Global October 2018

This Week’s Top 5 Trending Headlines

The following are the headlines that received the most views on our Facebook page: More Than 60 Higher Education Leaders Endorse Seal of Excelencia

Global October 2018

More Suspicious Packages Found, These To Booker, Clapper

More suspicious packages have been discovered. These latest ones are addressed to former National Intelligence Director James Clapper and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. These latest devices are similar in appearance to the devices that were sent to critics of President Trump.

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Trump Plans To Send Troops To Border As Response To Caravan

President Donald Trump is planning to dispatch 800 or more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as a caravan consisting of thousands of migrants continues to travel through Mexico towards the United States. The caravan is currently more than 1,000 miles from U.S. soil.

Global October 2018

Person Detained In The Mail-Bomb Case

A man in his 50s has been arrested in connection with the mail-bomb scare. Federal authorities made the arrest in Florida. Currently, the scare involves 12 suspicious packages that were mail to critics of President Donald Trump, including former President Barack Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden and Trump’s opponent in the presidential election Hillary Clinton.

Global October 2018

Not Real News: A Look At What Didn't Happen This Week

The following are stories that the Associated Press has found are not legit: CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter and wife photographed with pipe bomb package, Photos show Mexican federal police officers injured by migrants in caravan, Photo shows massive crowd for President Donald Trump's Houston rally, and Ku Klux Klan formed by the Democratic Party.

Global October 2018

Trump: End Birthright Citizenship For Some US-Born Babies

President Trump has declared that he wants to issue an executive order to end the constitutional right to citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to non-citizens. All children born in the U.S. are guaranteed the right to citizenship under the 14th Amendment.

Global October 2018

US Sending 5,200 Troops To Border

As the migrant caravan continues to make its way towards, the Pentagon is sending 2,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. This number is more than double the 2,000 troops who are currently in Syria to fight the Islamic State group.

Global October 2018

Trump Stokes Pre-Election Fear Of Immigrants To Drive Voters

With the midterms less than a week away, President Trump has been focusing on immigration. As the migrant caravan makes it way towards the United States, the U.S. has sent thousands of troops to the southern border. The president has also talked about ending the guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Global October 2018

Trump Far Off Track On Birthright Citizenship

President Donald Trump’s claims about his ability to end birthright citizenship with a swipe of his pen and about the United States being the only country that automatically grants citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. have been fact checked by the Associated Press.

Global November 2018

Trump Says Border Troops Could Hit 15K, Surprising Pentagon

The number of U.S. military troops sent to the United States’ southern border could be as high as 15,000, according to President Donald Trump. This surprised Pentagon officials who said that "more than 7,000" troops were being sent to the border to support Customs and Border Protection agents, but that under current plans that number could reach a maximum of 8,000.

Global November 2018

AP Fact Check: Trump's Hype On Migrants, Illegal Immigration

The Associated Press has examined President Donald Trump’s claims on immigration, which include misleading rhetoric about the migrant caravans being full of hardened criminals and grossly inflated numbers regarding how many immigrants are currently living illegally in the United States.

Global November 2018

Trump Pledges Asylum Crackdown, Tent Cities; Is It Legal?

President Donald Trump has said that he is planning to sign an order regarding two legally dubious proposals: the large-scale detention of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and the barring of anyone who crosses the border illegally from claiming asylum.

Global November 2018

Migrant Caravan Pushes On Toward Mexico's Capital

The migrant caravan is currently traveling towards Mexico City where the group hopes to regroup, rest and seek medical care. At this time it is no clear how many individuals in the caravan might splinter off on their own, as well as what part of the United States border the caravan will eventually aim for once it completes its journey through Mexico.

Global November 2018

What To Watch: After Turbulent Campaign, It's Up To Voters

Today, November 6, is election day for the midterm elections. A number of factors will be closely watched throughout the day including early voting, stakes for the House and Senate, the Year of the Woman, voting problems, and the Trump presidency and administration.

Global November 2018

Voters Talk Immigration, An 'Out-Of-Control' Congress, Trump

Topics and issues voters weighed in on regarding the midterm elections include partisanship in government, women’s issues, immigration, the economy and Trumpism. A historic number of voters are expected to show up at the polls across the nation this year to vote.