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to fairly apply the law, unlike how he said he'd been treated by federal authorities. "The vicious, violent and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end," he declared on Jan. 20, 2025. Since then, Trump's administration has gone after multiple elected and appointed government officials who have either directly opposed the Republican president or not granted his wishes. more ...
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Jan. 12 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States will take Greenland "one way or another, and Europe is stepping up in defense of the island nation. Trump has said that the United States must control the territory , which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, to prevent Russia or China from taking it. "I am not going to let that happen," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday. But ...
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Internet blackout hampering efforts to verify if violent crackdown has blunted movement's momentum Iran's foreign minister has claimed the situation in the country has "come under total control" as authorities carry out a brutal crackdown against the nationwide protest movement . Abbas Araghchi made the comments to foreign diplomats in Tehran, without supplying evidence. The few messages and videos to have emerged ...
Source: theguardian.com
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said she had "a very good conversation" with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and that their two governments will continue working together on security issues without the need for U.S. intervention against drug cartels. The approximately 15-minute call came after Sheinbaum said Friday she had requested dialogue with the Trump administration at the end of a week in which he had said he was ready to confront ...
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The largest nurses strike in New York City history has started after negotiators for five major hospitals and the state nurses union failed to agree to a new contract by Monday's deadline. The New York State Nurses Association said nearly 15,000 nurses are now walking off their jobs at five privately-run hospitals: Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West, Montifiore ...
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Judge is asked for emergency hearing after Congress members blocked from ICE facility in Minneapolis
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– The Trump administration secretly reimposed a policy limiting Congress members' access to immigration detention facilities a day after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, attorneys for several congressional Democrats said Monday in asking a federal judge to intervene. Three Democratic members of Congress from Minnesota were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs ...
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THE HAGUE heard accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings began on Monday. The West African country of first filed the case at the in 2019, arguing a so-called "clearance operation" by Myanmar's military in 2017 violated the 1948 Genocide Convention. The Southeast Asian country, which has since been taken over by the military, has ...
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Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The White House shared the new portrait on social media earlier this week The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has swapped out President Donald Trump's portrait and removed accompanying text that referenced his impeachments and the January 6, 2021, ...
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Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Pentagon officials threatened to court martial Democratic senator and cut his retirement rank and pay Democratic Senator Mark Kelly is suing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon officials after Donald Trump's administration threatened to haul the Navy veteran to court and ...
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in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, including battery plants, hydrogen technology projects, upgrades to the electric grid and efforts to capture carbon dioxide emissions. The Energy Department said the projects were terminated after a review determined they did not adequately ...
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