There are flood warnings in place for more than 26 million Californians.

 More than 26 million people in California, which has already been devastated by a number of disastrous storms, are under flood watches.

Through the weekend, the majority of the state is expected to get precipitation from two Pacific storm systems. In many areas that have already seen flooding recently, the broad inundation is raising those concerns.

The impact of atmospheric rivers has practically reduced California's "extreme" drought classification.

The National Weather Service stated in a bulletin on Saturday that the systems are anticipated to produce "heavy lower elevation rain, considerable mountain snow, and severe winds."

The Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services issued an evacuation notice for many regions Saturday afternoon due to a flood hazard as one of the effects so far. Authorities in Placer County said that Saturday's road closures were also caused by erosion from runoff and falling boulders.

The first system is anticipated to come inland Saturday night and drop a lot of rain on California. The National Weather Service cautioned that 2 to 3 inches of rain might fall near the coast and cause "localised cases of urban and small stream flooding as well as mudslides."

On Sunday, there may be less rain, the agency warned, "with another ramp-up late Sunday into early Monday ahead of a second system."

Additionally, wind advisories are in effect for areas of the coast and Central Valley for persistent winds of 20 to 30 mph and 50 mph gusts.

Throughout the weekend, snow will also continue to fall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, with 3 to 6 feet of accumulation expected through Monday.

At noon on Saturday, the Central Sierra Snow Lab at UC Berkeley reported a snowpack that was about 10 feet deep and that had received more than 21 inches of snow in the previous 24 hours. By Monday morning, another 2 to 3 feet of snow are predicted to have fallen.

A nearly continual barrage of rain and snow has pummelling California. According to state officials, a violent storm system earlier this week caused at least 17 fatalities.

The upcoming week on the West Coast was expected to see a "relentless parade of atmospheric rivers," according to the National Weather Service.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California encouraged citizens to "stay careful" as more hazardous weather was predicted for this weekend.

At a news conference on Friday, he stated, "I realise how worn out you all are." We'll get through this, I just hope you keep a bit more watch throughout the course of the following weekend.

According to the governor, the state is likely to see storms through January 18.

Daniel Amarante of ABC News contributed to this story.

Democrats inside and outside of the West Wing are frustrated by the White House's response to the Biden documents.

 The way the White House has informed the public about the discovery of documents with classified markings at President Biden's former office and his home in Delaware has angered West Wing staffers, officials from across the Biden administration, and Democratic Party officials more broadly, according to CBS News.

Those who spoke with CBS News on the condition of anonymity in order to speak openly about the matter and preserve their professional relationships feel that the president's cherished promises of transparency and competent management of the government were undermined by the decision not to announce the discovery of the documents sooner.

They also worry that the White House's ability to confirm even the most basic details will be greatly constrained now that a special counsel probe is under way.

A Friday statement from a Democrat close to the White House claimed, "They're attempting to put lipstick on a pig." The issue is that they were only given one stick of lipstick and 50 pigs this week.

According to a Northeastern Democratic Party official who is close to the president and his top staff, "There isn't really a comparison to be made between the Biden and Trump document situations. But why on earth didn't they publish the news earlier, perhaps before the holidays? And why didn't they release the entire narrative at once rather than piecemeal with each new document found? Simply said, it was not handled at all well."

Some Democrats in the House are speaking out more about their worries about the situation.

"That wasn't supposed to happen. It requires investigation, which is already being done, "Democratic representative from California Zoe Lofgren stated on MSNBC on Saturday. "As a result, we will have to wait to learn all the specifics, but I have no doubt that we will. Since I haven't spoken to him, I can only assume he is angry about it, but who could be?"

In a broader sense, Rep. Matt Cartwright, a centrist Democrat from Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the president is from, said on Fox News that the federal government needs to "review how departing presidents and vice presidents are going about organising the archiving of their documents, both classified and unclassified, because this can't go on."

He continued, "You're talking about people who are all lining up, they're rewriting their resumes, they're sending them out for new jobs, they're not thinking about, you know, business at hand, it seems to me. Whether it's President Trump leaving office or Vice President Biden leaving office.

