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ICE Agents Shoot Alleged Tren de Aragua Affiliates
(Headline USA) Federal immigration agents shot and wounded two people allegedly affiliated with the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang outside a hospital in Portland on Thursday, a day after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minnesota, authorities said. The shooting drew hundreds of protesters to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building at night, and…
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FBI Names Dan Bongino’s Replacement
(Headline USA) The head of the FBI’s New York field office has been named co-deputy director of the bureau, replacing Dan Bongino following his recent departure, an FBI spokesperson said Friday. Christopher Raia, who helped lead the response to the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day last year, was picked to run…
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ICE Officer Who Shot Woman Was Previously Hit and Dragged by Vehicle Last June
(Headline USA) The federal agent who shot and killed a driver who hit him in Minneapolis is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and who just months ago was hit and dragged by a vehicle driven by a fleeing illegal immigrant,…
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Trump Says He Expects To ‘Run’ Venezuela for Years
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump has told The New York Times that he expects to “run” Venezuela for many years following the US attack on Caracas to abduct President Nicolas Maduro. By “running” Venezuela, the president appears to mean controlling its oil industry and getting access to the country’s vast oil reserves, the largest in…
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US Oil Companies Want Guarantees from Trump Before Investing in Venezuela
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US oil companies want “serious guarantees” from the Trump administration before making large investments in Venezuela, according to a report from the Financial Times. After launching the attack on Caracas that killed around 100 people and resulted in the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro, Trump said the US would “run” Venezuela and that…
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Prosecutor Calls Newsom ‘King of Fraud’ for Oversight Failures
(The Center Square) U.S. First Assistant Attorney Bill Essayli Thursday called California Gov. Gavin Newsom “the king of fraud,” accusing him of a lack of oversight on spending to address homelessness. Essayli made the comments on the “Fox and Friends” telecast, during which he discussed the federal fraud charges that were filed in October against…
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Trump Slashes Guest Worker Visas Program
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration has sharply curtailed supplemental visas for seasonal workers, reducing allocations by nearly half compared to recent years, per a report by Newsweek. The move comes as industries nationwide grapple with persistent labor shortages and an exodus of immigrant workers from the economy. The Department of Labor announced on…
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s Family Bodyguard Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges
(Headline USA) Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a man who worked as his family’s bodyguard is facing federal drug trafficking charges. Justin Salsburey, 43, of Bellefontaine, and his wife, Ruthann Rankin, were each charged late last month with conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute large amounts of narcotics…
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Meta Lines Up Massive Supply of Nuclear Power to Energize AI Data Centers
(Headline USA) Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data center that is being…
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Foreign Gov’t Provided the FBI w/ Evidence about Iran’s Purported Trump Assassination Plot
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department disclosed Wednesday that some of its evidence against Asif Merchant, who is accused of working for Iran in a plot to assassinate Donald Trump, comes from a foreign government—one that wants to remain anonymous. Merchant, a Pakistani national, was arrested on July 12, 2024—the day before Trump was…
