US halts all asylum claim decisions after National Guard shooting

In social media post Trump claims baselessly that Biden did not sign off on the orders himself, escalating longstanding campaign against his predecessor Trump says he plans to cancel most of Biden’s executive orders West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey reaffirmed his support for the state’s National Guard members deployed in Washington, DC. “When you have these terrorists, when you have these evildoers, you’re not going to back down when they go after our servicemen and women,” Morrisey, a Republican, told CNN. I’m devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old. As families across the nation come together today to celebrate Thanksgiving, let us take a moment to think of those in West Virginia who have been plunged into unimaginable grief. Continue reading...

The directive comes hours after Donald Trump said the US will pause migration from "third-world countries".