The president's personal lawyer, Bob Bauer, defended the public announcement of the discovery of the materials in a statement released on Saturday "attempted to strike a balance between the necessity of public transparency where appropriate and the standards and restrictions required to maintain the integrity of the investigation. The public publication of information pertaining to the inquiry while it is continuing must be avoided due to these factors."

The White House Counsel's office, which is in charge of defending the president in official affairs, announced in a separate statement that it will direct any future press queries about the specifics of the ongoing investigation and discovery of the papers to the Justice Department.

Many Democrats are especially sensitive to media reports that contrast the materials found at Mr. Biden's former workplace and Delaware estate with the National Archives' protracted efforts to obtain hundreds of classified documents from former President Donald Trump over the course of several months.

According to Kyle Herrig, executive director of the Congressional Integrity Project, "comparing Biden's collaboration to Trump's obstruction is like comparing apples with arsenic."

The Democrat-aligned organisation is intended to act as a neutral force in the upcoming onslaught of House Republican oversight investigations, supporting the president and congressional Democrats.

She urged them to say that the president "is cooperating fully" while Trump "repeatedly obstructed efforts to retrieve sensitive documents to the point the Department of Justice had to obtain and execute a search warrant." Herrig sent updated suggested talking points to prominent party activists and frequent television guests on Friday.

The Biden and Trump cases were described by Herrig as, "Interaction vs. Blockade. Stolen vs. misplaced. Subpoena versus voluntary. Instant vs Search Warrant"

Given Mr. Biden's prior criticism of Trump's handling of secret information, another Democrat who advised Mr. Biden's 2020 campaign and has worked in campaign politics in the South and West for decades called the current predicament "hypocritical."

This Democrat, however, claimed that the White House was "sharp" in its reaction to recent positive economic data showing a further decline in inflation and growing Republican calls for cutting federal entitlement programmes in exchange for raising the country's debt ceiling, which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned must be done by early June.

This Democrat stated that the president's political standing should improve if he remains committed to boosting the economy. "Do the documents in Trump's home or Biden's garage truly interest the general populace in America? Not in my opinion. They appear to be more concerned with egg carton costs, in my opinion."

The ground halt by the FAA was caused by a faulty file. Additionally, the backup system contained it.

 The Federal Aviation Administration system failure on Wednesday was caused by a damaged file, which was initially reported by CNN. Officials are still working to determine exactly what caused it.

The FAA stated in a statement issued late on Wednesday that it was still looking into the outage and will "take all necessary precautions to avoid this kind of disruption from happening again."

"Our first investigation has linked the outage to a corrupt database file. There is currently no proof of a cyberattack, "said the FAA.

According to a government official with knowledge of the inquiry into the NOTAM system breakdown, the FAA is still attempting to ascertain whether a single individual or "routine entry" into the database is to blame for the corrupted file.

On Wednesday, a different person familiar with the Federal Aviation Administration's operations gave CNN an exclusive account of how the outage unfolded.

According to the source, air traffic control authorities devised a plan to reboot the system early on Wednesday morning after realising they had a computer problem late on Tuesday.

However, as a result of the outage and the plan, there were a lot of flight delays and a nationwide order was issued to halt all takeoffs of aircraft.

The national NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) database was housed in the computer system that malfunctioned. These notifications inform pilots of problems on the way and at the destination. It has a backup, which administrators switched to when issues with the primary system were discovered, the source claims.

Early on Wednesday, FAA officials told reporters that the problems began to arise around 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

The source told CNN that officials eventually discovered a faulty file in the primary NOTAM system. The backup system also contained a corrupt file.

FAA authorities opted to shut down and restart the primary NOTAM system overnight on Tuesday and into Wednesday. This was a big move because, according to the source, a reboot can take up to 90 minutes.

To minimise the impact on flights, they chose to do the reboot early on Wednesday, before aviation traffic started to travel along the East Coast.

The insider claimed that "they believed they'd be ahead of the rush."

The FAA told reporters during this early morning procedure that the system was "starting to come back online," but added that it would take time to fix.

