Large groups of migrants using drains under border barriers to sneak into U.S.

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Border Patrol agents have been seeing larger groups of undocumented immigrants entering the U.S. at once, putting a strain on resources along the border in recent months. “Since October of this year, we’ve been seeing … Read More

US hiring stumbles in November as economy adds just 210,000 new jobs

Economists expected payrolls to increase by 550,000 in November. U.S. job growth significantly undershot expectations in November, suggesting that difficulty in attracting new workers is weighing on the labor market’s recovery from the pandemic, even as COVID-19 cases dissipated nationwide. … Read More

Op-Ed: Continuing Trump’s pretext to block asylum claims, Biden defies the law and good politics

The so-called Title 42 border closure, which uses the COVID-19 pandemic to justify immediate expulsion or deportation of people fleeing persecution and torture, has always been heartless and illegal. So why is the Biden administration indefinitely continuing this most egregious … Read More

Congressional Republicans vow to block US sanctions relief for Iran

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Letter signed by 25 Republican representatives on Monday accuses Biden administration of withholding information on Iran A group of 25 Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to US President Joe Biden this week pledging to block any sanctions relief … Read More

Iran’s Military Gears Up for Vienna Talks by Vowing to Annihilate Israel

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JNS.org – Renewed negotiations over a return to or revision of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers from which former President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018—kicked off in Vienna on Monday … Read More

US in Hypersonic Weapon ‘Arms Race’ With China -Air Force Secretary

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The United States and China are engaged in an arms race to develop the most lethal hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Air Force secretary said on Tuesday, as Beijing and Washington build and test more and more of the high-speed next-generation … Read More

Beijing Condemns Visit By U.S. Lawmakers to Taiwan

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Washington and Taipei have not held official diplomatic relations since 1979. Five U.S. legislators made an unannounced one-day visit to Taiwan and met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday, reaffirming America’s support for the island’s self-governance amid increasing tensions … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 26 November 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, What is this, a Biblical pestilence? Did you ever doubt for a moment that there would be “variants,” lots of them? It’s uncanny. Just when the reports were that cases were on the wane we have a … Read More

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