After a tense election, and six days of ballot counting, Democrat Katie Hobbs officially flipped the Arizona governor’s seat, by 1 percentage point. As one of nine new governors entering 2023, Katie Hobbs is just one name you need to know. Hobbs was a social worker and has served in the state House and Senate.…

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, some U.S. lawmakers have warned that aid to Ukraine will not slow down. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Punchbowl News in October that further aid to Ukraine would become more difficult to pass if Republicans took control of the House of Representatives. The GOP did, in fact, win…

U.S. Border Patrol had over 16,000 migrant encounters over the weekend, according to Chief Raul Ortiz. That includes a surge in El Paso, Texas, where the Border Patrol has averaged 2,460 daily immigrant encounters over the last three days according to the sector’s acting Chief Patrol Agent Peter Jaquez. On Sunday night alone, more than…

There’s been a lot of press recently about “rainbow” fentanyl – pills in a variety of bright colors that the Drug Enforcement Agency claims is designed to look like candy. But many experts say that’s a myth. They don’t believe Mexican drug cartels and street dealers have launched a marketing campaign to entice kids to try…

The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented shipping crunch with consumption off the charts. But now the industry is left with an excess of shipping containers as demand for goods falls. Container depots are filling with the empty vessels, raising questions about what to do with these giant steel boxes. Here are some creative ways shipping…

The National Border Patrol Council, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection union, is expressing little confidence that the replacement for former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus will be an improvement. President Biden accepted Magnus’ resignation Saturday effective immediately. Deputy Commissioner Troy Miller will be acting commissioner until a permanent replacement is nominated and…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced last week the tent complex that opened last month as a migrant center will close this week. The city cited a slowing down of migrants arriving in the city from southern border states as a reason for closing the migrant center. Any remaining migrants will be offered space…

The governor of Arizona announced on Twitter that the state has resumed placing shipping containers along the Mexican border in places where there are gaps between border walls. In a four-tweet thread, Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., described it as “our Border Barrier Mission.” “The unresolved border and public safety crisis caused by the Biden administration…

Heading into the midterm elections, Republicans are ramping up criticism of President Biden’s energy and immigration policies. Biden is getting blamed for the likelihood energy prices will head even higher as we move into the winter months. New England’s power grid operator has already warned of rolling blackouts if demand far exceeds supply. But that’s…

According to an exclusive report from The New York Post, the Biden administration pressured El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser to refrain from declaring a state of emergency over the city’s migrant crisis. The pressuring was reportedly due to fear an emergency declaration would make President Joe Biden look bad. Citing “sources familiar with the matter,”…