WASHINGTON Debt ceiling talks were set to resume Sunday evening as Washington races to strike a budget compromise along with a deal to raise the nation s borrowing limit and avert an economy-wrecking federal default.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday credited the Biden administration s policies for what he said was a significant drop in attempts by migrants to enter the United States illegally, immediately after the expiration of a pandemic-era policy meant to deter those crossings.