The system "did come back up, but it wasn't totally pushing out the important information that it needed for safe flying, and it appeared that it was taking longer to accomplish that," the insider said.

Around 7:30 a.m. ET, the FAA imposed a nationwide ground stop, stopping all domestic departures.

Before entering runways, aircraft waiting to take off were held. Air traffic controllers, who keep a static computer or paper record of the active notifications at their desks, verbally informed flights already in the air of the safety notices.

There was "no direct evidence or suggestion," according to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, that the problem was the result of a cyberattack. He also mandated an after-action study.

The NOTAM system, according to the source, is an example of outdated infrastructure that has to be upgraded.

Republicans use their new majority to advance anti-abortion legislation

 With their newly-acquired majority, House Republicans are moving quickly on abortion, passing two bills on Wednesday that make it plain they want more restrictions after the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to abortion last year.

The new GOP-led House passed a resolution denouncing assaults on pro-life organisations, including crisis pregnancy centres, as well as a separate bill creating new penalties for doctors who decline to treat a baby born alive following an abortion attempt.

Both are unlikely to pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, but Republicans said they were keeping their word after promising to take up the matter and other legislative goals in their first days in office.

"You don't have freedom, true liberty, unless government safeguards your most fundamental right, your right to life," declared Jim Jordan, a new Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who oversaw discussion of the bills.

Even yet, the two bills don't exactly make a dramatic statement against abortion, which has become politically difficult for Republicans since since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in June, nearly 50 years after it was decided, and empowered states to impose near-total or complete abortion prohibitions. Many Republicans have rejected the idea of expanding the verdict with a national ban or a compromise restriction that would restrict abortions after a certain point. And it is now obvious that the majority of Americans would be against it.

Republicans are overwhelmingly opposed to legalising abortion "for any reason" and after 15 weeks of pregnancy, according to a July AP-NORC poll. However, a majority of Republicans, 56%, believe that states should normally permit abortion up to six weeks into a pregnancy. Only 16% of Republicans believe that abortion should be "illegal in all situations." 61% of respondents indicated they were in support of a law ensuring access to legal abortion on a national level, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the midterm electorate.

Some Republicans are sceptical about the party's past vehement opposition to abortion rights due to the general opinion.

According to Mace, "this is probably not the way to start off the week."

Republicans who backed the two bills made a point of avoiding any comparisons to overturning Roe and emphasised their restricted focus.

Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri, a Republican and the bill's author, insisted that the Supreme Court ruling had nothing to do with the legislation.

The legislation approved on Wednesday, according to Georgia Representative Barry Loudermilk, reflects Republican aspirations for quick abortion access. More significant reforms, such as a ban on abortion, still "need to be discussed," according to House Republicans, he added.

For the time being, Loudermilk believes the states should handle the situation, "else we start muddying the waters again."

Democrats vehemently opposed the proposals, believing that Republicans were merely laying the framework for a federal ban, emboldened by widespread opposition to the Supreme Court ruling.

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York declared that "the disparities between our side of the aisle and their side of the aisle couldn't be any clearer."

Democrats condemned the resolution denouncing assaults on pro-life organisations as being biassed because it failed to denounce comparable, long-standing violence against abortion clinics. Jerrold Nadler, a New York representative and the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, described the resolution as "woefully insufficient."

Democrats claimed that since abortion is already against the law to kill a newborn, the proposal adding extra punishments for doctors is superfluous. They claimed it would result in complex new requirements that would make it more difficult for health providers to do their duties.

Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., called it "a mean-spirited solution in pursuit of a problem."

The Democratic-led House voted to reinstate abortion rights across the board last summer, but the legislation was defeated in the splintered Senate. By outlawing what proponents claim are medically pointless limitations that prevent access to safe and affordable abortions, the bill would have strengthened the protections Roe had previously offered.

The Senate is likely to treat the GOP legislation similarly this session. According to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Americans chose Senate Democrats "to be a bulwark" against the extremist ideas of the Republican Party.

Republicans are demonstrating how dangerously disconnected from ordinary America, according to Schumer.

