Today’s Lead News Stories

Members of the Mexican Navy and other federal agencies clashed with alleged members of a criminal cell linked to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), resulting in 12 deaths and nine arrests.

Americans over the age of 65 and other select groups will be approved for the vaccine

George Simion claims presidential election rerun was subject to foreign interference, like last year’s annulled ballot

The Supreme Court is siding with a GOP state lawmaker in Maine who was blocked from voting after she identified a transgender student athlete in a critical social-media post

President says party has ‘unbelievable unity’ to ensure passage in House but some lawmakers remain opposed

A human smuggling attempt ended in tragedy when a migrant drowned in the Rio Grande while fleeing Texas Department of Public Safety officers

Valeria Márquez was a 23-year-old beauty influencer who was shot and killed May 13 while livestreaming on TikTok from her beauty salon

Music mogul’s sex-trafficking trial continues as mother of key witness says she was ‘scared about my daughter’s safety’

The European Union unveiled plans on Tuesday to make it easier to send asylum seekers to third countries to which they have no connection, in the latest overhaul aimed at reducing migration to the bloc, intensifying the debate over migration policy and sparking criticism from rights groups.

Cases in the state are already higher than they were last year at the same period

Foreign secretary David Lammy condemns blocking of aid trucks and calls by Israeli ministers to ‘purify Gaza’