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WASHINGTON (AP) — One week after Election Day, President Donald Trump's daily drumbeat of warnings about a caravan of "bad thugs" and potential terrorists intent on invading the U.S. from Mexico has largely fallen silent.The migrant caravans are still trudging along, the largest still about 1,000 miles from the southern border, but Trump — and many in the conservative media — have dramatically reduced the frequency and intensity of their dire warnings now that they no longer feel the same urgency to stir up GOP voters.Trump and his media allies have largely moved on. They're more focused now on the possibility of electoral chicanery in recounts in Florida's Senate and governor's races.Within the West Wing and in Trump's orbit of allies, there is a sense that the caravan was a useful midterm messaging tool, one that became the centerpiece of an eleventh-hour pre-election strategy modeled on the president's 2016 campaign pledges to crack down on illegal … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s warnings about migrant caravan fall off after midterm elections

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the partial government shutdown (all times local): 7:15 p.m. The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says what's happening on the U.S. southern border is no emergency. W. Craig Fugate, who ran the national disaster agency for nearly eight years under President Barack Obama and was head of Florida's disaster agency under a Republican governor, says the push of refugees seeking asylum on the border with Mexico is not a national emergency. President Donald Trump has called it a crisis and is weighing declaring it a national emergency to bypass a reluctant Congress and fund his long-promised border wall. Fugate says Trump "is posturing, blustering." __ 6:40 p.m. The Senate has approved a bill to ensure that all federal employees will be paid retroactively after the partial government shutdown ends. The bill requires that all employees — including those who have been furloughed — be paid as soon as … [Read more...] about The Latest: Former FEMA boss says no emergency at border

Citing “no justification” for stationing National Guard troops at the U.S.-Mexico border, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) issued an executive order Monday withdrawing more than 110 soldiers and airmen of the Wisconsin National Guard from Arizona’s southern border.“There is simply not ample evidence to support the president’s contention that there exists a national security crisis at our southwestern border,” Evers said in a statement, referring to President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. is facing an immigration emergency:There is simply not ample evidence to support the president’s contention of a national security crisis at our southwestern border. Therefore, there is no justification for the ongoing presence of Wisconsin National Guard personnel at the border. https://t.co/ggPNa10zWW— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) February 25, 2019Evers’ predecessor, Republican Gov. Scott Walker, deployed the state’s National … [Read more...] about Wisconsin Gov. pulls National Guard troops from Mexico border

NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border would hit American consumers - in the gut.From the avocados on avocado toast, to the limes and tequila in margaritas, the United States is heavily reliant on Mexican imports of fruit, vegetables and alcohol to meet consumer demand. Nearly half of all imported U.S. vegetables and 40 percent of imported fruit are grown in Mexico, according to the latest data from the United States Department of Agriculture.Americans would run out of avocados in three weeks if imports from Mexico were stopped, said Steve Barnard, president and chief executive of Mission Produce, the largest distributor and grower of avocados in the world."You couldn't pick a worse time of year because Mexico supplies virtually 100 percent of the avocados in the U.S. right now. California is just starting and they have a very small crop, but they're not relevant right now and won't be for another month or so," said … [Read more...] about Avocado shortages, virgin margaritas: Border shutdown would hit American’s stomachs