Family Arrested by US Border Agents While Trying to Relocate to Canada
The mother of a family of four undocumented immigrants who were arrested by U.S. Border agents while fleeing to Canada has told Newsweek they spent more than two weeks in a locked windowless cell. “My four-year-old would wake up crying. She dreamed of running free in the park and going to McDonald’s,” Aracely told Newsweek. […]
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Service Members Killed in Crash Near Southern Border: What We Know
Three service members were involved in a vehicle crash along the southern border Tuesday morning in which two of them were killed, the Joint Task Force Southern Border said in a statement. Newsweek reached out to the task force via email late Tuesday night for comment. Why It Matters Since his January 20 inauguration, President […]
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Donald Trump Expands US Military Role in Southern Border Protection
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Border Collie Owner With ‘No Sheep’ Puts Dog To Work Around House Instead
A Border collie’s way of helping his owner with daily household chores has amazed viewers on TikTok, after his owner shared a video of him tidying away washing and binning litter. When the canine’s owner, Daze Livingstone (@dazelivingstone), brought Fable home in 2022, she never expected the dog to become her occasional personal assistant. Livingstone, […]
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All Quiet on the Southern Front: How the Border Has Changed Under Trump
The United States-Mexico border may be calmer than usual under President Donald Trump, but it is far from secure, according to a top Border Patrol official. Since his inauguration on January 20, Trump has enacted significant changes, primarily through executive orders, with a focus on immigration. The Republican leader vowed to “seal the border,” and […]
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NATO Ally’s Leader Calls to Expand Troop Presence on Russian Border
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signaled on Thursday that he will be expanding what he calls his “East Shield,” a large-scale military initiative aimed at strengthening Poland’s border with Russia—part of NATO‘s eastern flank. Newsweek has contacted Russia’s Foreign Ministry for comment by email. Why It Matters NATO member states have been sounding the alarm […]
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Trump Border Czar’s New Warning to Illegal Migrants: ‘You Got a Problem’
President-elect Donald Trump‘s “border czar” Tom Homan warned that migrants in the country illegally aren’t “off the table” while discussing possible deportations and immigration plans in the coming second Trump administration. Homan, Trump’s former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a Project 2025 contributor, was announced as the next person “in […]
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Border Agents Seize 11,000 Rounds of Ammunition on Election Day
More than 11,000 rounds of ammunition were discovered in a pickup seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Texas on Election Day. The illegal ammo shipment was concealed in the quarter panels of a 2011 Honda Ridgeline crossing the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) at the El Paso port of entry. “The […]
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Mexico’s National Guard Kills 2 Colombians, Wounds 4 Others Near US Border
Mexico’s National Guard shot and killed two Colombians and wounded four others in what the Defense Department claimed was a confrontation near the U.S. border. What Happened? The incident occurred on a remote road near Tecate, close to the California border. Mexican authorities stated that a National Guard patrol came under fire after encountering two […]
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How Trump’s Border Wall Will Block Illegal Pedestrian Immigration
By Dr. Wayne Grudem The wall works Some videos on YouTube show one man cutting through a section of border wall and another man climbing over the wall with a long ladder. Viewers might conclude that “walls do not work” and are a “waste of money.” But these conclusions are not true. President Trump successfully […]
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