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Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The Trump administration has imposed new sanctions on Venezuela, targeting three nephews of President Nicolas Maduro's wife, Cilia Flores, as well as six crude oil tankers and shipping companies linked to them, as Washington steps up pressure on Caracas. Two of the sanctioned nephews were previously convicted in the United States on drug trafficking charges before being released as part of a prisoner exchange. The ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The long-awaited Federal government campaign to quash state-by-state AI regulations is on. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11 directing the federal government to establish a new national approach to artificial intelligence and to push back against state-by-state AI rules the administration says are slowing U.S. innovation. For banks, payments firms and FinTechs leaning on AI for fraud ...
Source: pymnts.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on Friday to the cheers of a crowd assembled outside. A federal judge had ordered that immigration officials could not detain him. Abrego Garcia appeared for the appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, some 14 hours after he was released from ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The Justice Department's mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James is on life support after a grand jury, for the second time, rejected an indictment that would have revived charges against her. Lindsey Halligan , appointed by President Donald Trump to run the office, now faces the decision on whether to try again next week or pull the plug and risk the wrath of the president who ...
Source: aol.com
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article President Donald Trump pushes for release of jailed former county clerk, who has become a cause celebre for MAGA conservatives President Donald Trump has announced a pardon for former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, currently serving a nine-year jail sentence for her part in ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Dec 12th, 2025 -
The United States is planning to require some visitors to provide their social media history from the past five years, according to US President Donald Trump's administration. This requirement will apply to visitors who do not need a visa to enter the US. Here is a closer look at this proposal: What is the US planning to do? The proposal was announced on the Federal Register by the US Customs and Border Protection ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked Democratic legislation that would have extended enhanced tax credits for over 20 million people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act for the next three years, setting up big health insurance premium hikes next year. The 51-48 vote capped a bitter months-long battle in Congress over health care that included the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. In ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Homeland Security Secretary Noem defends Trump's hard-line immigration policies during tense hearing
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
defiantly defended the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies on Thursday during a House committee hearing, portraying migrants as a major threat faced by the nation that justifies a crackdown that has seen , deportations and a dizzying pace of restrictions on foreigners. Noem, who heads the agency central to approach to immigration, received backup from Republicans on the panel but faced from ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
Ukrainian president says plan would not be fair without guarantees that Russia would not simply take over zone The US wants Ukraine to withdraw its troops from the Donbas region, and Washington would then create a "free economic zone" in the parts Kyiv currently controls, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Previously, the US had suggested Kyiv should hand over the parts of Donbas it still controlled to Russia, but the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it plans to create a militarized zone along the U.S.-Mexico border in California to support border security operations for three years, the latest in a controversial series of moves aimed at securing the border amid the government's immigration crackdown. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said in a written statement that the agency plans to transfer about 760 ...
Source: latimes.com
Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 -
By WASHINGTON -- The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services narrowed more than 10% from August to September, as the Trump administration's tariffs continued to weigh on trade, data from the Commerce Department showed Thursday. Imports grew just 0.6% from August to $342.1 billion, while exports rose 3% in the month, to $289.3 billion. Because exports grew more than imports, the U.S. trade deficit shrank, in line ...
Source: miamiherald.com