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ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifaOct 18, 2025 10:17 pm - The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has been rapidly building out its surveillance capabilities in recent weeks, signing a string of contracts for technologies to identify individuals by their irises or facial features and to monitor their cellphone activity, social media posts and physical movements, according to a review of federal spending disclosures.
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House releases new Epstein investigation documents, Alex Acosta interviewOct 18, 2025 8:08 pm - The House Oversight Committee released a new tranche of documents Friday collected as part of its ongoing investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officialsOct 18, 2025 8:04 pm - The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi L. Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post.
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US to repatriate survivors of drug boat strike to Colombia, EcuadorOct 18, 2025 8:00 pm - The United States plans to repatriate two alleged drug traffickers to Colombia and Ecuador after military forces attacked their vessel in the Caribbean on Thursday, President Donald Trump said.
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Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department amid shutdownOct 18, 2025 7:58 pm - The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Department of Education — a longtime conservative aim that congressi...
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Putin demanded Ukraine surrender key territory in call with TrumpOct 18, 2025 5:29 pm - Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call this week with President Donald Trump demanded that Kyiv surrender full control of Donetsk, a strategically vital region in eastern Ukraine, as a condition for ending the war, said two senior officials familiar with the conversation.
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The workers whose health care is most at stake in the government shutdownOct 18, 2025 1:44 pm - They are restaurateurs and beauticians, landscapers and mediators, chiropractors and funeral directors. They are freelancers, contractors and gig workers. And they now find themselves stuck in the middle of the political battle that has shut down the government.
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John Bolton pleads not guilty in classified documents caseOct 17, 2025 4:29 pm - John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he mishandled classified materials.
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Chicago Little Leaguers, stripped of 2014 title, get say in new documentaryOct 17, 2025 1:23 pm - Director Kevin Shaw’s film revisits the story of the all-Black baseball team that captivated the city and the country a decade ago, only to have their title stripped after some players were found to live outside the league’s prescribed boundaries. Shaw’s project, which he hopes to sell to a streaming platform, marks the first time most are speaking in-depth about what happened.
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Should you brush your teeth before or after breakfast?Oct 17, 2025 8:30 am - Brushing before or after breakfast is a personal choice. And while there are advantages to doing both, in general, brushing after any meal is a good idea.