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Democrat Rips Into Kristi Noem For Sending ICE After Veterans And Their Family Members
- During a Thursday national security hearing, Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) methodically questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the brutal anti-immigration crackdown her department is carrying out on behalf of President Donald Trump . The Democrat managed to secure a verbal pledge from Noem to, at the very least, take a look at certain individual immigrants' cases of alleged mistreatment at the hands ...

Source: huffpost.com
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Border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia intensify with airstrikes and artillery attacks
- SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Cambodia said Thailand launched more airstrikes Thursday, as heavy fighting flared along the two countries' border and both sides accused the other of violating their sovereignty along the contested border region. The latest large-scale fighting was set off by a skirmish Sunday that wounded two Thai soldiers and derailed a ceasefire pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump that ended five ...

Source: apnews.com
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US wants Ukraine to withdraw from Donbas and create 'free economic zone', says Zelenskyy
- 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
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Trump administration claims that spending $140 million on jets for deportations will save money
- In its latest splurge, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will spend nearly $140 million on six Boeing 737 planes to deport immigrants. The new DHS planes are intended to cut costs "by allowing ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to operate more effectively," Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told The Washington Post . The planes will be purchased with funding granted by the One ...

Source: reason.com