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In this Sept. 30, 2020, photo, a passerby walks past a hiring sign while entering a Target store in Westwood, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

$100 trillion in new debt over next 30 years: CBO

The government has opened the spending spigot over the last year to deal with the coronavirus crisis -- but the Congressional Budget Office says unless something changes, Uncle Sam's freewheeling ways will last long after the pandemic is over.

March 4, 2021
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle sits parked near where a Las Posadas event at the U.S.-Mexico border wall took place, as several asylum seeking families participate in the event on the Mexico side of the border fence Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Douglas, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Joe Biden border wall halt creates smugglers’ highway, sheriff says

President Biden's decision to stop border wall construction forced crews to put down tools and walk away in the middle of work -- and left the border less secure than ever in some places, according to an Arizona sheriff whose county covers 83 miles of the boundary.

March 3, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McConnell blasts ‘Big Business’ for backing amnesty

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that the Biden administration is bungling the border "crisis," but he also took aim at "a certain cross-section of Big Business" which he said has jumped on board a push for amnesty for current illegal immigrants.

March 3, 2021
A migrant family crosses the border into El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. After waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country as they wait for courts to decide on their cases, unwinding one of the Trump administration's signature immigration policies that President Joe Biden vowed to end. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

DHS secretary blames Donald Trump for new border surge

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, watching the U.S.-Mexico border situation spiral downward, blamed his Trump predecessors Monday for leaving him with a "gutted" system that he said is unable to manage the needs.

March 1, 2021
A girl waves to a young man watching from Mexican territory who said he was her cousin, as a group of Honduran asylum seekers is taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents after the group crossed the U.S. border wall into San Diego, California, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Biden catch-and-release strategy threatens communities by ignoring coronavirus precautions

Even as the Biden administration talks tough on mask mandates and coronavirus precautions, the Homeland Security Department is releasing thousands of people into the country across the southwestern border. Many have traveled thousands of miles over weeks, crowded into vehicles and stash houses, with no thought for masks or social distancing.

February 28, 2021
President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File )

Trump wins Washington Times-CPAC straw poll

Former President Trump is the early leader among conservatives for the GOP's 2024 presidential nomination, according to The Washington Times/CPAC poll released Sunday -- but even if he's not at the top of the ticket, conservatives said the Trump agenda must be continued.

February 28, 2021