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Mexico expands regional migrant aid to Latin America as Trump inauguration looms

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico agreed Friday to expand support to other Latin American and Caribbean nations as part of a regional migratory response, days before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump…

John McCarthy January 19, 2025

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A Wagner mercenary who crossed U.S.-Mexican border was honored in Russia weeks before arrest

ROMA, Texas — A self-confessed veteran of Russia's Wagner paramilitary group arrested for crossing into the United States from Mexico appears to have been honored as a combat veteran weeks…

John McCarthy January 10, 2025

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Trump’s failure to receive Venezuela’s opposition leader was a major blunder: Opinion

President Biden’s 30-minute meeting in the White House Monday with Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia sent a powerful message to Venezuelans at home and the international community just days…

John McCarthy January 8, 2025

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Trump’s sentencing is set for Jan. 10. Here’s what could happen next

NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with the never-before-seen dilemma of how, when or even whether to sentence a former and future U.S. president, the judge in President-elect Donald Trump ‘s hush money…

John McCarthy January 4, 2025

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Trump names envoy to Panama after urging US reassert control over canal

PANAMA CITY — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as ambassador to Panama after having threatened for the U.S. to reassert control…

John McCarthy December 27, 2024

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Trump advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy expose rift with MAGA loyalists over immigrant tech workers

WASHINGTON — A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas, a carve-out for high-skilled workers who some…

John McCarthy December 27, 2024

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Trump-backed spending deal fails in House, shutdown looms

WASHINGTON - A spending bill backed by Donald Trump failed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to…

John McCarthy December 20, 2024

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Trump says he will ‘look at’ pardon for embattled New York mayor Eric Adams

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said in a far-ranging news conference that ihe would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams. Separately he called on the…

John McCarthy December 16, 2024

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Trump announces $100 billion SoftBank investment in the US

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will join SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at his Florida home today to announce that the Japanese company is planning to invest $100 billion in U.S.…

John McCarthy December 16, 2024

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Trump promised federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe. Will he follow through?

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned in North Carolina, both candidates courted a state-recognized tribe there whose 55,000 members could have helped tip the swing state. Trump in September…

John McCarthy November 28, 2024