43 h. ago Miss USA star fights husband’s deportation after he was taken by immigration officials

Cheryl Bartlett is legally blind and relies on hubby Rogerio Carlos Barbosa Araujo for daily care and is now fighting his deportation after he was held as part of Trump's immigration crackdown

Politics

6 d. ago Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US

After months on the move through jungles, seas and borders, Venezuelan migrants Mariela Gómez, her partner Abraham Castro and her two children, abandoned their attempt to reach the United States. They returned to spend Christmas back home, part of a growing wave of reverse migration driven by Trump’s crackdown, as U.S. pressure on the government of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro intensifies.

Culture

8 d. ago Brooks Koepka quits LIV Golf after three years but PGA Tour return uncertain

The 35-year-old joined Saudi-funded tour in 2022‘Brooks is prioritising the needs of his family’Brooks Koepka, the five-time major champion, has become the first player to defect from LIV Golf, a significant blow to the league funded by Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund and raises questions whether the PGA Tour will find a way for him to return.The 35-year-old American has made the decision in order to spend more time with his family. He joined the rival tour in 2022 and won five events over four seasons – he was also the first LIV player to win a major at the 2023 PGA Championship. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Catholic bishops urge Trump to suspend immigration crackdown through the holidays

Pope Leo also decried the mistreatment of immigrants in October

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8 d. ago Andy Burnham apologises for past police LGBTQ+ discrimination

Greater Manchester mayor acknowledges ‘pain and suffering’ after region’s police chief declined to apologiseThe mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has apologised for past police failings towards LGBTQ+ people, acknowledging “unacceptable discrimination and the pain and suffering it caused”.Campaigners say the apology is in contrast to the stance of the chief constable of Greater Manchester police (GMP), Stephen Watson, who earlier this year declined to apologise on behalf of his force, saying that do so could be seen as “superficial and merely performative”. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Trump set to expand immigration crackdown in 2026 and increase workplace raids

Trump’s border chief said arrests will increase sharply: ‘You're going to see the numbers explode greatly next year’

Politics

1 week ago Did Manchester residents CELEBRATE Bondi terror attack? Police investigate claims and say that 'the intolerable has become normalised' amid rise of anti

Sir Stephen Watson, pictured, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, said girls as young as ten have asked for armed officers to attend Hanukkah parties following the Bondi attack

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2 w. ago DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled

The Justice Department has embarked on a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies

Politics

2 w. ago Border Patrol official who is the face of Trump's crackdown back in Chicago amid immigration raids

Senior Border Patrol official Greg Bovino has returned to the Chicago area, about a month after leaving to lead immigration crackdowns in other cities

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2 w. ago Trial begins for Wisconsin judge accused of helping man evade Trump’s ICE crackdown

The trial is the latest flashpoint in President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown

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2 w. ago Foreign farm workers are struggling amid Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘It was terrifying’

Growing instability in the US is being exacerbated by devastation at home and alleged pressure from employersFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Fury after Met Police chief says shops need to ‘step up’ to help tackle shoplifting

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said some stores needed to do more to help police tackle the issue

Events

2 w. ago ‘The holy family is in hiding’: nativity scenes at US churches push back on ICE

Displays include handcuffed baby Jesus and Mary wearing a gas mask in wake of Trump’s immigration crackdownSatirical holiday displays mocking Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown, portraying the newborn Jesus and his parents, Mary and Joseph, as victims of heavy-handed tactics by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), have appeared across the US.One striking retelling of the Christmas story, at Lake Street church in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, features baby Jesus lying in a manger in the snow – but wrapped in the kind of thin, foil blankets given out in emergencies and regularly as bedding to ICE detainees, and with his wrists zip-tied. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI

The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops

Politics

3 w. ago Trump unveils new $1million gold card for visas amid crackdown on immigration

President Donald Trump has unveiled his long-awaited 'gold card' - offering legal status and a pathway to US citizenship for customers willing to pay the $1 million price tag.

Economics

3 w. ago Donald Trump unveils new $1million 'gold card' for visas amid crackdown on immigration

President Trump unveils a 'gold card' program, promising a new path to US citizenship for 'for all qualified and vetted people' willing to fork out $1 million each

Economics

3 w. ago Trump launches $1m ‘gold card’ visa scheme amid immigration crackdown

Wealthy immigrants will be able to buy residency, and $5m ‘platinum card’ will exempt holders from some US taxesDonald Trump launched a new program that will allow wealthy foreign individuals to buy a US “golden visa” for $1m, and trailed a “platinum” version for $5m.“A direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people. SO EXCITING! Our Great American Companies can finally keep their invaluable Talent,” Trump wrote on Wednesday on social media. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago ICE agents pepper spray crowd amid Trump’s Somalian crackdown

The country’s largest Somali community has been on edge over the past couple of weeks

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3 w. ago Trump's crackdown on immigration is taking a toll on child care workers

President Donald Trump’s push for the largest mass deportation in history has had an outsized impact on the child care field, which is heavily reliant on immigrants and already strained by a worker shortage

Politics

3 w. ago Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown

Federal agents have used pepper spray to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis

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