Task begins with ritual. A morning prayer. A fatherly nose rub. A thermos of coffee. A facial ice plunge. It’s a small accumulation of details through which we meet our dual protagonists: FBI recruiter Tom Brandis (Mark Ruffalo) and trash collector Robbie Prendergast (Tom Pelphrey). The thick accents and references to scrapple and water ice quickly clue us in on …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration — and she credited President Trump with the idea. Noem spoke during a visit to a portion of the wall in New Mexico, where she …
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NOGALES, Ariz. — Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community. The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina wire. Shouts ring out, an alert is sounded and a U.S. Border …
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