NBC News had a close-up look at one of the final deportation flights to Central America during the Biden administration, when immigrant communities nationwide were still preparing for possible large raids by the new Trump government. Here is the step-by-step breakdown of the voyage, which serves as an illustration of how a normal trip of this kind goes regardless of administration. Although each immigration case is unique, the road starts with an arrest for every undocumented immigrant who is eventually deported. An arrest may be the consequence of a workplace raid, a straightforward run-in with the police, such a traffic stop, or, in the case of people with criminal histories, a knock on the door. After that, aliens are sent to a detention center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

According to legal experts, President Donald Trump's decision this week to revoke the security clearances of over forty former intelligence officers is an unprecedented step that highlights his determination to defy long-standing conventions in order to appease his fans and punish his alleged opponents. According to Dan Meyer, a Washington-based attorney who focuses on security clearance matters, this is the most politically charged security action since the Oppenheimer case in the 1950s. Meyer was alluding to Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the covert atomic bomb-building program during World War II. Because of his prewar ties to the Communist Party, Oppenheimer lost his security clearance during the height of the McCarthy era. It has been alleged that prior administrations have...

Late last year, American Express's wealthy customers felt at ease spending more freely once more, Chief Financial Officer Christopher Le Caillect told CNBC. After slowing down from a 7% growth rate early in the year to 6% during the second and third quarters, AmEx card spending increased 8% year over year in the fourth quarter, according to the company's results presentation. All consumer demographics and geographical areas experienced the year-end surge, but millennials and Gen Z users were particularly responsible, as their transaction volumes increased by 16% from 12% in the third quarter. While baby boomers experienced a 4% increase in billings, Gen X customers spent 7% more in the fourth quarter, indicating that older groups were more frugal with their cards. Gen Z and millennials con...

Historic difficulties have dominated Joe Biden's administration.hostilities in Ukraine and the Middle East, growing inflation, and the US military's pullout from Afghanistan. However, what impact will these incidents have on his approval rating? Despite all of the tumultuous events and scandals that occurred during his presidency, Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, saw his popularity rating remain inside a small 9-point range. To find out if Biden's approval rating will follow suit, bookmark this page. His approval rating history is displayed in the chart below, along with that of past Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. As fresh polls are released, it will be updated.

According to court documents released Friday, the two suspects in a shootout that killed a U.S. border patrol agent in northern Vermont had a tactical gear and weaponry arsenal that included a ballistic helmet, night vision equipment, and 48 rounds of jacketed hollow point ammunition in the caliber of.380. The suspects were identified as Felix Bauckholt, a German national who was killed in the gunfight, and Teresa Youngblut of Washington state, who was injured. Just 20 miles south of the Canadian border, a gunfight on a roadway claimed the life of Border Patrol agent David "Chris" Maland, 44. Whether Maland was hit by one of Youngblut's bullets or a shot from a fellow agent is unclear from the court documents. After a border patrol official stopped a blue 2015 Toyota Prius for an immigrati...

A former Arkansas police officer has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault after being seen on camera hitting a guy in handcuffs in the back of a patrol cruiser in August. Joseph Harris turned himself in to the Craighead County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday morning, where he was charged with third-degree battery, filing a false police complaint, and aggravated assault. According to a jail official, he was freed that same morning after posting a $15,000 bond. A day after being caught on tape elbowing, hitting, and slamming a car door against the head of Billy Lee Coram, a man in handcuffs, Harris, 29, was let go from the Jonesboro Police Department. The footage also showed Coram seemingly strangling himself with a seat belt. Coram was being taken back to Craighead County jail from...