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Florida says it’s helping feds deal with migrant surge but not directly intervening

MIAMI — Florida’s emergency response to the influx of migrants from Cuba and Haiti arriving by boat will be one of surveillance and not interdiction as 150 to 200 troops and officers work with federal Homeland Security officials “to increase coastal vigilance and provide improved situational awareness on migrant activities,’’…

Miami Herald

Florida state police in Keys for migrant landings as Coast Guard ships Cubans back home

KEY LARGO, Fla. — The six state troopers greeting a boat with 28 Cubans aboard in Key Largo on Sunday hinted at a stepped-up Florida response to a long-running influx of migrants into the southern island chain that Gov. Ron DeSantis recently declared a state emergency.

Miami Herald

Ron DeSantis activates National Guard as migrants arrive in Florida

Other governors across the U.S. have taken similar steps in recent years amid the ongoing border crisis.

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Gov. DeSantis activates Florida National Guard to respond to South Florida migrant surge

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis called out the Florida National Guard on Friday to help respond to the surge of migrants that have been arriving in South Florida by boat in recent weeks.

Miami Herald

Appropriators puzzled by Air Force cuts to 'critical' programs - Roll Call

Appropriators want the Air Force to explain why the service is not buying aircraft it recently deemed critical.

Roll Call

Four human skulls destined for US found in cardboard box at airport

Mexico’s National Guard made the grim discovery as the remains passed through X-ray equipment

Wales Online

Mexican authorities uncover human skulls in package headed for U.S

Four human skulls were discovered inside a package at a Mexican airport that was due to be sent by courier to the United States, local authorities said on Friday.

Reuters

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What are the final revelations from the January 6 investigation?

US House committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews about January 6 attack and former President Donald Trump.

Al Jazeera

Former Philly politico Jamie Fleet told Jan. 6 committee that preparations for election challenges started in summer 2020

Testimony from a former Philadelphia politico and top adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described how Democrats were worried about former President Donald Trump’s effort to challenge the results of the 2020 election months before Americans cast their ballots.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

EXPLAINER: How blizzard stunned even winter-wise Buffalo

The death toll from the blizzard that hit the Buffalo area over the weekend has grown to nearly 40

The Independent UK

Hellish winter continues its icy grip on the US as dozens die and others stranded

Around 25 motorists were forced to seek refuge at a Target store amid whiteout conditions in a suburb of Buffalo, New York last Friday, but were unable to leave until Christmas Day

Daily Mirror

Dozens have died in the Buffalo area as National Guard begins door-to-door checks

The National Guard is conducting door-to-door wellness checks in neighborhoods that lost power as authorities search for more casualties.

WEKU

Mexico president asks residents to reject drug gang gifts

Mexico's president is appealing to the country's citizens not to accept holiday handouts and gifts from drug gangs

The Independent UK

Trump claims ‘there was no insurrection’ in video blasting Jan 6 report

Former president claims Jan 6 violence was ‘protest that got tragically out of control and which the left has been weaponizing ever since’

The Independent UK

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House Jan. 6 panel pushes for Capitol Police changes, funding

WASHINGTON — The final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol added to bipartisan calls for changes to the U.S. Capitol Police that protects the building and members of Congress.

Roll Call

House Jan. 6 panel pushes for Capitol Police changes, funding - Roll Call

The final report from the House Jan. 6 select committee added to bipartisan calls for changes to the U.S. Capitol Police.

Salon

Trump rages over final Jan. 6 report

Trump lashed out over the committee's findings — but the report already refuted his claims

Tribune News Service

As nation awaits Jan. 6 report, Republicans release their own

WASHINGTON — On the eve of the expected release of the final report from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, a group of Republican lawmakers put out their own account of the attack that focused instead on Capitol Police preparedness that day.

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As nation awaits Jan. 6 report, Republicans release their own - Roll Call

The report comes after months of Republican criticisms of the bipartisan Jan. 6 panel and days before the GOP retakes control of the House.

Al Jazeera

US Capitol riot: What to expect from January 6 panel’s report

The January 6 congressional panel’s final report is expected to focus on Donald Trump’s role in the Capitol attack.

The Texas Tribune

With rifles and razor wire, National Guard and state troopers are blocking migrants at the border in El Paso

As cities on the Texas-Mexico border continue preparing for a possible influx of migrants and Title 42 remains in limbo, a shallow spot in the Rio Grande where thousands have recently crossed became the scene of a standoff Monday.

Salon

DOD worried about "illegal" Trump order

Jan. 6 committee reveals concerns inside the Pentagon that the military would be dragged into Trump's Big Lie

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois man gets 18 months in prison for fighting with National Guard during Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot

Matthew Capsel was arrested just weeks after the Capitol riot for fighting with members of the National Guard. He later wrote on social media that “on the 6 good men had to do a bad thing.”

The Texas Tribune

After a Texas National Guard member died, his family got no financial payment. Lawmakers want to change that.

In April, Bishop Evans drowned after jumping into the Rio Grande to save two migrants being swept away by the current. His family members will receive no financial payment, but they would if he worked for DPS or was under federal deployment.

Reuters

Migrants tell of mass kidnappings in Mexico before crossing into the U.S.

Many of the hundreds of migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juarez into El Paso this week were part of a group kidnapped in Mexico as they made their way to the United States, according to nine migrants interviewed by Reuters.

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