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Supreme Court Sides With Trump, Overturning 9th Circuit on Illegal-Immigrant Detention
In a 5-4 ruling Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a win on its policy of detaining illegal immigrants targeted for deportation. (Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg/ Getty Images) A closely divided Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its efforts to combat illegal immigration in a 5-4 ruling Tuesday. In the majority opinion by Justice…
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UK and EU leaders in danger of misunderstanding each other
Both sides want orderly Brexit but May’s job – and Boris’s future one – may depend on it. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson leaves the Cabinet office in London on Tuesday. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty As Theresa May prepares to ask EU leaders to delay Brexit at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, the two sides are in danger of…
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Bolton: Venezuela regime change gaining momentum
White House. national security adviser John Bolton said President Trump has been very clear about his message in Venezuela. “All options are on the table,” Bolton told FOX Business’ Stuart Varney. on Tuesday. “Our objective here is the peaceful transition of power from Maduro to Juan Guaido, the interim president. And I think the momentum is in that direction.”…
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As Venezuela crisis deepens, Colombia rebel threat is growing, says U.S. military
“It’s essentially a lawless region now inside Venezuela along the border and the FARC dissidents and the ELN have taken advantage of that,” U.S. Admiral Craig Faller said. Rebels of Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) patrol the river in the northwestern jungles of Colombia on Aug. 30, 2017.Federico Rios / Reuters file As the United…
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Trump’s trade war puts China’s once vaunted economy in real peril
Photo by: Ben Margot The Yang Ming shipping line container ship Ym Utmost is unloaded at the Port of Oakland on Monday, July 2, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. The Trump administration on Friday, July 6, 2018, will start imposing tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) BEIJING — Since the 2009 global financial crisis hobbled…
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Trump officials privately bracing for North Korea’s next move
Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is privately discussing how to respond should North Korea decide to conduct a satellite launch as talks between Washington and Pyongyang appear to be at another impasse, CNN has learned. Rhetoric between the two countries has become more heated and provocative in recent weeks following President Donald Trump and Kim Jong…
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Germany likely to renege on pledge to Trump to boost military spending
BERLIN – Berlin could renege on its pledge to raise military spending, in the latest gesture of defiance by German Chancellor Angela Merkel toward U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly blasted NATO leaders for not meeting a target of spending 2 percent of economic output on defense. If confirmed at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, the…
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Cyclone may have killed more than 1,000 people, Mozambique president says
“It is a real disaster of great proportions,” President Filipe Nyusi said. Members of the public and military personnel search for survivors and bodies in Ngangu township Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe, on March 18 2019, after the area was hit by the cyclone Idai.Zinyange Auntony / AFP – Getty Images JOHANNESBURG — More than…
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Here’s what the European Union did to stop migrants from coming
AGADEZ, Niger — In four years, Europe has cut down its illegal migration flow by almost 90 percent from its peak in 2015, and it has countries like Niger to thank for the dramatic drop. For years, migrants from West African countries used Niger as a crossing ground on their way to Libya and then onto Europe….
