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ICE Hits Record Deportation Pace in July as Homan Declares “Deportation Maxxing”
ICE Hits Record Deportation Pace in July as Homan Declares “Deportation Maxxing” Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that immigration arrests have reached the highest point in ICE’s 23-year history, with federal authorities averaging nearly 1,600 arrests per day in July, up from roughly 1,437 daily arrests in June. ICE has deported more than 356,000…
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Federal Judges Greenlight Tennessee’s Map That Breaks Up Memphis’s Only Black-Majority District
Federal Judges Greenlight Tennessee’s Map That Breaks Up Memphis’s Only Black-Majority District A three-judge federal panel on Thursday declined to block Tennessee’s new congressional map, allowing the state to use redrawn districts that split the state’s sole majority-Black district in Memphis across three separate seats. The ruling clears the way for the map to be…
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DOJ Caves on NYT Reporter Subpoenas After Judge Threatens to Quash Them
DOJ Caves on NYT Reporter Subpoenas After Judge Threatens to Quash Them The Justice Department withdrew subpoenas Thursday against New York Times journalists Tyler Pager, Julian Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Eric Lipton, who had sought their grand jury testimony and phone records as part of a leak investigation. The subpoenas targeted the reporters over a…
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Trump Slaps New Tariffs on 60 Countries Right as Old Ones Expire
Trump Slaps New Tariffs on 60 Countries Right as Old Ones Expire The Trump administration announced Thursday it will impose tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries — accounting for roughly 99% of U.S. imports — citing inadequate enforcement of bans on goods made with forced labor. The new duties are being…
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House Votes—Again—to End Trump’s Iran War, and It Still Won’t Matter
House Votes—Again—to End Trump’s Iran War, and It Still Won’t Matter The House of Representatives voted 214-208 on Thursday to pass a concurrent resolution directing President Trump to end U.S. military involvement in hostilities with Iran, marking the second time this year the chamber has approved such a measure. The resolution, authored by Rep. Pramila…
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Trump Slaps New Tariffs on 60 Countries — Allies Call the “Forced Labor” Excuse a Sham
Trump Slaps New Tariffs on 60 Countries — Allies Call the “Forced Labor” Excuse a Sham The Trump administration on Thursday imposed new tariffs ranging from 10% to 12.5% on 60 trading partners, covering 99.4% of U.S. imports, as a temporary global 10% tariff enacted under a different legal authority expired [1, 2]. The Office…
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Bordeaux Under Fire: 20,000 Evacuated as Wildfire Rips Through French Coastal Getaway
Bordeaux Under Fire: 20,000 Evacuated as Wildfire Rips Through French Coastal Getaway French authorities ordered the evacuation of more than 20,000 residents and holidaymakers from towns, resorts and campsites along the Atlantic coast southwest of Bordeaux on Thursday, as a wildfire near the tourist town of Lège-Cap Ferret spread to more than 8,700 hectares (21,500…
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13 Nights of Strikes Later, Iran Says No to Trump’s Ceasefire
13 Nights of Strikes Later, Iran Says No to Trump’s Ceasefire The U.S. military completed a 13th consecutive night of airstrikes against Iranian military infrastructure Thursday into Friday, as the conflict between Washington and Tehran reached its 145th day [1]. Iran rejected a U.S. proposal for a temporary 10-day ceasefire that was hand-delivered to Tehran…
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The Beach Boys Pull the Plug on Summer Tour as Mike Love, 85, “Struggles” Through Health Crisis
The Beach Boys Pull the Plug on Summer Tour as Mike Love, 85, “Struggles” Through Health Crisis The Beach Boys announced on Thursday, July 23 that they are postponing or canceling every remaining date on their Endless Summer Gold Tour between July 23 and September 3, roughly 30 shows across six weeks, including stops at…
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Johnny Depp Resurfaces as Scrooge at Comic-Con, and Hollywood’s Comeback Machine Grinds Back Into Gear
Johnny Depp Resurfaces as Scrooge at Comic-Con, and Hollywood’s Comeback Machine Grinds Back Into Gear Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance in full Ebenezer Scrooge costume at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 23, as part of a Paramount Pictures stunt that transformed a stretch of the Gaslamp Quarter into a faux 1880s British Christmas…