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Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges
Facing mounting pressure to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S., the Trump administration brought him back last week. However, he was immediately taken into custody on new criminal charges filed by the U.S. Attorneyβs Office for the Middle District of Tennessee.
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s election overhaul that had been challenged as unconstitutional
The Republican presidentβs March 25 executive order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections, accept only mailed ballots received by Election Day and condition federal election grant funding on states adhering to the new ballot deadline.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:South Africa’s president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb
The head of the provincial government said the rescue effort was βparalyzedβ in the first few hours of the floods because of a lack of resources like specialized search and rescue teams, divers and K-9 dog units in one of the country's poorest regions.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Trump administration gives data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
An internal memo and emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Medicaid officials unsuccessfully sought to block the data transfer, citing legal and ethical concerns.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Investigators searching Air India crash site find digital flight data recorder
The plane's black box was recovered from a rooftop near the crash site Friday and India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said that it had begun its work with βfull force.β
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Air India crash investigators recover plane's black box from a rooftop
India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau said in a statement it has recovered the digital flight data recorder, or the black box, of the Air India plane from a rooftop near the crash site.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Joy of Gaza aid boat's arrival turned to moment of fear, crew member says
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No Kings protests against Trump's policies expected to sweep U.S. on Saturday
A United-States-wide demonstration against President Donald Trump, planned for months and to be held Saturday, has ballooned in scope since protests against the administration's immigration raids broke out last week.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Trump says U.S. has attacked Iranian nuclear sites
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Israel is targeting Iran's nuclear sites. Here's what we know about the radiation risks
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No talk of surrender from Iran as its capital faces further Israeli strikes
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Israel faces 2nd round of retaliatory attacks from Iran
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Fragile ceasefire leaves Iranians outside country torn about returning home
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Decision to join Israel-Iran war shouldn't be Trump's alone, MAGA voices and Democrats say
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Hegseth clashes with Democrats in third day of hearings
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday closed out his third and final day of hearings on Capitol Hill with several clashes with lawmakers as he dodged questions on invading Greenland, Ukraine aid, his use of the app Signal, and troop deployment in Los Angeles. Hegseth, in his first appearance before the House Armed Services Committee,...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Judge invokes monarchy talk while mulling Trumpβs National Guard deployment
A federal judge warned at a Thursday hearing that accepting the Trump administrationβs assertion he has no authority to review the presidentβs National Guard deployment in Los Angeles is a slippery slope. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said he hoped to rule later in the day on California Gov. Gavin Newsomβs (D) request to immediately...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Democratic New York lawmaker erupts with f-bombs at GOP Rep. Lawler on House floor
Democratic Rep. John Mannion erupted at fellow New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R) on the House floor Thursday afternoon β with no shortage of f-bombs β in apparent outrage over Sen. Alex Padillaβs (D-Calif.) incident with law enforcement earlier in the day. The blowup βsome of which was picked up by the cameras in the...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Trump's top diplomat in Africa leaving State Department
President Trumpβs top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department next month, and Jonathan Pratt, the Bureau of African Affairs deputy assistant secretary, will take his place. βAfter a long and distinguished career, the Department of Stateβs Bureau of African Affairs Senior Bureau Official Ambassador Troy Fitrell is retiring in mid-July...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Democrats seethe after Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference in LA
Democrats on Capitol Hill were furious Thursday after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and handcuffed after trying to question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a press conference in Los Angeles. After Padilla identified himself by his name and title, he pushed toward the front of a conference room trying to ask a...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Trump blocks California's gas car phaseout
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump axes California's EV mandate President Trump nixed Californiaβs phaseout of gas-powered cars on Thursday, setting off another legal fight with the Golden State. Getty Trump signed a congressional resolution that overturns a California state rule that would have phased out the sale of...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Video shows moments leading to Air India crash that killed more than 240
Investigators in India are trying to determine what led to one of the worst airline accidents in decades. More than 240 people died after a London-bound Air India flight crashed into a hostel at a medical college just moments after takeoff. It's the first fatal accident involving the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. John Yang reports.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Live updates: Democrats furious over Padilla's removal from Noem presser; House passes DOGE cuts
