Ben Fox, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette - Page 2 of 4

FILE - In this Sunday, March 14, 2021, file photo, migrant children and teenagers are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas. Teenagers began arriving Sunday at a converted camp for oilfield workers where volunteers from the American Red Cross will care for them. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

News

Child border crossings surging

by Ben Fox Associated Press, and Elliot Spagat Associated PressMarch 16, 2021

Security forces take part in a military drill to mark the eighth death anniversary of President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, late Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

News

US offers residency to Venezuelans

by Ben Fox Associated PressMarch 8, 2021

Honduran boys whose family wants to seek asylum in the U.S., play on the sidewalk in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Thousands of people are waiting to claim asylum and more come each day, falsely believing they will be able to enter the U.S. now that former President Donald Trump is out of office. While President Joe Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administration hasn't lifted some of the...

News

Biden pressed as US shifts course on immigration

by Elliot Spagat Associated Press, and Ben Fox Associated PressFebruary 15, 2021

Protesters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, near the Ohio Clock. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

News

Trump supporters storm US Capitol, clash with police

by Ben Fox Associated Press, Ashraf Khalil Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressJanuary 6, 2021

With the Washington Monument in the background, people attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump near the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

News

US Capitol locked down as Trump supporters clash with police

by Ben Fox Associated Press, Ashraf Khalil Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressJanuary 6, 2021

FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

News

US says hack is ‘grave threat’

by Ben Fox Associated PressDecember 17, 2020

FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, fired Krebs, the director of the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election. Trump fired Krebs in a tweet, saying his recent statement defending the security of the election was “highly inaccurate.” (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

News

Election security official fired by Trump sues over threats

by Ben Fox Associated PressDecember 8, 2020

FILE - In this May 22, 2019 file photo, Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. “I have confidence that your vote is secure, that state and local election officials across this country are working day in and day out, 24/7, that the 2020 election is as secure as possible,” Krebs said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

News

Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security

by Ben Fox Associated PressNovember 17, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

News

Trump cuts ties with WHO over virus response

by Ben Fox Associated PressMay 29, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

News

Trump vows to suspend immigration over virus

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, and Ben Fox Associated PressApril 21, 2020