By Brad Brooks Dec 2 (Reuters) – Officials in Minneapolis on Tuesday said they were not aware of imminent federal immigration raids targeting the area’s Somali community, which has come under blistering attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump in recent days. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, responding to a report in the New York Times that …
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TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Salvador Nasralla, of the centrist Liberal Party, on Tuesday took a razor-thin lead in Honduras’ presidential election over Nasry Asfura, the conservative candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, in a vote count plagued by delays and allegations of fraud. The latest results released by the electoral authority around 6 …
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden had signed using an autopen, a move that legal experts doubted would hold up in court. The autopen is used to replicate a person’s signature with precision, typically for …
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By Dan Catchpole Dec 2 (Reuters) – Families of the victims of a UPS cargo jet crash plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday, according to one of the law firms representing the victims. The UPS MD-11 cargo jet crashed immediately after taking off in Louisville, Kentucky, on November 4, killing 14 people. …
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By Renee Hickman CHICAGO Dec 2 (Reuters) – A suburban Chicago police officer who was detained during a high-profile federal immigration enforcement surge in the area has returned to duty, his police department said in a statement on Tuesday. Radule Bojovic, an officer with the Hanover Park Police Department, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration intends to overhaul federally owned Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the primary international airport for the U.S. capital area, calling it a bad facility. The airport, which is located about 25 miles (40 km) from the U.S. capital …
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NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) – A Texas Christian summer camp for girls, where 27 campers died in a July 4 flash flood, announced plans to reopen in May at a nearby location with enhanced safety measures, despite earlier criticism from a family whose daughter was never found. The century-old Camp Mystic has remained closed …
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The Trump administration is set to propose a significant rollback of fuel economy standards finalized by former President Joe Biden last year, its latest push to make it easier for automakers to sell gas-powered cars, sources told Reuters. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers who have tried repeatedly to rein in President Donald Trump’s aggression against Venezuela said on Tuesday they would file a new resolution to force a congressional vote on the issue if the administration carries out a strike within the country. “Unauthorized military action against Venezuela …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said any country trafficking illegal drugs into the U.S. could be attacked. “Anybody that’s doing that and selling it into our country is subject to attack,” Trump told reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House, after raising the issue of cocaine from Colombia. …
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