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Maribel, who fled Honduras with her four children in 2014, is among the more than 660,000 asylum seekers in the US immigration system still waiting to resolve their cases. This logjam has bogged down the US immigration court system, leaving hundreds of thousands of people often waiting years for a resolution.

The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a short-term government funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of next week.

Republicans felt they were finally united in their quest to take back the House and Senate -- with the political winds at their back and President Joe Biden reeling from an array of domestic and international problems.

Republican candidate Vernon Jones announced Monday he was ending his bid for Georgia governor and would instead run for Congress in 2022.

The Virginia Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed last month by parents in Chesapeake, Virginia, who alleged that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's mask executive order ran afoul of the state constitution.

A second defendant has signed a guilty plea agreement for his participation in the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted to CNN that the United States and Germany are on the same page when it comes to Russia and Ukraine, even as he refused to discuss the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany.

Fani Willis cast doubt on Trump's argument that he can't be prosecuted for potential crimes committed during his time in office.

A former Chicago bank executive was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison Monday for conspiring with one-time Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to exchange risky bank loans for a high-ranking position in the presidential administration.

There's a lot of news in North America on Covid-19 requirements. In Canada, protests against vaccine requirements have snarled Ottawa, the capital. In the US, more states are planning to go mask-optional in schools as Covid-19 case numbers decline.

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in place Monday, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the political power of Black voters.

Before he bowed and scraped to Donald Trump in the 2016 GOP primary, Chris Christie had built a national reputation as a straight shooter.

The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when former President Donald Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favor.

House Democrats on Monday introduced a short-term measure to extend government funding through March 11, an effort to avert a shutdown at the end of next week since funding is currently set to expire on February 18.

The spread of conspiracy theories and disinformation is fueling the "heightened threat" environment in the United States, warns the latest national bulletin issued Monday by the Department of Homeland Security.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared Monday to voice support for a controversial state bill that would ban certain discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.

The White House maintained its adherence to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance encouraging mask usage in schools Monday as some states take steps toward lifting mask mandates in the classroom.

Eric Lander, a top science adviser to President Joe Biden, resigned Monday after a White House investigation that found he had violated workplace policies became public.

President Joe Biden and Germany's leader sought to put on a united front Monday at the White House, but one key sticking point appeared to remain despite their pledges of unity: The future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Mike Pence just crashed his political career into Donald Trump -- and the former President's ongoing claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent and should have been overturned on January 6.