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Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Sep 02, 2025 6:37 pm - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according ...
ICE reactivates contract with previously banned spyware vendor

By Joseph Menn
Sep 02, 2025 6:25 pm - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has resumed doing business with a controversial hacking company that had been dropped for running afoul of a Biden-era executive order against dealings with unethical spyware vendors.A public notice on a government contracting site dated Aug. 29 said that a previous $2 million contract with Paragon Solutions had been modified “to lift the stop work order” that was issued last year.
Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition

By WILL WEISSERT and SOPHIA TAREEN
Sep 02, 2025 6:09 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposi...
Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors as death toll passes 1,400

Sep 02, 2025 4:20 pm - JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as the Taliban said the death toll...
Sudan appeals for aid after landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village in Darfur

By SAMY MAGDY
Sep 02, 2025 4:06 pm - CAIRO — Sudan appealed for international aid on Tuesday after a landslide wiped out an entire village in western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in on...
Over 450 economists back Cook, Fed independence in open letter

By Jonnelle Marte
Sep 02, 2025 4:00 pm - Prominent economists are rallying behind Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook after President Donald Trump moved to fire her based on allegations that she committed mortgage fraud.More than 450 economists signed an open letter backing Cook, saying there is a high bar for removing Fed governors and that elected officials should refrain from actions and rhetoric that erode the central bank’s independence.
Trump’s BLS nominee discussed controversial theory on gender IQ with interns

By Jacob Bogage
Sep 02, 2025 3:58 pm - President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics shared a controversial scientific theory of inherent differences in intellect between men and women during remarks to a conservative think tank’s interns last year, according to two people familiar with the remarks.
Modi and Putin affirm special relationship as India faces steep US tariffs over Russian oil imports

By RAJESH ROY and HUIZHONG WU
Sep 01, 2025 7:19 pm - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of deepening ties when New Delhi’s relations with Washington are strained over the purchase of Russian oil.
Maduro vows to declare a ‘republic in arms’ if US forces in the Caribbean attack Venezuela

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN ARRAEZ
Sep 01, 2025 7:14 pm - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un travels to Beijing to watch military parade alongside Putin and Xi Jinping

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Sep 01, 2025 7:11 pm - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading to Beijing by train on Tuesday to attend a military parade with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, North Korea's state media reported. The event could potentially demonstrate their three-way unity against the United States.

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