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Jan
Federal authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a Pentagon contractor and former Navy veteran, for allegedly leaking classified information related to the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Perez-Lugones, a system administrator in Maryland holding a top-secret security clearance, was taken into custody earlier…
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Jan
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iranian authorities have stopped the killing of anti-government protesters and abandoned plans to carry out mass executions, a striking assertion that comes as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to intensify. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump told reporters he had received information suggesting…
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Jan
The family of Renee Nicole Macklin Good has retained the same high-profile civil rights attorneys who represented the family of George Floyd, signaling an aggressive push for accountability following Good’s fatal shooting by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month. The family announced Wednesday that they are being…
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Jan
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) flipped his vote on a war powers resolution aimed at restricting President Donald Trump’s military actions against Venezuela on Wednesday. The measure, which was introduced by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), sought to require congressional approval for any U.S. hostilities within or against Venezuela, unless explicitly authorized…
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Jan
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) has moved to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after the former presidential couple failed to comply with subpoenas issued by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Donalds, a member of the committee, emphasized…
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Jan
At least one individual was shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January 14. The latest incident comes exactly a week after an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good, a local “ICE Watch” activist who was shot after accelerating towards the…
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Jan
Federal agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployed less-than-lethal crowd control measures after an ICE agent was forced to open fire in self-defense. The incident occurred just before 7 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, when ICE agents made contact with a…
15
Jan
Federal agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployed less-than-lethal crowd control measures after an ICE agent was forced to open fire in self-defense. The incident occurred just before 7 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, when ICE agents made contact with a…
15
Jan
Federal agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployed less-than-lethal crowd control measures after an ICE agent was forced to open fire in self-defense. The incident occurred just before 7 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, when ICE agents made contact with a…