Additional classified Biden documents are discovered.

 A new set of secret federal documents have been discovered by the aides to US Vice President Joe Biden at a second location, adding to the White House's mounting political embarrassment.

The first cache was discovered at Mr. Biden's post-vice-presidential private office in Washington, D.C.

The US Department of Justice is investigating the situation.

Donald Trump, a former president, is under criminal investigation for allegedly handling secret documents improperly.

On Wednesday, it remained unclear when or where Biden's staff discovered the extra batch of documents.

Only this week has the first batch of roughly 10 documents been made public after it was found in November at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank close to the White House.

These documents apparently contain US intelligence notes and briefing materials about the UK, Iran, and Ukraine.

Although it's not obvious why they ended up in the private office he started using after that, they are related to his time serving as vice president under President Barack Obama.

Laws governing how secret materials are kept and stored limit access to them to those with special authorization.

After an administration leaves office, all White House records, including those that are secret, must be given to the US National Archives.

Regarding the recently found batch, the White House has not yet made any remarks. However, CBS, a US partner of the BBC, and other US media outlets have corroborated the discovery.

Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary for Biden, declined to respond to inquiries regarding the initial trove of documents during her daily news briefing on Wednesday.

The Department of Justice is looking into this, she said. I won't add anything to what the president said yesterday.

She was questioned about the delay in the news's public release of two months, but she steadfastly refused to explain when Mr. Biden had been informed of it. The revelation was made just a few days before the US midterm elections.

On Tuesday, Mr. Biden stated that he was "surprised" to learn the news and that he was "cooperating" with the law department's investigation.

The debate occurs when a new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives scrutinises the Democratic president.

According to James Comer, the incoming chairman of the House Oversight Committee, "oversight and accountability are coming now that Democrats no longer have one-party rule in Washington."

The committee is looking into the president and his family, and part of that investigation will involve asking the White House to provide records and correspondence pertaining to the classified files.

According to the White House, Mr. Biden's attorneys notified the archives as soon as they found the secret documents at the think tank, and the agency picked them up the following morning.

When Mr. Biden's predecessor's Florida residence was inspected by FBI investigators in August of last year, they found over 10,000 documents that Mr. Trump had not yet given to the National Archives.

Before the FBI arrived at Mar-a-Lago, the justice department had issued a demand for the return of the confidential documents.

Federal authorities seized more than 300 documents with classified markings from the Palm Beach golf club, including 18 with the top secret designation.

Biden submits a timeline

From January 2009 to January 2017, he served as Barack Obama's vice president. From 2018 to 2020, he used a private office in the Penn Biden Center thanks to his connections at the University of Pennsylvania.

First batch of secret documents were discovered at this office on November 2, 2022. CBS News reported on this finding on January 9, 2023.

11 January 2023: NBC News reports on a second discovery made at a different site.

California storms: flash flood warning in San Francisco following evacuations in Montecito and Santa Barbara

 As a series of severe storms continue to hammer California, at least 17 people have died and a five-year-old boy is still missing.

The storms, which started battering the state last week, have now claimed more lives than the two years of wildfires combined.

A flood warning still applies to almost 22 million people in California and some areas of Oregon, and the atmospheric river is expected to keep pouring heavy rains in the area.

The star-studded city of Montecito received an evacuation order due to the intense weather, and on Tuesday the entire city of San Francisco received a flash flood warning.

The search for Kyle Doan, 5, who was carried away when his mother's truck became stranded in a creek close to Paso Robles, resumed on Tuesday as the weather began to improve a little. On Tuesday afternoon, poor visibility compelled emergency personnel to delay the search once more.

Throughout the week, further severe weather is predicted, which could increase the likelihood of flooding, rising rivers, and mudslides on already saturated soils.

During the search for missing mother Ana Walshe, sources say a hatchet, a hacksaw, and blood were recovered in a waste facility.

 At a transfer station in Massachusetts, investigators looking into the disappearance of mother Ana Walshe discovered bloody garbage bags, a hatchet, a hacksaw, a rug, and used cleaning products, according to reports.