Democrats are erupting in anger after Sen. Alex Padilla was shoved out of a press conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday afternoon. Video shows federal agents grabbing the senator and pushing him out a door. Another video shows they later push Padilla to the floor to handcuff him. Democratic senators...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Downey residents react after immigration raids shake Hispanic-majority community near LA
Protests are continuing across the country, as are the immigration raids that have sparked the demonstrations. With parts of Los Angeles under curfew, that city has been quieter for a second straight night. As many as 700 Marines could soon be on the streets, joining thousands of National Guard troops. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:House votes to cut global health funding
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House votes to cut global health funding The House on Thursday narrowly passed a βrecissionsβ proposal to cancel $9.4 billion in money Congress already appropriated, including $900 million in funding for global health initiatives. Four Republicans voted against...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Supreme Court delivers decisions favoring individuals over institutions
In our news wrap Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered two unanimous decisions in favor of individuals over institutions, President Trump signed a measure that blocks California's move to ban new gas-powered cars by 2035, flooding in Texas killed at least four people in San Antonio and Russia hit Ukraine with a barrage of drones that killed at least three people.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:What lawmakers said about Sen. Padilla being forcibly removed from DHS news conference
Members of Congress have been quick to react to news from across the country that one of their own, California Sen. Alex Padilla, was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noemβs press conference. Democrats pointed the blame at the Trump administration, while Republicans called out the senator. Lisa Desjardins reports.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites ‘could very well happen,’ Trump says
President Trump is downplaying the likelihood of an imminent Israeli strike on Iranβs nuclear sites, but he's also warning Americans in the region to leave, citing the risk of conflict. His comments follow a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog declaring Iran in violation of its non-proliferation commitments. Geoff Bennett discussed more with David Sanger.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Mayors around LA area demand halt to stepped-up immigration raids
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D), alongside her counterparts in the surrounding area, on Wednesday condemned local raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). βI posit that maybe we are part of a national experiment to determine how far the federal government can go in reaching in and taking over power from a governor, power...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Federal judge hears California challenge to Trump’s National Guard deployment
A federal judge heard California's challenge of President Trump's deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles to assist during protests and immigration raids. The administration argued troops have the right to be there to protect law enforcement. California Gov. Newsom called the actions a power grab that violate the Constitution. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Elizabeth Goitein.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:‘We stand up for our neighbors,’ San Antonio mayor says of protests against ICE raids
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said 5,000 National Guard members have been deployed throughout that state ahead of planned protests. Several mayors are pushing back on that move, including San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg. He joined Geoff Bennett to discuss why.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:How USAID cuts are impacting the fight against HIV in Kenya
The Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development have had reverberations around the world. The agency, which operated in over 100 nations and employed thousands of people, has been virtually eliminated. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, William Brangham reports on the impact USAID cuts are having on HIV testing and treatment in Kenya.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:South Africa floods leave at least 78 dead as official says rescue attempts were ‘paralyzed’
The death toll infloods in one of South Africaβs poorest provincesrose to at least 78 on Thursday as a top official said rescue attempts in the first hours after the disaster had been βparalyzedβ by a lack of resources.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Insults fly as blue-state governors battle GOP at feisty hearing
Sparks flew Thursday as a trio of Democratic governors clashed with Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee over immigration policy. The nearly eight-hour hearing with Democratic Govs. Kathy Hochul of New York, JB Pritzker of Illinois, and Tim Walz of Minnesota on sanctuary states was scheduled last month, but gained even more...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:The post-Trump tax cliff
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story GOP sets stage for βtotal tax cliffβ after Trump While Republicans push to make expiring provisions in President Trumpβs 2017 tax law permanent, additional measures geared toward working-class Americans are being slated for expiration at the...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:California hits back at Trump EV move
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story California claps back at Trump's overturning of EV mandate California officials on Thursday filed their 26th lawsuit against the Trump administration, after the president signed resolutions overturning the Golden Stateβs landmark electric vehicle (EV) mandate. Noah Berger, Associated Press βWe made a promise that if the...
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