24 m. ago Church nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids

Nativity scenes at some churches are sparking fierce debates

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33 m. ago Cut off by their banks and even iced out by Alexa, sanctioned ICC staffers remain resolute

International Criminal Court judges and prosecutors are trying to live and work under the same financial and travel restrictions brought against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Osama bin Laden

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36 m. ago Abrego Garcia won release from detention. He must check in with immigration officials 14 hours later

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was due to check-in with immigration authorities less than 14 hours after he was released from detention on a judge’s orders

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41 m. ago Lawmakers urge Education Department to add nursing to 'professional' programs list amid uproar

A bipartisan group in Congress is urging the Education Department to add nursing to a list of college programs that are considered “professional.”

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46 m. ago Weather maps turn red and yellow as UK drowned in two inch pre

The latest weather maps show a massive rain deluge heading towards the UK - and set to make landfall in the week before Christmas following a run of already bad weather

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62 m. ago Planning to visit the US? Take it from this American citizen – don’t | Eleanor Limprecht

I love many things about the land of my birth but Donald Trump’s America has become an unwelcoming country of deep divisions and waning trustI’m in the US right now, but if I didn’t have family here (and a US passport), I wouldn’t be. My teenagers and I flew over the week of Thanksgiving from Australia, preparing ourselves for long lines and extra questions at customs. It took less than five minutes in the US citizens’ line.With the news this week of the Trump administration planning to implement new invasive requirements for travellers from 42 countries, including Australia, that would require five years of social media history for visas, I would simply not travel here on another passport. There are plenty of places which welcome visitors without trawling their political opinions and family history. Continue reading...

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73 m. ago Why is Trump going after Venezuela? His administration has so far floated these three reasons for its pressure campaign

Trump said that “other things are happening” in addition to the U.S. military’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker

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1 hour ago The nine places set for White Christmas as weather maps predict December 25 snow

Weather charts show nine English counties and much of Scotland are set for snow on Christmas Day as temperatures plunge to -4C, with Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Essex among areas forecast for flurries

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2 h. ago Noem confronted by deported veteran after insisting no former military were forced out of country

Kristi Noem was confronted by a deported veteran after she insisted that no former US military personnel had been removed from the country under the Trump administration.

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2 h. ago South Park's 'hidden message' to Donald Trump and US Government in season finale

The Christmas-themed Season 28 finale brought a shocking conclusion to a storyline in which Satan was expecting Donald Trump's baby - and contained what may be a veiled message to the US administration

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3 h. ago Putin phones Venezuelan president to offer Russia's support after Trump seizes oil tanker off coast

Putin called Maduro a day after United States forces seized control of an oil tanker in Venezuela as part of an escalation in tensions between the Trump administration and Maduro's government.

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4 h. ago Trump expands Venezuela sanctions as Maduro decries new ‘era of piracy’

Six more oil supertankers added to sanctions list, as well as members of Maduro’s extended family, amid rising tensions following tanker seizureDonald Trump has exerted more pressure on Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro, expanding sanctions and issuing fresh threats to strike land targets in Venezuela, as the South American dictator accused the US president of ushering in a new “era of criminal naval piracy” in the Caribbean.Late on Thursday, the US imposed curbs on three nephews of Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, as well as six crude oil supertankers and the shipping companies linked to them. The treasury department alleged the vessels “engaged in deceptive and unsafe shipping practices and continue to provide financial resources that fuel Maduro’s corrupt narco-terrorist regime”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Federal judge orders FEMA to restore billions in canceled disaster mitigation funding

A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding

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4 h. ago 'Trump wants to push Austria into Auxit': Europe up in arms over 'leaked US plan to pull countries away from EU'

The file, reported by Defense One, supposedly claims Trump intends to pull Austria, Italy , Hungary and Poland away from the EU and closer in to Washington's circle of influence.

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4 h. ago Trump signs executive order blocking states from regulating AI

Order, which lacks the force of law, also creates taskforce whose ‘sole responsibility’ will be challenging states’ AI lawsDonald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that seeks to halt any laws limiting artificial intelligence and block states from regulating the rapidly emerging technology. The order also creates a federal taskforce that will have the “sole responsibility” of challenging states’ AI laws.At a signing ceremony, the president touted AI companies’ enthusiasm for wanting to “invest” in the United States and said that “if they had to get 50 different approvals from 50 different states, you could forget it”. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago New coins will commemorate 250th anniversary of American independence. Here's how they'll look

The U.S. Mint has unveiled designs for coins commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence

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6 h. ago White House on the defensive when asked how billionaire Trump can tell average Americans to limit kids’ Christmas gifts

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also ignored a question on why President Donald Trump has falsely claimed a farm bailout program is funded by tariffs

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6 h. ago Sanctions and seizures: Trump turns up the heat on Venezuela

Washington shifts its campaign against Nicolás Maduro as its attacks on alleged drug smugglers come under legal scrutiny

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6 h. ago Trump and White House blast ‘Fake News’ journalists and negative polls as president pushes affordability agenda: Live updates

A new poll found Trump’s approval rating on the economy has declined substantially in recent months

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6 h. ago Donald Trump slammed by BBC Question Time MP for 'trying to divide Europe'

Stephen Flynn, leader of the SNP at Westminster shared his outrage at Donald Trump's comments about Europe "decaying" on BBC Question Time's discussion from Paisley tonight

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