The things were discovered at a transfer station in Peabody, which is located about 46 miles from Cohasset, the location of Walshe's last known whereabouts as a mother of three.

After a New Year's Eve meal at her house with her husband and a friend, Walshe, 39, was last seen alive in the early hours of January 1. She allegedly took a rideshare to Logan International Airport in order to catch a trip to Washington, but investigators have uncovered no proof that she recently drove anywhere or flew anywhere from Logan. Her credit cards and cellphone have been inactive since her disappearance.

In connection with his wife's disappearance, her husband, Brian Walshe, is presently jailed on a $500,000 bond. He is accused of misleading authorities. On his behalf, a not guilty plea has been made. The state's Department of Children and Families is in charge of their children, who range in age from two to six.

Prosecutors claim that Brian Walshe was observed spending $450 on cleaning materials, including mops, buckets, tarps, and tape, at a home improvement store the day after Walshe vanished. According to court documents, Brian Walshe did not inform the police about the visit during which he was allegedly sporting a black surgical mask and blue surgical gloves.

The couple's home's basement also contained a broken knife and blood. The investigation team for CBS Boston was also informed by sources that Brian Walshe's car has been seized and seems to have recently been cleaned.

In Wareham, Massachusetts, state police also searched an incinerator but came up empty-handed. According to CBS Boston, anything brought to the plant more than a day ago would have already been destroyed because the facility converts waste into electricity in less than a day.

A spokeswoman for Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey declined to corroborate the findings of the Peabody transfer station in a statement on Tuesday.

According to spokesman David Traub, "search activities undertaken yesterday north of Boston resulted in the collection of a number of objects, which will now be processed and tested to see if they are of evidential value to this case." "At this point, no information on those goods will be given."

Lula promises to punish Bolsonaro supporters following a disturbance in the Brazilian Congress.

 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, has pledged to punish Jair Bolsonaro's supporters for storming Congress.

In addition, followers of the deposed far-right leader surrounded the White House and invaded the Supreme Court.

However, after hours of fighting, police took back control of the structures in the nation's capital, Brasilia, on Sunday night.

Lula visited the Supreme Court building after arriving in the city to observe the damage firsthand.

According to Flavio Dino, minister of justice, 200 persons have already been detained.

The Supreme Court has suspended Ibaneis Rocha, the governor of Brasilia, from office for 90 days. In addition to failing to stop the brawl, Justice Alexandre de Moraes charged him with remaining "painfully mute" in the face of the assault.

Leftist politicians and organisations are calling for pro-democracy demonstrations all around Brazil.

Just a week after Lula's inauguration, hundreds of protesters wearing yellow Brazil football shirts and flags overran police and ransacked the centre of the Brazilian state.

Before sending the national guard into the city to restore order, the seasoned left-wing leader was obliged to proclaim an emergency.

He also mandated the 24-hour shutdown of the capital's core, which includes the major boulevard where the government buildings are located.

The invasion, according to Mr. Dino, was a "absurd attempt to impose [the protestors'] will by force," as he claimed that over 40 buses that had been used to carry protesters to the capital had been taken.

Bolsonaro last week departed the country rather than participate in the inauguration rituals, when he would have handed over the recognisable presidential sash. Mr. Bolsonaro has frequently refused to recognise that he lost the election in October.

Six hours after the unrest started, the 67-year-old, who is thought to be in Florida, condemned the assault and denied being responsible for motivating the rioters in a post on Twitter.

Before he arrived in Brasilia, Lula stated that the events there had "no precedent in the history of our country" and referred to the violence as "acts of vandals and fascists."

He also targeted security personnel, charging them with "incompetence, bad faith, or malice" for failing to prevent protesters from entering Congress.

He remarked, "You'll see in the pictures that they're [police officers] leading people on the walk to Praca dos Tres Powers. They will all be made to pay with the might of the law once we identify the financiers of these vandals who travelled to Brasilia.

O Globo, a Brazilian news agency, released a video of some police grinning and posing for pictures while protesters occupied the congressional campus in the backdrop.

