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What exactly will ICE do at airports? No one seems to know.
- What Exactly Will ICE Do at Airports? No One Seems to Know. The partial government shutdown and spring break crowds have created a nightmare for travelers—and the GOP. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Surprise! Just one day before Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are supposed to be deployed to airports around the country to help reduce long lines caused by ...

Source: motherjones.com
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Trump's reaction to Mueller's death
- WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated the death of Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who was tapped as a special counsel to investigate Russia's efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election and tip the result in Trump's favor. "Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!" Trump wrote on social media, minutes after Mueller's passing ...

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Cuba left in darkness after third power cut in a month | World News
- Country suffers total blackout The Cuban Electric Union says. The power grid collapse comes as Cuba deals with an oil blockade and decaying infrastructure. Cuba's power grid has collapsed for the third time this month, leaving the country in darkness with no electricity. The cut came as the communist government continued to battle with a US imposed oil blockade and decaying infrastructure. The Cuban Electric Union, ...

Source: news.sky.com
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Supreme Court to consider deadlines for late-arriving mail ballots, as Trump continues attacks
- Washington — As voters gear up for the midterm elections in November that will decide control of the House and Senate, the Supreme Court is set to weigh Monday whether states can count mail ballots that are postmarked by, but arrive after, Election Day. The dispute before the high court, known as Watson v. RNC, involves Mississippi's deadline for late-arriving mail ballots and whether its law — and ...

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Hawaii urges residents to 'leave now' amid worst flooding in over 20 years
- People in hard-hit areas of Oahu and Maui told to evacuate with still more rain expected over the weekend As Hawaii endures its worst flooding in more than 20 years, officials urged people in hard-hit areas to "LEAVE NOW". That warning early on Saturday came after heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago, and still more was expected over the weekend. Muddy floodwaters ...

Source: theguardian.com