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Republicans Push Back on Trump's Venezuela Strategy: Salazar Questions Oil Deal as Ted Cruz Demands Elections

Trump also said Venezuelan crude would be used to replenish the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve and eventually help reduce fuel prices. However, Venezuela's damaged infrastructure will ...
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Inside the AI, Crypto and Betting Cash Industries Bankrolling the 2026 Midterms — and Texas Is Ground Zero

A smartphone screen displays the logos of OpenAI and Anthropic against a blurred backdrop of the American flag, symbolizing the intensifying competition in artificial intelligence between the two ...
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ICE Buys 6,000 Electric Shock Gloves Designed to Force Compliance in Nearly $17 Million Deal

U.S. federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain immigrants and asylum seekers reporting for immigration court proceedings at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building's U.S ...
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Chicago Moves to Block Firms Profiting From Trump's Immigration Enforcement and Crackdown From City Contracts

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Wednesday that could prevent companies involved in President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement campaign from receiving city contracts, ...
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Peru Confirms Inca Trail Reopening on Aug. 26 — Route Death Toll and Stranded-Hiker Count Come Into Focus

View from the train heading to the Machu Picchu achaeological site, on April 1 2010. AFP PHOTO/ Ernesto BENAVIDES Photo credit should read AFP PHOTO/AFP via Getty Images Hikers who watched their Machu ...
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A Navy Sailor Is Coming Home From Nine Months at Sea at the USS Lincoln: His Father May Be Deported Before He Arrives

Luis Manuel Avilés spent months waiting for his son to return from one of the longest and most punishing deployments in the U.S. Navy's recent history. Now, as that homecoming approaches, Aviles is in ...
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U.S. Telecom Licenses Could Open Venezuela to American Companies at China's Expense, Experts Say

New U.S. sanctions licenses are opening parts of Venezuela's telecommunications sector to American and other approved suppliers while explicitly excluding companies tied to China, potentially ...
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Haiti's TPS Protection Is Gone. Here's What the 300,000 Plus Haitians in the U.S. Need to Know Now

US and Haitian flags lay next to each other in a store in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on July 29, 2026. Tens of thousands of Haitians faced the prospect of leaving the United ...
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Here are the Latinas Beauty Queens competing for MISS USA 2026

As Miss USA marks its 75th anniversary this month, several contestants are bringing more than evening gowns and interview skills to the national stage. They are also carrying the stories of immigrant ...
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LAUSD: No ICE Without a Judge's Signature — Students Return to Class as Volunteers Set Up ICE Watch Patrols

Educators from the Los Angeles Unified School District and members of the activist group Union del Barrio rally in front of the LAUSD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, on January 31, 2026, to ...
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Ilhan Omar Questions Whether Trump Administration Has Used ICE to 'Surveil' Critics After Undercover Agent Found Outside Town Hall

Rep. Ilhan Omar is demanding answers from federal immigration officials after an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent was found parked outside her Minnesota town hall, raising questions ...
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ICE expands ankle monitor program to nearly 54,000 immigrants as Geo Group profits from surveillance shift

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now monitoring nearly 54,000 immigrants through GPS-enabled ankle monitors, a sharp increase from about 17,000 a year ago, as the agency shifts ...