Joe Biden, the US president, tweeted: "I deplore Brazil's attempt to undermine democracy and a transition of power through peaceful means. We fully support Brazil's democratic institutions, and the will of the Brazilian people must not be disregarded."

While some demonstrators broke windows, others entered the Senate chamber and jumped on chairs and used benches as slides.

Social media videos depict demonstrators yanking a policeman from his horse and assaulting him outside the structure.

National TV footage depicts police holding scores of demonstrators wearing yellow vests outside the presidential palace.

Other suspects are seen being brought out of the building with their hands bound behind their backs.

On the lawns in front of the parliament and along the kilometer-long Esplanada road, which is lined with government buildings and historical sites, protesters had gathered since early in the day.

With the roads closed for nearly a block surrounding the parliament area and armed police pairs manning each entry, security had appeared to be tight.

On Sunday morning local time, the BBC reported that there were roughly 50 police officers there. Cars were being turned away at entry points, while people coming in on foot were being frisked and their baggage checked.

When approached by reporters, demonstrators defended their acts without hesitation.

Lima, a 27-year-old production engineer, declared: "After this rigged election, we need to re-establish order."

For my daughters, history is why I'm here, she told the AFP news agency.

Others in the capital city condemned the violence and said it was a sad day for the nation.

Daniel Lacerda, 21, told the BBC, "I voted for Bolsanaro, but I don't agree with what they're doing. If you disagree with the president, just say so and move on; don't hold demonstrations or engage in acts of violence like they are.

And many are making analogies to the takeover of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 by supporters of Mr. Bolsonaro's ally, Donald Trump.

Supporters of Bolsonaro set up camps in places all around Brazil, some of them in front of military facilities. This is due to the fact that his most fervent fans want the military to step in and rig the elections they claim were fraudulent.

The camps in Brasilia had been taken down, and there had been no unrest on the day Lula was sworn in, so it appeared that his election had slowed their movement.

However, Sunday's events demonstrate how hasty those projections were.

Latin American leaders have denounced the violence:

Brazil has the "full support" of Chile, according to Chilean President Gabriel Boric, "in the face of this cruel and terrible attack on democracy."

Gustavo Petro, the president of Colombia, declared that "fascist [had] chosen to organise a coup."

Mexico offered "complete support for President Lula's administration, elected by popular will," according to Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.

Additionally, French President Emmanuel Macron promised Lula his country's "unwavering support" and stated that Lula's "desire of the Brazilian people and the democratic institutions must be honoured."

Biden introduces a new initiative to stop illegal immigration as he gets ready to visit the border.

 President Joe Biden on Thursday outlined a new policy that will allow 30,000 migrants per month from four countries but will also crack down on those who don't use the plan's legal channels in a rare White House address on the country's southern border problem.

The proposal, according to the president, will offer humanitarian "parole" to qualified migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, who were speaking in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. It will work as part of a border strategy that incorporates an expanded use of Title 42 expulsions.

Do not simply arrive at the border. In response to potential immigrants from certain countries, Biden advised them to "stay where you are and apply legitimately from there. "Starting today, you will not be eligible for this new parole programme if you don't apply through the legal process."

The news came as information about a proposal to implement a new rule—a variation of a Trump-era policy commonly referred to as the "transit ban"—was made public by the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice. The new regulation would prevent immigrants from requesting asylum in the United States unless they had already been denied safe haven by another nation. It would also consider those who enter the country illegally ineligible. Prior to the proposed regulation becoming law, DHS and DOJ will take public comments into consideration.

The additional information disclosed on Thursday, according to Biden, "won't cure our entire immigration system but they can help us a good deal in better managing what is a challenging situation." "My administration is going to work to make things at the border better with the tools that we have until Congress passes the funds, a comprehensive immigration plan to reform the system completely," he continued.

The president also announced that he will be making his first trip to the border since taking office. In order to "review border enforcement activities" and "meet with local leaders," Biden said he will travel to El Paso, Texas, on Sunday. Prior to his journey to Mexico City for the "Three Amigos" conference with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts, the visit took place.

