after its failure to stop rioting mobs two …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Guard in DC forced to sleep in garages, sparking outcry

WASHINGTON (AP) — Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls Friday for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent to help after its failure to stop rioting mobs two …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Guard in DC forced to sleep in garages, sparking outcry

WASHINGTON (AP) — Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls Friday for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent to help after its failure to stop rioting mobs two …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Police command structure crumbled fast during Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. There was no direction. No plan. And no top leadership.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Police command structure crumbled fast during Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. There was no direction. No plan. And no top leadership.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Brian did his job': Family remembers fallen Capitol officer

SOUTH RIVER, N.J. (AP) — From his early days growing up in a New Jersey hamlet, Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Brian did his job': Family remembers fallen Capitol officer

SOUTH RIVER, N.J. (AP) — From his early days growing up in a New Jersey hamlet, Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

US plans family deportations, including girl with broken arm

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to deport more than a dozen children and their parents held at a Texas immigration detention center, including a 4-year-old girl with a broken arm requiring surgery, according to lawyers for the families.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Birth on a riverbank: Woman's ordeal shows risks at border

HOUSTON (AP) — The Honduran woman walked alone through the dark brush of the South Texas borderlands after being pushed across a nearby river in a tire.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Birth on a riverbank: Woman's ordeal shows risks at border

HOUSTON (AP) — The Honduran woman walked alone through the dark brush of the South Texas borderlands after being pushed across a nearby river in a tire.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Obama-era program for immigrants faces new court challenge

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal court next week is expected to consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Obama-era program for immigrants faces new court challenge

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal court on Tuesday will consider whether to invalidate a program that shields from deportation immigrants brought to the United States as children, potentially creating complications for the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court and subvert the will of voters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court and subvert the will of voters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Dismissed election case pushed debunked claims

The elections lawsuit pushed by President Donald Trump and dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court was filled with claims that failed to withstand basic scrutiny.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court and subvert the will of voters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court rejects Republican attack on Biden victory

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court and subvert the will of voters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Dismissed election case pushed debunked claims

The elections lawsuit pushed by President Donald Trump and dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court was filled with claims that failed to withstand basic scrutiny.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Republicans line up behind Trump's attack on the election

HOUSTON (AP) — More than half of House Republicans, including their top two leaders, are backing a Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in an extraordinary display of the party's willingness to subvert the will of voters.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Baseless claims fill Trump-backed election case

A lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to subvert the will of the voters who elected Joe Biden president over Donald Trump makes a barrage of claims that don't hold up under basic scrutiny, no matter how relentlessly Trump and his allies promote the case and push state lawmakers …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hundreds of GOP members sign onto Texas-led election lawsuit

HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, as 106 members of Congress and multiple state attorneys general signed onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Texas-led election lawsuit becomes conservative litmus test

HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate President-elect Joe Biden’s victory has quickly become a conservative litmus test, with many Republicans signing onto the case even as some have predicted it will fail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'A new movement': Trump's false claims take hold in states

HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his reelection loss to Democrat Joe Biden is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it marches toward imminent failure — a demonstration of Trump’s power to bend the GOP to his will …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'A new movement': Trump's false claims take hold in states

HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his reelection loss to Democrat Joe Biden is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it marches toward imminent failure — a demonstration of Trump’s power to bend the GOP to his will …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US fully restores protections for young immigrants

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday that it fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation, complying with a federal judge’s order.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Appeals court rules for Trump taking military money for wall

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a lower court was wrong to bar the Trump administration from taking $3.6 billion from military construction projects for a border wall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Biden is facing high hopes, tough choices on border wall

LOS EBANOS, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has been trying to take Pamela Rivas' land for a border wall since before Joe Biden was vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Trump's failing, monthlong fight against election

President Donald Trump's frantic effort in the courts to delegitimize an election he lost has come no closer in a month to reversing any results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Trump's failing, monthlong fight against election

President Donald Trump's frantic effort in the courts to delegitimize an election he lost has come no closer in a month to reversing any results.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Biden is facing high hopes, tough choices on border wall

