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ICE is denying people their due process rights and endangering their lives in the process.
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks
Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length
www.theguardian.com
Armed federal agents in black balaclavas climbed into the car of a U.S. citizen they had detained and drove off with his toddler still strapped into her carseat in the back.
Masked Feds Drive Off in U.S. Citizen’s Car With Toddler in Backseat
A video shows masked and armed agents arresting the man outside a Home Depot, then taking his car with his 1-year-old daughter still in her carseat in back.
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SCOOP: Trump has raised about $1.9 billion from an array of corporate donors.
No president has raised so much money, so quickly, for so many different reasons.
No president has raised so much money, so quickly, for so many different reasons.
Scoop: Trump's $2 billion fundraising binge
No president has raised so much money, so quickly, for so many different reasons.
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is that good.
$TSLA - BYD WIDENS LEAD OVER TESLA IN U.K. EV MARKET Chinese automaker BYD sold nearly seven times more cars than Tesla in the U.K. in October, according to new industry data. BYD’s year-to-date sales jumped over sixfold to 39,103 vehicles, while Tesla’s fell 4.5% to 35,455.
Pakistan's fears over closer India-Taliban ties are influencing its approach to peace talks with Kabul, analysts say.
Why is Pakistan making India a key figure in its dispute with the Taliban?
Pakistan's fears over closer India-Taliban ties are influencing its approach to peace talks with Kabul, analysts say.
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The 2025 elections were good to Democrats with wins in several major races, including governor's races in two states. And, the ongoing government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. n.pr/4hGRIcK
5 takeaways from the 2025 elections. And, the shutdown now the longest in U.S. history
The 2025 elections were good to Democrats with wins in several major races, including governor's races in two states. And, the ongoing government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history.
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Commentary: According to Chinese academics, economists, and retired military officers, the country's leaders are not losing any sleep over Donald Trump's America First agenda.
What Chinese leaders really think of Trump
The Chinese view is that we are entering a prolonged phase of counter-globalization.
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Commentary: According to Chinese academics, economists, and retired military officers, the country's leaders are not losing any sleep over Donald Trump's America First agenda.
What Chinese leaders really think of Trump
The Chinese view is that we are entering a prolonged phase of counter-globalization.
ebx.sh
HOSTIN: You don't believe in QAnon anymore? You've changed?
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, I haven't changed. I was a victim just like you were of media lies and stuff you read on social media
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NEW: US could see closed airspace, "mass chaos" next week if shutdown doesn't end, Duffy warns
US could see closed airspace, "mass chaos" next week if shutdown doesn't end, Duffy says
Travelers have already seen widespread disruptions at airports over staffing shortages.
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New York City voters will choose their next mayor today, closing out an eventful campaign between Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Here are seven stories to get you up to speed. https://cnn.it/4nBu8iS
'Bleak reality of' Trump’s 'Gilded Age' as MAGA wages war on food assistance
'Bleak reality of' Trump’s 'Gilded Age' as MAGA wages war on food assistance
When Donald Trump, during one of his campaign rallies, declared, "I love the poorly educated," that type of populist-right messaging was a radical departure from pre-MAGA conservatism. Republicans, for decades, praised the ultra-rich as "job creators" and "exceptionalists" while attacking recipients...
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Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died.
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of US history, dies - The Boston Globe
The former vice president, a hard-charging conservative who was a leading advocate for the US invasion of Iraq, died at age 84.
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Palestinian children in Gaza City are returning to schools reopened during the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. At least 20,000 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.
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As we're remembering that Dick Cheney killed a million Iraqis, remember that the death toll from cutting USAID funding will be still larger than that.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts
A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.
www.npr.org