There are now 1,250 appointments daily at eight land crossings in Mexico, up from 1,000 previously and 740 in early May.

Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could be knocked off federal food aid programmes and other applicants buried in new paperwork due to changes under the bill.

An investigation into the death of an eight-year-old Panamanian girl being held in immigration custody in Texas revealed her family were repeatedly denied hospital medical care.

The former US vice president was informed by the Department of Justice that it would not pursue criminal charges against him for having classified material at his Indiana home.