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Trump says US strike on vessel in Caribbean targeted Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang, killed 11
Sep 02, 2025 6:55 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela a...
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Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama
Sep 02, 2025 6:53 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary he...
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House Oversight Committee releases some Justice Department files in Epstein and Maxwell cases
Sep 02, 2025 6:43 pm - WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jef...
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Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
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 ...
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ICE reactivates contract with previously banned spyware vendor
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.
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Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition
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...
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Schaumburg to use recent study of village’s perception in region for marketing campaignSep 02, 2025 4:28 pm - Schaumburg officials plan to use data from a recently completed perception study for a marketing campaign to raise its visibility in the region that should launch before the end of the year.
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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...
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Sudan appeals for aid after landslide kills more than 1,000 people in single village in Darfur
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...
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Over 450 economists back Cook, Fed independence in open letter
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.