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Sheinbaum pushes back on Trump, insists US won't strike Mexico

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MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum again ruled out a U.S. military intervention in Mexico, pushing back on the latest suggestion of unilateral action from President Donald Trump.

“It won’t happen,” Sheinbaum said emphatically on Tuesday, responding to the U.S. leader’s comments a day earlier that he may even deploy ground ...Read more

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Trump draws line in sand on extending ACA credits

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave his sharpest rebuke of congressional Democrats’ efforts to extend expiring Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits, saying he would not support legislation to do so.

The announcement, made through a post on Truth Social, comes as Senate Republicans and the White House had promised to ...Read more

Michigan couple reaped $74 million by employing hundreds of illegal immigrants, feds say

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DETROIT — A Metro Detroit couple ran a $74 million plumbing empire that employed more than 100 immigrants living illegally in the U.S., according to federal court records unsealed Tuesday, and controlled the operations from a $1.5 million home in Plymouth Township.

The couple, Moises and Raquel Orduna-Rios, were charged in a criminal case in ...Read more

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House, Senate vote to pass Epstein bill

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In a stunning victory for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, both houses of Congress on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed legislation directing the Justice Department to release all its case files involving sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The Government has kept most of the files under seal for almost two decades — since 2007 when the FBI and U.S. ...Read more

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Miss Universe judge quits days before event, claims finalists were preselected

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Just three days before the annual Miss Universe pageant is set to take place, one of the judges has abruptly stepped down.

On Tuesday, Lebanese-French musician Omar Harfouch posted on his Instagram Story explaining why he suddenly pulled out, saying he felt “deep confusion and concern” after finding out that an “impromptu jury” had ...Read more

Hundreds protest Border Patrol in Raleigh, calling for end to 'brutal attack'

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Hundreds of protesters filled Moore Square on Tuesday demanding an end to federal immigration raids in Raleigh and across the Triangle region, calling them a “direct brutal attack” on family and friends.

They carried signs in English and Spanish objecting to the U.S. Border Patrol’s presence, which began Tuesday.

Among ...Read more

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Trump seeks to revive suit accusing Clinton of Russia conspiracy

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President Donald Trump’s lawyers appeared before an appeals court in Alabama to try to revive a civil suit accusing Hillary Clinton of leading a conspiracy to bog down his 2016 presidential campaign with bogus allegations tying him to Russia.

The packed hearing Tuesday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Birmingham came more than ...Read more

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Earthquake swarm rattles East Bay

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Residents of a suburban East Bay community have spent the past 10 days dealing with a jarring trend — not repeated rain storms or the end of baseball season. Earthquakes. Lots of them.

Since Nov. 9 there have been 83 earthquakes in a roughly 1-mile radius around the town of San Ramon. The earthquakes, which geologists ...Read more

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Congress overwhelmingly votes to release Epstein files, sending bill to Trump

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Both the Republican-controlled House and Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Tuesday demanding the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files after President Donald Trump abruptly reversed his strident opposition while still maintaining the scandal is a “Democrat hoax.”

Hours after a group of Epstein’s victims made another emotional plea for ...Read more

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After 'alarming' Guana land swap idea, Florida lawmaker files bill for more transparency

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When Florida’s government unveiled a proposal this summer to trade 600 acres of a beloved St. Johns County wilderness preserve, Floridians of all political backgrounds felt blindsided.

Though the plan was scrapped after widespread protest, including from President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, questions remained about how an idea to give ...Read more

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Massie-led effort to release Epstein files passes House after Trump about-face

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Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District Rep. Thomas Massie notched another win Tuesday in his effort to release the full files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Massie’s push on a discharge petition to force the release of the documents had long faced opposition from President Donald Trump and House GOP leaders, but those power ...Read more

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Congress sends Trump bill demanding release of Epstein files

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WASHINGTON — The long-standing fight to demand the Justice Department release all documents tied to its investigation into late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein shifted to President Trump on Tuesday after the House and Senate, within hours of each other, voted overwhelmingly to publicize the files.

Trump, who tried to thwart the ...Read more

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Karen Read sues witnesses she argues framed her for John O'Keefe's murder

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BOSTON — Karen Read has sued witnesses from her murder case who she argues framed her for the killing of John O’Keefe and are “actually involved” in her Boston police officer boyfriend’s death.

Read and her defense team have filed a civil complaint in Bristol Superior Court against witnesses they point to as “third parties” for O�...Read more

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Analysis: 'Things happen': Trump defends MBS on Khashoggi murder, slams ABC reporter

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WASHINGTON — The scene at the White House on Tuesday was vintage Donald Trump. He welcomed one of the world’s most controversial figures, verbally lambasted a reporter and announced a major arms deal that could shake up the Middle East. And all before lunch.

There was the 47th U.S. president warmly shaking hands with Saudi Arabia’s de ...Read more

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Kentucky man who participated in Jan. 6 riot receives second pardon from Trump

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — President Donald Trump has issued a second pardon to a Kentucky man who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Daniel Edwin Wilson, who is from Louisville, was pardoned Nov. 14 for illegally possessing firearms and unregistered firearms.

Wilson was previously pardoned for his participation in the 2021 Capitol attack. He ...Read more

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Brian Walshe pleads guilty to charges before jury selection in murder trial

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DEDHAM, Mass. — Accused killer Brian Walshe pleaded guilty to charges that he lied to investigators and disinterred the body of his wife, Ana, before jury selection began for his murder trial.

This comes after a Bridgewater State Hospital psychiatrist found Walshe to be “competent and ready to stand trial,” a finding that Judge Diane ...Read more

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NC Gov. Josh Stein says White House didn't respond to Border Patrol questions

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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says he’s receiving little to no information from federal officials about Border Patrol’s operations and can’t say whether federal agents will move beyond the Charlotte and Raleigh areas.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday Border Patrol agents have arrested more than 200 people in the ...Read more

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Border agents arrested Charlotte man for documenting them, friends, partner say

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Federal immigration agents arrested a man who documented their activities in Charlotte on Tuesday, his friends told The Charlotte Observer.

It happened Tuesday afternoon at the parking lot of the Eastway Crossing Shopping Center, they said. The man’s lawyer said he’s concerned because the FBI won’t let him visit his ...Read more

Gov. Hochul orders closure of another NY State prison, drawing criticism

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NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the closure of an upstate prison but opted not to close two more prisons, as had been previously approved in the state budget, managing to anger both correction officers union officials and prison reform advocates.

Hochul, via the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, directed the ...Read more

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'Things happen': Trump defends MBS on Khashoggi murder, slams ABC reporter

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ANALYSIS — The scene at the White House on Tuesday was vintage Donald Trump. He welcomed one of the world’s most controversial figures, verbally lambasted a reporter and announced a major arms deal that could shake up the Middle East. And all before lunch.

There was the 47th U.S. president warmly shaking hands with Saudi Arabia’s de facto...Read more