The actions are a reflection of the Biden administration's most recent effort to address the overflowing immigration system in the United States. They also occur at a time when the president is under increasing criticism over border issues from both Republicans and Democrats.

The issue has become more pressing for the Biden administration recently as officials made preparations for a court-ordered end to Title 42 limits, only to have the policy's lifting be temporarily blocked by the Supreme Court. The southern border is currently seeing a record-breaking migratory flood, which is likely to be a critical policy concern throughout Biden's presidency regardless of the high court's decision on the Trump administration's policy, which is scheduled to be decided later this year.

In his speech, Biden brought up a proposal he made in the early months of his administration to fix the "broken immigration system," which included measures to stop illegal immigration and defend those who had been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other protections, as well as other "Dreamers" who had been brought to the country illegally as children by their families. Republicans were criticised by the president for turning down both his funding demands and his proposal.

"Our border issues didn't develop over night, and they won't be resolved over night either. It's a challenging issue. Extreme Republicans will undoubtedly campaign on immigration because it is a political issue, he added. "However, they now have an option. They can continue to use immigration to try to win political points, or they can work together to solve the issue and fix the flawed system.

With immediate effect, the humanitarian parole programme expands on the one launched exclusively for Venezuelans this fall, which opened a small door for up to 24,000 migrants with prior ties to the United States and those who could offer financial and other help. The program's implementation, which deals with nations experiencing political and economic unrest, depends on the utilisation of the Title 42 authority to turn away non-recipients at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border agents will turn away Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans in the same manner that they turned away large numbers of Venezuelans in the past few months using Title 42 authority. According to Biden, Mexico has committed to take in 30,000 migrants per month from the four nations.

To deter people from making the risky trip via the Darien Gap, migrants who illegally enter Panama or Mexico will also be disqualified from the programme.

The policy for Venezuelans, which was unveiled in October 2022, expels anyone who attempted to enter the United States illegally through Mexico while requiring migrants to request asylum from their home nation. Humanitarian parole recipients from Venezuela were permitted to fly into the United States. The number of those migrants crossing illegally has dropped 70 percent, falling from about 21,000 in October to 6,200 in November, according to latest U.S. Customs and Border protection data.

The administration is continuing to make plans for the termination of Title 42 limitations, according to Biden, along with new legal avenues and deterrence. In addition to increasing resources including manpower, vehicles, medical assistance, and buildings to support border officials, the government is working to combat cartels and human smuggling networks. According to Biden, greater funds and assistance would also be given to border cities and other areas that get a lot of migrants. DHS intends to increase its engagement with state and local leaders.

These actions come as Democratic-led municipalities hosting migrants bused in from the southern border begged the White House this week to assist them in managing a surge that has already taxed local infrastructure. Republicans have also urged the administration to take additional action, with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) highlighting the high concentration of Cuban and Haitian migrants in South Florida.

Biden has been listening to requests from Democratic mayors of Chicago and Washington, D.C., including Eric Adams of New York, and "he knows that there are things we must do," said Adams.

And I just don't think this completes the thought. Comma is used here. We need to add a period at the end of the statement to indicate that the border issue, which had lasted ten years, is now over.

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, however, referred to Biden's proposal as a "band-aid for a historic flood."

The president's speech was swiftly condemned by immigration reform advocates and attorneys who oppose any expansion of Title 42, which has allowed border agents to immediately expel millions of migrants on public health grounds without considering their claims for asylum. While Thursday's announcements may help the administration temporarily deal with the record number of people fleeing to the U.S., they are only a temporary solution. Officials from the administration have been debating the political ramifications of strengthening public health policy for days.

On Thursday, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) denounced the actions. He stated that although he agreed with the administration's choice to give some immigrants with fewer resources easier access to parole, "this benefit will not be extended to immigrants who are fleeing violence and persecution and do not have the ability or financial means to qualify for the new parole process."

Menendez said in a statement that "restoring rule of law at the border" was affronted by the Biden Administration's decision to expand Title 42, a destructive and inhumane holdover of the Trump Administration's racist immigration strategy. "I am profoundly troubled that the Administration is skirting immigration law, which will heighten confusion and turmoil at the Southern border, rather than working with Congress to find a solution to the several humanitarian situations driving mass migration in our hemisphere."

