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The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
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The federal government will allocate nearly $500 million to hazardous fuels reduction in areas with high risk of wildfire in several western states.
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Scientists will get $25 million to study salt lake ecosystems in the drought-stricken U.S. West, as President Joe Biden signed legislation Tuesday allocating the funds in the face of unprecedented existential threats caused by the lack of water.
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The announcement marks the end of the divisive border security effort that has faced months of protests and legal challenges.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.
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The Department of Homeland Security says more migrants may be released into the United States to pursue immigration cases when Trump-era asylum restrictions end next week.
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The Biden administration has announced a new fund to assist tribal communities that’ve been severely impacted by climate change.
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A senior Russian diplomat says Russia and the United States repeatedly came close to reaching agreement on a prisoner exchange and a deal remains possible before the year’s end.
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The Havasupai Tribe will receive more than 7 million dollars in federal funding to boost high-speed Internet access. Like many rural Indigenous communities, the remote reservation in the Grand Canyon has long struggled with connectivity.
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The Center for Biological Diversity has asked a federal judge for permission to join the Biden administration as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Doug Ducey over his stacking of shipping containers on the U.S.-Mexico border.