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Nearly $6B in Ukraine aid at risk if Congress doesn’t act by month-end
The Biden administration has asked Congress to include the funding authority in any continuing resolution lawmakers may manage to pass by Sept. 30.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
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.
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
Post-Global War on Terror, different missions for the National Guard
The chief of the National Guard Bureau talks training and deployments.
Ruben Gallego on defense priorities, concerns in the new Congress
Gallego spoke with Military Times about possible investigations, spending cuts and his defense policy goals for the new Congress.
By Zamone Perez