(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Sunday said efforts to deport people who are illegally in the United States must be expanded, including from cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, which have seen protests since immigration raids were ramped up. “I have directed my entire Administration to put every resource possible behind this …
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By Tom Polansek MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Minnesota Police and the FBI kept up a massive manhunt on Saturday evening for a gunman posing as a police officer who killed a senior Democratic state assemblywoman and her husband in what Governor Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” The suspect, identified as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, also …
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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Virginia’s governor election this year is a popularity test for Republican President Donald Trump and his policies, presenting an opportunity for Democrats to claw back some power after the party’s recent election rout. The southern state holds a primary on Tuesday that will determine who faces off in the November …
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By Phil Stewart, Jeff Mason, Brad Brooks and Karl Plume WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s long-sought military parade rolled though the streets of downtown Washington on Saturday, but the celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary was marred by a day of violence and discord. In the hours before the parade began, hundreds of …
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(Reuters) -An incident at the U.S. Army’s Fort Cavazos in central Texas was being investigated, CBS News said late on Saturday, but there was no active shooter and no lockdown. The broadcaster had earlier reported the base, formerly called Fort Hood, was under lockdown and military officials were responding to reports of a potential active …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration gutted a program that aims to prevent targeted violence as part of its effort to downsize the federal government, a move that could come under fresh scrutiny after the deadly shooting of state lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday. The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, part of …
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By Brad Brooks LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -About 50 U.S. Marines squared off against hundreds of protesters in front of a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, with the crowd yelling in unison for them to go home. The Marines had been sent to the city by U.S. President Donald Trump along with federalized …
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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Police arrested a man hours after the Texas State Capitol and grounds in Austin were evacuated on Saturday ahead of a planned protest after a credible threat to lawmakers, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. A state trooper made the arrest of the man in connection with the threats during …
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By Tom Polansek and Joshua McElwee CHICAGO (Reuters) -Pope Leo, a native of Chicago’s south side and a long-time fan of his beloved but beleaguered White Sox, sent a video message on Saturday to a sellout crowd attending Catholic Mass in his honor at their hometown ballpark. The pontiff, the first leader of the global …
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(Reuters) -A gunman posing as a police officer killed a senior Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband on Saturday in an apparent “politically motivated assassination,” and wounded a second lawmaker and his spouse. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ, A DEMOCRAT: “An unspeakable tragedy has unfolded in Minnesota – my good friend and colleague, Speaker Melissa …
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