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Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are down to their lowest level in decades. Once-crowded migrant shelters are empty. Instead of heading north, people stranded in Mexico are starting to return home in bigger numbers.The border is almost unrecognizable from just a couple of years ago, when hundreds of thousands of people from around the world were crossing into the United States every month in scenes of chaos and upheaval.President Joseph R. Biden Jr., facing a swell of public outrage during the 2024 election campaign, clamped down on asylum seekers and pushed Mexico to keep migrants at bay. By the…

Stephen K. Bannon, one of President Trump’s top allies, threw a party in January at his Capitol Hill townhouse for the Washington bureau chief of Breitbart News, Matt Boyle. The usual guests from the right-wing media ecosystem were there in full force, but one attendee stood out: Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz.Mr. Waltz, who posed for pictures with Mr. Bannon, Mr. Boyle and others, had been invited as part of an effort to rehabilitate him in an administration that was only eight days old. He was in a quandary faced by many Trump aides from the president’s previous…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has urged the US to cease strikes against Yemen’s Houthis, the foreign ministry says.Lavrov spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio by telephone, the ministry said on Sunday.”In response to the American representative’s arguments, Sergei Lavrov stressed the need for an immediate cessation of the use of force and the importance for all sides to engage in political dialogue in order to find a solution that would prevent further bloodshed,” the ministry said.US President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping,…

Confronting History through Negritude.Aime Cesaire, a poet and playwright from Martinique, was a key figure in the Negritude movement, which emerged in the 1930s. Led by black writers from France’s African and Caribbean colonies, the movement rejected colonialism and celebrated African culture and identity. In this animated documentary short, we are challenged to confront history and reclaim the power of self-definition.  

Tennessee state lawmakers introduced a bill to allow school districts and law enforcement agencies to deny enrollment to illegal migrant students.S.B. 836 states that a law enforcement agency or public charter school “may enroll, or refuse to enroll, a student who is unlawfully present in the United States.”Republican Sen. Bo Watson, who sponsored the bill, said the proposal aims to save the state money. The bill was amended to give school districts the option to charge tuition for a student’s enrollment rather than making it a requirement, according to Fox Chattanooga.THREE MORE STATES JOIN TREND OF PASSING UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Collin Morikawa walked into the TPC Sawgrass media center Tuesday morning, less than 48 hours after his deflating missed opportunity Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, with a hundred reporters homed in on one question asked in a dozen different ways.Why didn’t you win?And Morikawa owned his loss. Thirteen out of 16 questions were about his struggles down the stretch at Bay Hill, Russell Henley’s winning, or playing like a top-five golfer at times with one win since 2021 to show for it. He answered them all. He talked eloquently about his shifts in mindset…

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Melbourne United are one win away from NBL glory after Matthew Dellavedova inspired a 83-77 defeat of Illawarra in game three of the championship series.To make matters worse for the Hawks, star import Trey Kell suffered a knee injury in the final minutes as his side went 2-1 down in the best-of-five series.Without his back-court partner Shea Ili (concussion), Dellavedova (16 points, 11 assists, 0 turnovers) was the difference between the two sides in a tense fourth quarter in Wollongong on Sunday.His efforts have put United in the box seat to end the Hawks’ hopes of a fairytale win when…

The hottest play on Broadway was written more than 400 years ago. Demand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal face off in Shakespeare’s “Othello” is so strong that many center orchestra seats are selling for $921, helping the show break box office records.During its first week of previews, its average ticket price was $361.90, more than double that at the next highest-average-price show (“The Outsiders,” at $155.02). And last week “Othello” grossed $2.8 million, more than any nonmusical has ever made in a single week on Broadway.The huge numbers, for a show that has not yet been reviewed and…

PARTY POLLS A total of 70 candidates had submitted their names at first for the CEC contest, but six of them pulled out at the last minute on Saturday. The remaining 64 candidates are vying for 30 positions.  Voting will close at 3.30pm, with the results expected in the evening.     Some 4,203 delegates from 1,650 branches are eligible to participate in the vote for the CEC. The CEC members will then separately cast their vote for leadership positions with three-year terms. In his speech, Lim said that this year’s congress has attracted a lot of media attention because a new…