Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost a ninth straight vote for a new speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, but the back-room bargaining continues between the California Republican and populist conservative dissidents demanding new leadership.
President Joe Biden’s administration announced steps officials said would improve border security and help slow illegal immigration while helping migrants obtain legal status in the United States.
A newly unsealed probable cause affidavit shows how authorities identified 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger as the suspect in the killings of four University of Idaho students, revealing that they used a combination of cellphone records, his white Hyundai Elantra, and DNA evidence that was allegedly found at the crime scene….