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ICE deports Afghans and others to Africa, expanding “third country” deportations

Over a 10-day period, the Trump administration sent more than 100 deportees from Afghanistan, Cuba, Nicaragua and other nations to eight countries across Africa, expanding its “third country” deportation campaign, according to internal U.S. government documents obtained by CBS News. Three Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights, the government documents show, dropped off dozens of…

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Google updates maps to show “Lake America” in U.S. after Trump executive order directing name change

Washington — Google announced on Saturday that it had begun rolling out changes to how its maps display Lake Ontario’s name, after President Trump signed an executive order changing it to “Lake America” amid a trade fight between the U.S. and Canada.  The president signed an executive order last week to rename the lake, which…

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Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, federal judge rules

Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel’s war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration’s quest to deport noncitizens who it says disrupted college campuses while expressing their views. Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered…

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Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported after U.S. immigration arrest, officials say

Far-right political commentator and deportation advocate Milo Yiannopoulos was deported Friday, a day after his arrest by immigration authorities for overstaying his visa, U.S. officials said Saturday. Yiannopoulos, who is British, was returned to his home country on Friday after being accused of overstaying his visa after entering the country legally in May 2019, a U.S….

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Nashville airport could be renamed for Dolly Parton under Tennessee Gov. Lee’s proposal

Nashville International Airport would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal announced Friday by Tennessee’s governor.  Gov. Bill Lee proposed the name change just days after the country music icon died Tuesday of cancer at age 80.  “At a place where Tennessee welcomes the world, it is fitting that Nashville International Airport would bear…

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At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired

The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts of bestiality. Today, those acts, which are mostly illegal across the country, are no longer automatic deal breakers for applicants to the nation’s top law enforcement agency. In June, the…

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Fed will have “work to do” if inflation doesn’t fade, Warsh says in Jackson Hole speech

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh reaffirmed the central bank’s commitment to lowering consumer prices, acknowledging that inflation remains too high in a highly anticipated speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. During remarks at the Fed’s annual conference, Warsh said that recent government data shows inflation has cooled, but “they do not tell me that underlying trends…

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Canada’s tariffs target certain U.S. states. See which regions are most vulnerable.

Canadian trade officials acknowledge that the country’s retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on $20 billion in American goods are intended to exert pressure on the Trump administration by targeting key U.S. states. Although the negotiators haven’t identified those regions, the tariffs could hit states in the Midwest and Northeast particularly hard, according to economists’ analysis…

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