LOS EBANOS, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government has been trying to take Pamela Rivas' land for a border wall since before Joe Biden was vice president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US will appeal order barring expulsions of migrant children

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Wednesday appealed a judge's order barring the expulsions of immigrant children who crossed the border alone, a policy enacted during the coronavirus pandemic to deny the children asylum protections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US will appeal order barring expulsions of migrant children

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Wednesday appealed a judge's order barring the expulsions of immigrant children who crossed the border alone, a policy enacted during the coronavirus pandemic to deny the children asylum protections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US agrees for now to stop deporting women who alleged abuse

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government has agreed temporarily not to deport detained immigrant women who have alleged being abused by a rural Georgia gynecologist, according to court papers filed Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Trump's election challenges falling flat in court

While President Donald Trump vows to press ahead with efforts to overturn the election, judges across the country have consistently swatted down his legal challenges.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers: Children detained at border facing COVID exposure

HOUSTON (AP) — Border Patrol agents are detaining about 65 immigrant children at a station in South Texas in conditions that don't control the spread of the coronavirus, with limited social distancing and a lack of access to soap or hand sanitizer, immigration lawyers said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: Trump's election challenges falling flat in court

While President Donald Trump vows to press ahead with efforts to overturn the election, judges across the country have consistently swatted down his legal challenges.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Trump's election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors

When President Donald Trump sends lawyers to court, it seems he’s not sending his best.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: A look at Trump's long-shot legal challenges

As President Donald Trump continues to push falsehoods about the election, his legal team has so far failed to gain any traction in court without evidence of widespread fraud, which experts widely agree doesn’t exist.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

EXPLAINER: A look at Trump's long-shot legal challenges

As President Donald Trump continues to push falsehoods about the election, his legal team has so far failed to gain any traction in court without evidence of widespread fraud, which experts widely agree doesn’t exist.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Judge orders US to stop expelling children who cross border

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to stop expelling immigrant children who cross the southern border alone, halting a policy that has resulted in thousands of rapid deportations of minors during the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Conservative group alleging voter fraud ends its lawsuits

HOUSTON (AP) — A conservative group on Monday moved to dismiss voter fraud lawsuits it had filed in four states days after the group’s leader made baseless allegations questioning the integrity of the election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

EXPLAINER: Trump's challenges fail to prove election fraud

A barrage of lawsuits and investigations led by President Donald Trump's campaign and allies has not come close to proving a multi-state failure that would call into question his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP Explains: Election's validity intact despite Trump claims

The U.S. presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite a huge effort by President Donald Trump to prove otherwise.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

US deports migrant women who alleged abuse by Georgia doctor

HOUSTON (AP) — The Trump administration is trying to deport several women who allege they were mistreated by a Georgia gynecologist at an immigration detention center, according to their lawyers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

US deports migrant women who alleged abuse by Georgia doctor

HOUSTON (AP) — The Trump administration is trying to deport several women who allege they were mistreated by a Georgia gynecologist at an immigration detention center, according to their lawyers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP Explains: Election's validity intact despite Trump claims

The U.S. presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite a huge effort by President Donald Trump to prove otherwise.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

AP Explains: Trump's baseless tweets about vote in 4 states

President Donald Trump on Monday continued to tweet out baseless claims about vote counting, targeting four states that he has already lost or where he is trailing President-elect Joe Biden.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Election officials worried by threats and protesters

Election officials in several closely contested states said they are worried about the safety of their workers amid threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside vote tabulation centers, drawn by President Donald Trump's baseless claim of widespread fraud in the race for the White House.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Election officials worried by threats and protesters

Election officials in several states said Thursday they are worried about the safety of their staffs amid a stream of threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside their doors, drawn by President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of widespread fraud in the race for the White House.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers established during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers established during the pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election

HOUSTON (AP) — Top Trump administration officials visited Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have nearly completed 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, trying to show progress on perhaps the president's best-known campaign promise four years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Report: US knew of problems family separation would cause

