Search results for

Also: Former SAPD officers' deadly shooting trial delayed over judge's recusal; Congressional team explores solutions on immigration reform; City's portion of Broadway begins paving work

The confluence of settlement, immigration and detention illustrates the complex issues that are in the headlines and in our identity. In the books We were Illegal: Uncovering a Texas Family’s Mythmaking and Migration and After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America, Jessica Goudeau takes two hard looks at the making of America and the stories we tell ourselves about our place in the nation. In the book, The Migrant's Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration, Brianna Nofil examines the cruelty of the U.S. immigration bureaucracy and the criminal justice system it gave rise to.

Sure, the economy added 236,000 jobs last month and unemployment dropped to 7.7 percent. But questions about low wages, consumer debt and government austerity cloud the sunny picture. We look at five points economists are debating.

This week in the Russia investigations: The House and Senate intelligence committees issued recommendations on election security, and Congress authorized new funding. Will it work?

In Samsung's home country, the conglomerate was already feeling the heat in more ways than one.

President Obama recently announced a plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Three people with close ties to the issue share their views on whether or not to close the detention center.

Ukraine's president will address the U.N. Security Council. Senators reach a $10 billion deal on additional COVID funds. Protesters in Sri Lanka demand the president resign amid an economic crisis.

CRYSTAL CITY — Leaning forward on a two-seat swing beneath a shady tree, Ricardo Lopez ticked off his lofty political ambitions: First, win his…

With people spending much more time at home due to the coronavirus, a presidential puzzle is just the latest example of the campaign capitalizing on in-the-moment merchandise.

WASHINGTON — Worried about “Republican-on-Republican violence,” top party donors are taking action, with one firing off a letter calling for more civility…