59 m. ago Donald Trump shows off new 'gold card' immigration visa as he says "for $5m this could be yours"

It has the US president's face plastered across the front

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4 h. ago Trump offers backing for Marine Le Pen ahead of rally in Paris to show support for convicted politician – Europe live

US president attacks French judiciary as frustration grows in France with Trump’s policies; part of French left prepares counter demonstration in ParisSomewhere between ecstatic posts about the effect of tariffs – leaving markets in turmoil with losses in trillions of dollars and about $5m Trump golden card for wealthy immigrants looking to move to the US Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Prosecution adds former US attorney to University of Idaho quadruple murder case

Idaho's recently departed U.S. attorney has joined the prosecution team in the case against Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022

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12 h. ago As markets melt down, Trump touts $5m gold card for wealthy immigrants (featuring his face)

‘For $5 million, this could be yours,’ Trump says of card available to wealthy immigrants to buy a right to live and work in the U.S.

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20 h. ago 'Activist judges' should face action, say Tories, in wake of 'inadequate' court ruling over Pakistani man who's lived in Britain illegally for 16 YEARS

The first-tier immigration tribunal has been blasted for ruling Pakistani national Muhammad Arshad should be allowed to remain in Britain on human rights grounds.

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21 h. ago Doge gained access to sensitive data of migrant children, including reports of abuse

Former officials question the reason for a Doge engineer’s access to the Unaccompanied Alien Children portalA member of Elon Musk’s unofficial “department of government efficiency” gained access to a government system that contains the personal data of unaccompanied immigrant children, according to a recent court filing.The database, called the Unaccompanied Alien Children portal (UAC), contains extremely detailed information about thousands of minors who enter the United States alone, including individual children’s mental health and therapy records, as well as immigration records, photos and addresses of their family members. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Dining across the divide: ‘He couldn’t see that we were actually disagreeing’

Can a Lib Dem voting engineer who is ‘dead against’ people arriving in small boats and a Zambian-born author agree to disagree on immigration?Clive, 56, ManchesterOccupation Consultant engineer Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Jamaican rapist avoids deportation on human rights grounds as criminal record in UK means he is not eligible for witness protection in Caribbean

A convicted sex attacker cannot be deported to Jamaica because his crimes in the UK mean he might not be eligible for the witness protection scheme in his homeland, an immigration judge ruled.

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26 h. ago Biden skipped White House meeting after Trump debate for photoshoot, new book says

Ron Klain tells author Chris Whipple that Biden opted for Annie Leibovitz shoot at critical moment in campaignIn the aftermath of the disastrous debate against Donald Trump that ultimately ended his political career, Joe Biden skipped a White House meeting with the congressional Progressive caucus in favor of a Camp David photoshoot with the fashion photographer Annie Leibovitz, a new book says.“You need to cancel that,” Ron Klain, Biden’s former chief of staff and debate prep leader, told the president, as he advocated securing the endorsement of the group of powerful progressive politicians perhaps key to his remaining the Democratic nominee. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Scottish Tory MSP resigns party whip in fresh blow for Russell Findlay

West of Scotland MSP Jamie Greene has resigned the party whip in protest over what he says is a shift to the Right.

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33 h. ago North Dakota mayor resigns after sending lewd video to city attorney by mistake

The mayor of Minot, North Dakota, has resigned after an investigation into him sending a lewd video to the city attorney by mistake

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34 h. ago Delays approving new jobs put ministers in ‘invidious position’, says ex

Former whip Ruth Edwards said she was facing a choice between missing mortgage payments and breaking the rules thanks to delays at Acoba.

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38 h. ago Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday questioned a Department of Justice attorney over whether the Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it terminated $20 billion in green bank grants allegedly without following the proper process

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40 h. ago Trump attorney told associate he had ‘studied the law’ and and president could potentially run for third term

The president insisted over the weekend that he was ‘not joking’ about running again in 2028

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41 h. ago Joe Rogan breaks with Trump, calling Venezuelan deportations ‘horrific’

Influential podcast host and prominent Trump supporter criticizes administration for removal of gay makeup artistJoe Rogan, the influential podcast host and prominent supporter of Donald Trump, has criticized the president’s administration over the deportation of a professional makeup artist and hairdresser to a prison in El Salvador, calling it “horrific”.Andry José Hernández Romero, who is gay, had sought asylum in the US, telling officials he faced persecution because of his sexual orientation and political views. But US immigration officers argued the crown tattoos on his wrists were proof he was part of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang, despite Hernández Romero telling them he was not. Last month, he was flown from Texas to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, a facility that his lawyer said was “one of the worst places in the world”. His removal comes as the administration undertakes what Trump has pledged would be a mass deportation campaign. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Man who escaped ICE detention in power outage gets caught on a Denver bus

Immigration authorities say the second of two men who escaped from a Colorado immigration detention center during a power outage last month has been arrested

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43 h. ago District attorney lashes out at ICE for detaining suspect in Boston during a trial

A district attorney in Boston harshly criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after one of its agents detained a suspect while he was on trial

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44 h. ago Misinformation being ‘whipped up’ over immigration cases – Attorney General

Lord Hermer, however, said it was ‘entirely right’ for the Home Secretary to conduct a review on the use of Article 8 in migration cases in the UK.

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44 h. ago Convicted child killer Lori Vallow Daybell tells jurors their job is to ‘protect’ her at new murder conspiracy trial

The ‘Doomsday mom’ is on trial again, this time acting as her own attorney, as she faces charges in the 2019 death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow

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45 h. ago US justice department drops corruption case against New York mayor Eric Adams

Trump administration had been pressing Adams to crack down on immigration but both parties denied quid pro quo A US federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the Department of Justice’s corruption case against New York City’s embattled mayor, Eric Adams, after weeks of scandal about the Democratic mayor bowing to pressure from the Trump administration to cooperate on immigration crackdowns while trying to get out from under the criminal charges.Despite the judge’s decision, he said the Trump administration’s grounds for having the case dropped “smacks of a bargain”. Continue reading...

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