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Bovino to leave Minneapolis as Trump reshuffles leadership of his immigration crackdown
U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration reshuffles leadership of its immigration enforcement operation and scales back the federal presence after a second fatal shooting by federal officers. Source link
How Trump’s immigration crackdown is starting to hurt him politically
There’s growing evidence that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is losing public support for its heavy-handed tactics in both detaining undocumented immigrants and cracking down on protests against the immigration sweep. Source link
What happens now that Ryan Wedding has pleaded not guilty?
Canadian Ryan Wedding, the former Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, pleaded not guilty in Santa Ana, Calif., court Monday to multiple charges related to murder and drug trafficking. Here is what we know about the next steps in the criminal case. Source link
This storm just froze half of North America
A massive winter storm has buried millions under a historic blanket of snow and ice, locking much of North America in a dangerous Arctic air mass. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down the rare atmospheric collision of a polar vortex and an atmospheric river — two extreme weather phenomena that combined to create this record-breaking, high-impact […]
U.S. government wants to buy B.C. billionaire's Virginia warehouse to turn it into ICE facility
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in talks to buy a Virginia warehouse owned by British Columbia billionaire Jim Pattison, and plans to turn it into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility. Source link
Ye takes out ad in Wall Street Journal to, once again, apologize for antisemitism
Ye, the musician formerly known as Kanye West, on Monday took out a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal to again apologize for his past antisemitic statements. Source link
Mexican president shares AI-generated image of Ryan Wedding
Mexican President Claudia Shienbaum on Monday presented reporters with a picture that purported to show Ryan Wedding, a longtime Canadian fugitive and accused drug kingpin, at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, suggesting it amounted to evidence that he had voluntarily turned himself in. CBC News has determined the image was, in fact, generated using […]
Former Philippine president Duterte's defence of ill health rejected by International Criminal Court
Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled on Monday that former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial, after postponing an earlier hearing over concerns about the octogenarian’s health. Source link
Trump and U.S. government have declared war on Minneapolis, says former mayor
Former mayor of Minneapolis R. T. Rybak says people in his city are coming together against what he sees as an attack from the U.S. federal government. Source link
Minnesota asks courts to curtail immigration blitz after 2 shootings, as Trump sends his border czar
President Donald Trump said on social media on Monday that he is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota, two days after a second U.S. citizen was shot and killed by officers working for the federal government in its immigration operations in the state. Source link