Combining this action with the revival of a rule resembling the transit ban from the Trump administration forced the administration to defend itself in order to avoid criticism from Democrats and immigration activists. The decision to implement a "illegal" transit ban, according to Menendez, "erases the words and principles carved on the Statue of Liberty."

At a press conference that immediately followed Biden's, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas emphasised numerous times that the new regulation bears "no resemblance" to the transit ban enacted by the previous administration because DHS has already established legal alternatives.

In preparation for the lifting of Title 42 limits, he provided more specifics on his plans to increase Title 8 border processing. In accordance with Title 8, the government would be entitled to swiftly deport anyone who is unable to provide a legal justification, such as a granted asylum application. An immigration prohibition on these immigrants would last for five years.

When asked about possible fallout from the announcements, one administration official responded, "I think rather than seeing this as restricting individuals' abilities to seek asylum, you should see this as managing the border in an orderly and humane way, while also expanding these pathways with the parole programme."

In a lawsuit, Trump is charged with the unlawful death of Officer Brian Sicknick in the attack on the US Capitol.

 The estate of Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who died after addressing the disturbance on January 6, 2021, is bringing legal action against two of the attackers as well as former President Donald Trump for allegedly inciting the riot.

The legal complaint, which was submitted on Thursday in a federal court in Washington, DC, intensifies the difficulties facing the 2024 presidential candidate in relation to his attempts to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power after losing the election in 2020. Trump is already a defendant in a number of other civil litigation connected to January 6, where he claims his office exempts him from responsibility.

The day before the second anniversary of the Capitol attack, Sicknick's estate filed a lawsuit.

Attorneys for Officer Sicknick's estate and his partner Sandra Garza wrote in the complaint that while "Operator Sicknick and hundreds of others—including other police officers, elected officials, and rank-and-file workers at the Capitol—were put in mortal danger, and as the seat of American Democracy was desecrated by the insurgent mob, Defendant Trump watched the events unfold on live television from the safety of the White House." "The dreadful events of January 6, 2021, including the tragic, wrongful death of Officer Sicknick, were a direct and foreseeable result of the Defendants' unlawful activities," the court's ruling reads.

Additionally, the estate of Sicknick claims assault, negligence, and a conspiracy.

In his address prior to the Capitol brawl on January 6, Trump reportedly told his followers in Washington to "fight like hell" and "show strength," according to the lawsuit.

The two Capitol rioters cited in the lawsuit, Julian Khater and George Tanios, entered pleas of guilty to breaches-related offences last July. Later this month, they are scheduled for sentencing.

Khater used the bear spray that was in Tanios' backpack during the incident to spray Sicknick and other cops in the face, causing them to flee as the protesters advanced toward the Capitol steps.

The day after the Capitol breach, Sicknick passed away from natural causes after suffering numerous strokes, according to a 2021 report by the chief medical examiner for DC. According to the examiner, Francisco Diaz, "everything that happened" on January 6 "had a role in his state."

The most serious charge against the former president for being responsible for the uprising on January 6 is the Sicknick wrongful death claim.

The lawyers representing Sicknick are requesting more than $10 million in damages from the court.

Trump has already been the target of legal lawsuits filed by Democratic senators and other law enforcement officials in the wake of the attack on the Capitol. Trump may be held accountable for damages for his activities that contributed to the violence, according to a trial judge's decision, which is currently being reviewed by the federal appeals court in DC. The Sicknick complaint is probably going to follow in that lawsuit's legal footsteps if it is successful.

That pre-existing riot conspiracy case was also brought by some of the same attorneys who brought the Sicknick case. Following the incident, another attorney involved in the Sicknick case represented more Capitol Police officers.

Criminal investigations into the events of January 6 are still going on, and special counsel Jack Smith is now in charge of an inquiry into attempts by Trump supporters to sabotage Joe Biden's victory. Prosecutors have recently launched further investigations, including requesting records from the neighbourhood election officials. No charges have been brought against Trump.