Donald Trump formally designated Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations, a move intended to grant US law enforcement broader authority to disrupt their operations ...

On January 20, a Border Patrol agent was shot dead during a traffic stop in Vermont. It quickly emerged that a German citizen had also died and that a 21-year-old woman had been arrested.

Mr Huffman said the death occurred “in the line of duty”. The identity of the agent, who was assigned to the US Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector, was not immediately released. The sector ...