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What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to…

John McCarthy May 14, 2025

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HIV patient testing falls in South Africa after US aid cuts

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) — Testing and monitoring of HIV patients across South Africa have fallen since the United States cut aid that funded health workers and clinics, with pregnant women, infants…

John McCarthy May 14, 2025

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Republican tax bill would add $3.7 trillion to the national deficit: JCT

The tax portion of Republicans’ wide-ranging bill full of President Trump’s domestic priorities would cost $3.7 trillion over the next decade, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) found. That fits…

John McCarthy May 13, 2025

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Evacuations ordered at Clearwater high-rise after structural crack discovered

CLEARWATER, Florida (FOX) — Dozens of residents were urgently evacuated from a 12-story condominium building on Tuesday after construction workers discovered a growing crack in a support column in the building’s parking…

John McCarthy May 11, 2025

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Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller says President Donald Trump is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally.…

John McCarthy May 10, 2025

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US considering new ship registry in US Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump's administration is considering a proposal to create an international shipping registry in the U.S. Virgin Islands as part of efforts to enlarge the tiny…

John McCarthy May 10, 2025

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One-way ticket to a dungeon’: Venezuelans anxious as Supreme Court weighs TPS decision

WASHINGTON (Miami Herald) — Dozens of Venezuelans gathered at El Arepazo, an iconic restaurant in the heart of Doral’s Venezuelan community, for a vigil Thursday night in support of deportation…

John McCarthy May 9, 2025

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Backers of a new USVI registry present plans to Trump

WASHINGTON — The backers of a new open registry have dusted off plans first aired three years ago, and presented the concept of a US Virgin Islands (USVI) flag to…

John McCarthy May 9, 2025

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Rwanda confirms early talks to host deported US migrants

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda confirmed on Monday that discussions were “underway” with the United States regarding a potential agreement to host deported migrants. Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on…

John McCarthy May 9, 2025

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries, setting them up…

John McCarthy May 9, 2025