Jackson Richman

The new rule would allow Citizenship and Immigration Services to refer asylum applications to immigration judges without first interviewing the applicant.

In its interim rule published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services wrote that “the asylum system in the United States is facing an unprecedented crisis that is straining its adjudicatory capacity and undermining the timely protection of individuals seeking refuge.” The rule change is expected to reduce the backlog in the asylum system.

The initiative reflects Washington’s strategy to diversify sources of essential minerals currently dominated by China.

The two candidates are both Democrats, so whoever wins will narrow the Republican majority in the House of Representatives.

Family, friends, and others were in attendance at First Baptist Church in South Carolina’s capital, Columbia.

If confirmed, Keith Sonderling would succeed Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who stepped down in April.

Machado said that while she would not participate in the talks, she would not stand in the way of ’real progress.’

All eyes will be on Michigan’s Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat that could determine which party controls the upper congressional chamber.

In conversations with voters in the 7th Congressional District, where turnout was low, residents expressed different views about the issues they care about.

The House Ethics Committee report accused Edwards of having ‘engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers.’