-Editorial Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced his candidacy for governor of California on April 2nd, joining an increasingly crowded race to succeed Governor Gavin Newsom in 2026. Becerra, a former state attorney general and longtime congressman, framed his campaign around addressing the state’s affordability crisis, …

-Editorial Authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border, particularly in the Imperial Valley region, are raising concerns over the increasing use of minors as drug mules by criminal organizations. Law enforcement officials report that cartels are targeting vulnerable youth, luring them with promises of quick money or coercing them into smuggling illicit …