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Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office

JACKSON, Michigan (AP) — Ryan Kelley thought he had a good shot at becoming Michigan’s governor in 2022. That is, until he was charged with misdemeanors for participating in the Jan. 6 riot at…

John McCarthy April 19, 2025

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Trump says egg prices ‘getting too low’ ahead of Easter surge

WASHINGTON (Daily Beast) — Nearly half of Americans are skipping traditional Easter festivities this year because of the high prices of eggs. But President Donald Trump doesn’t seem concerned. During a press conference Friday,…

John McCarthy April 19, 2025

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China shipbuilders rip Trump’s ‘short-sighted’ US port fees

BEIJING (Reuters) — China's shipbuilders today blasted as "short-sighted" U.S. port fees announced by President Donald Trump's administration on China-linked ships, a measure aimed at the nation's shipbuilding industry. Trump…

John McCarthy April 19, 2025

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US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

WASHINGTON (AP) — The dispute over the wrongful deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “is not only about one man” but about Donald Trump’s disregard of the American judicial system as…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Bryan thanks Trump Administration, USTR for exempting USVI from proposed port fees

CHRISTIANSTED — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. today issued a statement expressing deep appreciation for the decision by the Trump administration and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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JD Vance to spend Easter in Rome amid tiff with Pope Francis

The pope has sharply criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies. ROME (Politico) — Vice President JD Vance is spending Easter weekend in Rome, where he’ll meet with a top…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Deported El Salvador migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was embroiled in human smuggling scandal in 2022

WASHINGTON (Daily Mail) — El Salvador migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia was suspected of human trafficking in 2022, according to Department of Homeland Security records. The 29-year-old has been at the center of…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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US senator meets man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR (BBC) — A U.S. senator has met a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Maryland…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Trump opens a huge marine protected zone to commercial fishing

HONOLULU, Hawaii — President Trump on Thursday said he was allowing commercial fishing in one of the world’s largest ocean reserves, introducing industrial operations for the first time in more…

John McCarthy April 18, 2025

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Trump officials’ defiance over Abrego Garcia’s deportation is ‘shocking,’ appeals court says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s claim that it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be…

John McCarthy April 17, 2025