FBI Director Christopher Wrayon Thursday will warn of an ";elevated threat"; to U.S. public safety and national security while advocating for an increased budget.";Looking back over my career in law enforcement‚ Id be hard-pressed to think of a time where so many threats to our public safety and national security were so elevated all at once‚"; Wray will say to the House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Thursday afternoon. ";But that is the case as I sit here today. This is not a...

Federal agencies used only 12% of their headquarters space in the District of Columbia last year‚ according to a newreportthat confirms government offices in the nations capital have become ghost towns.The Public Buildings Reform Board‚ an independent agency with a mandate to dispose of unused properties‚ said workers sent home by pandemic shutdown policies havent come back to the office. Occupancy rates last year were less than a third of what they were in 2019.The...

The number of Hispanic Americans who endorse building a border wall and deporting illegal migrants has jumped at least 10% while the vast majority support the president even shutting down the besieged southern border‚ according to a new poll.Four in ten Hispanic Americans (42%) want a wall along the US-Mexico border‚ an Axios and Ipsos poll released this week found a 12 percentage point jump from December 2021. Thirty-eight percent also supported sending migrants back to their home...

Hispanics are inching toward more conservative positions on border management‚ though they remain supportive of asylum and a path to citizenship for immigrants lacking permanent legal status‚ according to an Ipsos/Telemundo poll of Hispanic adults released this week.Hispanics also view President Biden as less engaged and less representative of their interests than the Democratic Party as a whole.According to the poll‚ 65 percent of survey respondents said they support a path to...

The percentage of Latinos who say they support building a border wall and deporting all undocumented immigrants has jumped by at least 10 points since 2021‚ according to the latest Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo.Why it matters: The findings suggest former President Trump';s calls for more border security and perhaps his anti-immigrant rhetoric are registering even among people who may have ties to immigration.The findings also reflect the frustration...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem‚ a MAGA Republican shortlisted as a potential running mate for Donald Trump in November‚ is now legally barred from visiting some 10 percent of the lands in her home stateand can be thrown out of those places if she violates the order.The Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council voted on Tuesday to formally banish Noem from its reservation over recent public statements she made suggesting‚ among other things‚ that Native American tribal leaders are in league with...

A state prosecutor will investigate whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones violated criminal law in his efforts to help former President Donald Trump subvert the 2020 election results in the state.Peter Skandalakis‚ director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia‚ has appointed himself to investigate the matter‚ according to a news release.Jones‚ a Republican‚ was one of the 16 fake pro-Trump electorsin the Peach State who signed on to the unofficial electorate certificate...

Harvard University announced Thursday that it is reinstituting standardized tests as a requirement for admission beginning with the class of 2029‚ joining other colleges that are again mandating tests for those hoping to enter the schools.In June 2020‚ Harvard began a temporary test-optional policy under which students could apply to the college without submitting scores. The change was adopted as access to standardized testing during the pandemic became limited.Other schools like Yale...

It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam‚ befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen.Behind the stately yellow portico of the colonial-era courthouse in Ho Chi Minh City‚ a 67-year-old Vietnamese property developer was sentenced to death on Thursday for looting one of the country';s largest banks over a period of 11 years.It';s a rare verdict - she is one of very few women in Vietnam to be sentenced to death for a white collar crime.The decision is...

Squatters rights in New York City may change soon‚ with residents expressing concerns about their safety amid an influx of squatters appearing in their neighborhoods.Proposed bills in the state Legislature would‚ for the first time‚ differentiate between squatters and tenants and create a shift in protections.New York State Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz introduced Assembly Bill 6894‚ which would protect the rights of homeowners and add squatting to the definition of criminal...