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Inflation has some military families ‘grasping at pennies’
With many living paycheck to paycheck, families are cutting back on everything from grocery shopping and driving to subscription services and eating out.
By Karen Jowers
US troops arrive at border as migration curbs set to end
About 550 U.S. active duty troops have begun arriving along the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of an expected increase of migrants.
By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, AP
US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border
The officials are opening up other pathways ahead of an expected increase in migrants following the end of coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
Active duty troops headed to the US southern border again
About 1,500 troops will help with an expected surge of migrants later this month.
Veteran ‘We Build the Wall’ co-founder sentenced to 4 years in prison
Brian Kolfage, a decorated Air Force veteran, previously pleaded guilty for his role in siphoning donations from the We Build the Wall campaign.
By Jake Offenhartz, AP
Miramar Marine gets 12 years for cross-border drug smuggling
Roberto Salazar II even commissioned "a Mexican songwriter to write a drug ballad known as a ‘narcocorrido’ about him."
Texas House passes act in honor of late Guardsman
The bill may also retroactively give Guardsmen the same protections as law enforcement assigned to the border.
Wars in Iraq and Syria cost half a million lives, nearly $3T: report
The report comes days ahead of the Iraq war's anniversary.
Military groups call on lawmakers to give Texas troops death benefits
Texas lawmakers are considering legislation that would guarantee National Guard troops on state deployment $500,000 in death benefits for their survivors.
A year on, Pentagon’s border mission investigation still missing
The investigation concluded in September 2022, but the results still have not been released.
By Davis Winkie
Operation Lone Star border mission needs $460 million to stay afloat
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission is the biggest deployment of Texas National Guard members to the border in size and duration.
By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune and James Barragán, The Texas Tribune