HOUSTON (AP) — Months before the Trump administration separated thousands of families at the U.S.-Mexico border, a “pilot program” in Texas left child-welfare officials scrambling to find empty beds for babies taken from their parents in a preview of bigger problems to come, according to a report released Thursday by …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election

HOUSTON (AP) — Top Trump administration officials visited Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have nearly completed 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, trying to show progress on perhaps the president's best-known campaign promise four years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

FROM THE AP: Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A day after roaring ashore as a hurricane, Hanna lashed the Texas Gulf Coast on Sunday with high winds and drenching rains that destroyed boats, flooded streets and knocked out power across a region already reeling from a surge in coronavirus cases.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

‘Coming back and biting us’: US sees virus make a comeback

Stock market slides sharply Wednesday as the virus’s resurgence clouded investors’ hopes for a relatively quick economic turnaround
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Leaders balance optimism with threat of second virus wave

Trump administration officials spoke optimistically about a relatively quick rebound from the coronavirus as life within the White House reflected the challenges still posed by the pandemic: Vice President Mike Pence was “self-isolating” after one of his aides tested positive
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Trump administration urged to free migrants as virus surges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at least one detainee has tested positive for COVID-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions could cause rapid spread of the virus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Trump administration urged to free migrants as virus surges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at least one detainee has tested positive for COVID-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions could cause rapid spread of the virus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

U.S. holds around 37,000 people in immigration detention

WASHINGTON — Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration detention facilities where at least one detainee has tested positive for COVID-19 and advocates fear tight quarters and overall conditions could cause rapid spread of the virus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

US sued to stop deportation of 3 children to El Salvador

HOUSTON (AP) — After being denied U.S. asylum in Texas and returned to a squalid camp in Mexico, a mother from El Salvador chose to send her three children back across the border alone. Now, those children face deportation, even though their father lives in Maryland and is eager to …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

US: Immigrants can seek coronavirus care without fear

PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. government says a new rule disqualifying more people from green cards if they use government benefits will not apply to immigrants with coronavirus or virus symptoms if they seek care.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pregnant 19-year-old dies trying to climb US border wall

HOUSTON (AP) — A 19-year-old pregnant woman from Guatemala died this week from injuries suffered when she fell trying to climb the U.S. border wall near El Paso, Texas, U.S. and Guatemalan authorities said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

More children face immigration judges through video screens

ATLANTA (AP) — Seven children stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a Texas immigration facility. Their image was beamed 1,000 miles away to Atlanta, where a judge sat in a largely empty courtroom and contended with glitchy audio.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

More children face immigration judges through video screens

ATLANTA (AP) — Seven children stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a Texas immigration facility. Their image was beamed 1,000 miles away to Atlanta, where a judge sat in a largely empty courtroom and contended with glitchy audio.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

The preventable death of an asylum seeker in a solitary cell

Roylan Hernandez Diaz’s long journey ended inside a white-walled cell in the solitary confinement wing of a Louisiana prison.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

The preventable death of an asylum seeker in a solitary cell

Roylan Hernandez Diaz’s long journey ended inside a white-walled cell in the solitary confinement wing of a Louisiana prison.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Gangs clash in Waco restaurant

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Dallas health worker tests positive for Ebola

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

A town remembers its heroes

WEST, Texas - Buck Uptmor didn't have to go to West Fertilizer Co. when the fire started. He wasn't a firefighter like his brother and cousin, who raced toward the plant. But a ranch of horses next to the flames needed to be moved to safety.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Car designer, racer Carroll Shelby dies

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Passing on the turkey

Some are holding potluck dinners instead of springing for the entire feast. Others are staying home rather than flying. And a few are skipping the turkey altogether.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Group hacks US law enforcement sites

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a data breach that at least one local police chief said leaked sensitive information about an ongoing investigation.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Poor take lead in abandoning landlines

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A growing number of Americans are getting rid of their old landline telephones and using only cellphones, a trend led not by the high-tech elite but by people in poorer states trying to save money.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO