Border Agents Just Apprehended Convicted Child Molesters and an MS-13 Member at the Texas Border Where There's No Barrier “U.S. Border Patrol agents said Thursday that they apprehended several illegal immigrants at the southern border in Texas, in places where there are no physical barrier walls to deter illegal crossings,” Eddie Scarry reports in the Washington Examiner. “Among those caught crossing into the U.S. were a Mexican man with a previous conviction in Georgia for child molestation, a Honduran man with a record in North Carolina showing a conviction for ‘Indecent Liberties with Child,’ and another Honduran male with a Florida record that identified him as a member of the violent MS-13 gang.” Click here to continue reading.

“President Trump signed a new initiative Thursday to help bring economic security to 50 million women around the world by 2025, calling it a ‘historic step,’” Dave Boyer reports for The Washington Times. Led by Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, or W-GDP, is the first-ever whole-of-government approach focused on advancing women’s global economic empowerment.

Throughout the 20th century, infrastructure was essential to growing America into one of the most powerful economies in the world. In Fox News, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao writes that it’s time for both Democrats and Republicans to join with President Trump to fund infrastructure improvements. “Today, aging and insufficient infrastructure threatens to impede America’s economic growth and impact quality of life in many areas.”

“Ford Motor Company announced Thursday it will invest $1 billion at two Chicago factories to handle production of three new SUVs. The company said in a news release that work on the assembly and stamping plants will begin in March and is expected to be completed by spring,” Brett Samuels reported in The Hill. “The expansion will result in 500 new full-time jobs, bringing total employment at the factories on the city's southeast side to 5,800.”

In The Associated Press, Darlene Superville reports that First Lady Melania Trump “thanked youth anti-drug advocates Thursday for ‘choosing to step up and be part of the solution’ for reducing drug abuse and addiction.” The First Lady told attendees of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s youth leadership forum that “you are our greatest agents for change.”