The president said he wouldn’t seek congressional approval for his expanding military offensive against cartels, but some in his party believe Congress should weigh in.

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Officials say intercepted communications are the core of the intelligence collected on the boats.

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Some conservative policy advisers and commentators, including Laura Loomer and Stephen K. Bannon, are raising questions about the administration’s policy in the region.

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Our government is once again committing human rights abuses on the ostensible authority of a legal opinion that is being kept secret from the public.

Tao was not a Chinese dissident, just an ordinary worker who wanted freedom. Deportation did not stop him from trying again.