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Court blocks the release of hundreds of immigrants arrested in a Chicago-area crackdown

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Dec 12, 2025 10:01 am - A federal appeals court blocked the immediate release of hundreds of immigrants detained during a Chicago area immigration crackdown in a split decision Thursday that also allowed the extension of a consent decree outlining how federal immigration agents can make warrantless arrests.
Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country's ties with the West

By YURAS KARMANAU
Dec 12, 2025 8:34 am - Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader's effort ...
A meeting meant to launch FEMA reforms is abruptly canceled

By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
Dec 11, 2025 7:05 pm - A meeting by a council appointed by President Donald Trump that was meant to announce recommended reforms to the Federal Emergency Management Agency was abruptly canceled...
Kristi Noem defends Trump’s immigration policies before departing early from hearing

Dec 11, 2025 6:59 pm - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem’s appearance before the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday morning was billed as a discussion about global threats the United States faces, but her role in the Trump administration’s immigration policies is in the spotlight.
Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president

By ISABELLA VOLMERT and OBED LAMY
Dec 11, 2025 4:19 pm - Indiana's Republican-led senate voted against a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party in the 2026 elections, despite months of pressure by President Donald Trump for a rare mid-cycle redistricting.
Wildlife group sues to remove Trump photo from 2026 national parks pass

By Leo Sands and Emmanuel Felton
Dec 11, 2025 3:36 pm - An environmental conservation group filed a lawsuit to halt federal plans to decorate next year’s national parks pass with an image of President Donald Trump’s face, arguing that federal law requires the pass to feature the winner of an annual nature photography competition instead.
Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Dec 11, 2025 11:47 am - The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US

By GISELA SALOMON
Dec 11, 2025 10:12 am - President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy split more than 5,000 children from their families at the Mexico border during his first term, when images of babies and toddlers taken from the arms of mothers sparked global condemnation. Seven years later, families are being separated but in a much different way.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney’s office says

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2025 9:47 am - PHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from immigration detention on a judge's order Thursday while he fights to stay in the U.S., handing a major victory to t...
Farmers got more money from Trump. They still have more problems

By JOSH FUNK and MARK VANCLEAVE
Dec 11, 2025 9:44 am - Farmers in the U.S. are feeling the strain from trade disputes, particularly with China. President Donald Trump has announced $12 billion in aid for them, but many farmers say it's not enough.

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