12 h. ago Three ways Liverpool can line up with Alexander Isak in 'title

New £130m striker now part of a lethal attack with Hugo Ekitike, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo and Florian Wirtz

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44 h. ago Judge stops U.S. from deporting group of unaccompanied Guatemalan children after some were loaded on planes overnight at Texas airport

The order comes as the Trump administration reportedly prepares to send federal agents to Chicago as part of its immigration crackdown

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3 d. ago Influencer and family found dead inside truck sparking Mexican 'cartel murder' fears

Influencer Esmeralda Ferrer Garibay, her husband Roberto Carlos Gil Licea, and their two children, Gael Santiago and Regina, were found dead in a truck in Mexico

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3 d. ago Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting

Signs of a decline in international students have unsettled colleges around the U.S., but some schools are especially vulnerable

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4 d. ago TikTok star, 32, is found dead along with husband and two children, seven and 13, in truck sparking Mexican 'cartel murder' fears

Esmeralda Ferrer Garibay, 32, and spouse Roberto Carlos Gil Licea, 36, died alongside their son Gael Santiago, 13, and daughter, Regina, 7.

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4 d. ago As Trump threatens more Guard troops in US cities, here's what the law allows

Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, President Donald Trump has openly mused about sending troops to some of the nation’s most Democratic cities — including Chicago and Baltimore — where he claims they are needed to crack down on crime

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4 d. ago Mexican senate debate erupts into ugly brawl after debate over drug cartels boiled over

Mexico's senate erupted into violence with punches, pushing and shouting after an opposition party leader grabbed the chamber's president as the session was wrapping up.

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4 d. ago Small businesses face crippling charges for sending parcels from TODAY as Trump ends exemption

The $800 'de minimis' exemption allowed businesses to ship parcels to the US under the threshold, without paying any duties on imports.

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4 d. ago Brawl breaks out in Mexican senate over US military intervention against drug cartels

A brawl broke out in the Mexican Senate between two of the chamber's most senior politicians after a heated debate over US military intervention in Mexico.

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5 d. ago Trump fans fire back at Gavin Newsom by sending him free merch with a sinister message

Newsom says that he’s received ‘two dozen’ of the items from the Trump Store

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6 d. ago Trump urges Democrats to ‘call him’ to send troops to their cities in apparent attempt to legitimize threats of federal takeovers – live

Despite criticism of repeated threats to take over police and send in National Guard, president claims Democratic leaders should demand takeoversLev Menand, a law professor at Columbia law school, said Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve chief Lisa Cook is a “procedurally invalid removal under the statute”.Menand, who authored a book about the Fed’s actions during the coronavirus pandemic, also said for-cause firings are typically related to misconduct while in office, rather than based on private misconduct from before an official’s appointment. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Royal Mail temporarily stops sending packages to US due to Trump tariffs

The move will impact commercial shippers sending items of low-value to the US

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7 d. ago Trump says he wants ‘Department of War’ instead of defense department – US politics live

US president floats idea several times on Monday; Trump threatens again to send troops to Democratic-run cities amid misleading claim on crime in ‘red cities’National guard start carrying firearms in DC as Trump says Chicago may be nextThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the $282m LA county contract into the slush funds in 2019 but did not say if anyone actually received bribes from the county’s money at that point. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ pleads guilty to racketeering in New York

Ismael Zambada was co-founder of Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, now imprisoned in USThe Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges as well as running a criminal enterprise on Monday, more than a year since he was arrested in Texas after what has been described as a kidnapping.“I recognize the great harm illegal drugs have done to the people in the United States and Mexico,” the 77-year-old Zambada said in court through a Spanish-language interpreter. “I apologize for all of it, and I take responsibility for my actions.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Dr Pepper buys Peet’s owner in $18bn deal amid coffee industry tariff turmoil

Deal comes at a time when consumers are pulling back and Trump’s trade wars threaten to send coffee prices soaringKeurig Dr Pepper will buy the owner of Peet’s Coffee, Douwe Egberts and Kenco in an $18bn deal, then break itself in two, with one company selling coffee and the other selling cold beverages like Snapple, Dr Pepper, 7UP and energy drinks.The agreement announced Monday will essentially unwind the 2018 merger of Keurig and Dr Pepper and it arrives at a time when consumers are pulling back and the trade wars under Donald Trump threaten to send coffee prices soaring. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada to plead guilty to federal charges

Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is expected to plead guilty to federal charges related to his role in the violent drug trade that for years flooded the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and other illicit substances

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8 d. ago Trump news at a glance: Jeffries says president ‘playing games’ with American lives as national guard to be sent to Chicago

House minority leader decries plan confirmed by Pentagon while Chicago mayor calls it ‘most flagrant violation of our constitution in the 21st century’ – key US politics stories from Sunday 24 AugustHakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and New York Democratic congressman, said Donald Trump had “manufactured a crisis” to justify sending federalized national guard troops into Chicago next, over the heads of local leaders.Jeffries, appearing on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, accused the US president of “playing games with the lives of Americans” with his unprecedented domestic deployment of the military, which has escalated to include the arming of troops currently patrolling Washington DC – after sending troops into Los Angeles in June. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump ‘manufactured crisis’ to justify plan to send national guard to Chicago, leading Democrat says

As White House moves to militarize more cities, Hakeem Jeffries says president is ‘playing’ with Americans’ livesDonald Trump has “manufactured a crisis” to justify the notion of sending federalized national guard troops into Chicago next, over the heads of local leaders, a leading Democrat said on Sunday, as the White House advanced plans to militarize more US cities.Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and a New York Democratic congressman, accused the US president of “playing games with the lives of Americans” with his unprecedented domestic deployment of the military, which has escalated to include the arming of troops currently patrolling Washington, DC – after sending troops into Los Angeles in June. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump could send troops into Chicago within weeks as he expands military deployment into more cities: report

Pentagon reportedly plans to put military boots on the ground in America’s third-largest city as soon as September

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1 week ago Trump threatens to send troops to Chicago and says he could bring in ‘regular military’ to Washington DC – live

US president attacks Democrat-run cities as he also says Putin might come to US World Cup and confirms $2bn request to Congress to ‘beautify’ capitalAs we bring you more information about the reported FBI raid on John Bolton’s Maryland home, it’s worth pointing out that Bolton was stripped of his security clearance when Trump started his second term in office. The president also got rid of Bolton’s government detail, despite being the target of an assassination plot due to Bolton’s criticism of the Iranian regime.Bolton served as Trump’s third national security adviser in his first term in office, but has since become a vocal critic of the president. Less than an hour ago, a post from Bolton’s X account critiqued the state of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. “Russia has not changed its goal: drag Ukraine into a new Russian Empire,” he wrote. “Meanwhile, meetings will continue because Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize, but I don’t see these talks making any progress.” Continue ...

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