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Trump announces set of tariff rates with new August deadline
President Donald Trump unveiled the first in a wave of promised letters that threaten to impose higher tariffs rates on key trading partners, including levies of 25% on goods from Japan and South Korea beginning Aug. 1.
Trump also announced 25% rates on Malaysia and Kazakhstan, while South Africa would see a 30% tariff and Laos and Myanmar ...Read more
Trump yanks deportation protections for 50,000 Nicaraguans, Hondurans
The Trump administration Monday ended protections from deportation for about 50,000 immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua, most of whom have lived and worked in the U.S. for more than 25 years.
The Department of Homeland Security said it has revoked temporary protective status from people from the two Central American nations who were allowed ...Read more

New measles exposure reported over July 4th holiday, as cases in Kansas slow
The number of new measles cases has slowed in recent weeks in Kansas, reaching 86 confirmed cases, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s 2025 Kansas Measles Case Data dashboard.
The number of patients infected with measles increased by six over the past two weeks, according to the data updated Monday.
All but three ...Read more

Justice Department, driven by Trump policy, plans to go after naturalized U.S. citizens
In his all-out war on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump has branded immigrants as “criminals,” “invaders” and “predators,” as his administration targets millions of Haitians, Latin Americans, gang members and foreign college students for deportation.
Now, the president has directed the Justice Department to bolster its ...Read more

Trump administration plans to send Abrego Garcia to 'third country' as he awaits Tennessee trial
GREENBELT — The Justice Department’s “current plan” is to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a third country — not El Salvador — if the wrongly deported Maryland man is freed from federal custody as he awaits trial in Tennessee, a government attorney told a court Tuesday.
“The plan currently is to remove him to a third country,” ...Read more

11 dead in Kenya protests as police shut capital city down
At least 11 people were killed in violent clashes between Kenyan police and protesters demanding the removal of President William Ruto.
In addition to the fatalities, 63 people were injured and 567 arrested, the police said on X Monday.
The protests held to commemorate the July 7 marches that marked the beginning of multi-party democracy in ...Read more

Detroit mayor, police chief unveil plan to combat violence after bloody July 4 weekend
DETROIT — Following a July 4 holiday weekend in which six juveniles were shot, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan stood with Detroit Police officials for the second year in a row on Monday to unveil a multi-point plan aimed at reducing violence.
During a press conference at Detroit Public Safety Headquarters, Duggan and Detroit Police Chief Todd ...Read more

Georgia appeals court rules election boards must certify results
Election board members are required to certify election results, even if they distrust the outcome, according to a Georgia Court of Appeals decision.
The decision resolves a dispute that overshadowed the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, when the State Election Board passed rules calling for an “inquiry” and more documents before ...Read more

Trump immigration crackdown sparks fresh unlawful-conduct claims
President Donald Trump’s escalating immigration crackdown has sparked a new round of lawsuits alleging illegal seizures by masked federal agents, as well as violations of U.S. privacy rights and environmental laws.
The Trump administration in the past month has ramped up raids on homes, workplaces and even courthouses as U.S. officials ...Read more
Trump administration moves to end TPS for Hondurans and Nicaraguans
The Trump administration is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans and Nicaraguans.
In a document posted in the Federal Register on Monday, the notice from the Department of Homeland Security said that, after reviewing conditions in those countries, Secretary Kristi Noem concluded that conditions in Honduras and Nicaragua no ...Read more

ICE agents wearing masks add new levels of intimidation, confusion during LA raids
LOS ANGELES — For many Angelenos, the spectacle of armed federal agents — faces hidden behind neck gaiters and balaclavas — jumping out of unmarked vans to snatch people off the streets presents a clear threat to public safety.
As federal immigration agents have ratcheted up enforcement raids, arresting and detaining anyone they suspect ...Read more

Massachusetts State Police Sgt. in Karen Read case booted from DA's office
Embattled Sgt. Yuriy Bukhenik has been kicked out of the Norfolk DA’s office as fallout from the Karen Read case spreads.
Bukhenik is now on a “temporary duty assignment” at the Division of Standards and Training in the Framingham headquarters, the State Police said Monday when they corrected an earlier statement about him going to ...Read more

Sex crime trial set for friend of Alexander brothers accused of pinning woman during rape
MIAMI — Jury selection is expected to begin Tuesday for the sex crime trial of Ohad Fisherman, the hummus entrepreneur and good friend of Miami Beach’s Alexander brothers, accused of pinning down a woman eight years ago as the twins took turns raping her.
Fisherman, 39, who New York magazine once dubbed the “hummus hunk,” will stand ...Read more

Demolition work on Key Bridge remnants starts Monday
Demolition work on the remaining pieces of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was expected to start Monday and continue over the next several months.
The effort begins this week with work mainly focused on “mobilizing assets and equipment,” said Maryland Transportation Authority Press Secretary Briana McEachern.
Crews will then start dismantling...Read more

Deadly Texas flash floods sparks controversy over Trump cuts to NWS, NOAA
AUSTIN, Texas — The devastating Texas floods that killed scores of people on July 4 weekend sparked a spreading controversy on Monday over President Donald Trump’s cuts to the weather forecasting and disaster agencies, which critics say may have worsened the catastrophe.
As the death toll rose to nearly 100, some elected officials and ...Read more

Gangs burn down Haiti's iconic Hotel Oloffson, host to stars and writers
Haiti’s storied Hotel Oloffson, a favorite haunt of writers and artists that survived dictatorship, coups and a devastating earthquake and was immortalized in novelist Graham Greene’s “The Comedians,” is no more.
After months of resisting gang threats and attacks that forced thousands in its surrounding Carrefour Feuilles neighborhood ...Read more

Iran president tells Tucker Carlson he's open to talks with US
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Tucker Carlson his country remains open to talks with the U.S., but that it was difficult to trust Washington after its strikes last month.
“I’m of the belief that we could very much, easily resolve the differences and conflicts with the United States through dialog and talks,” Pezeshkian told ...Read more

NYC prisoner's suit led to jail reform but left him little, cost taxpayers
NEW YORK — In August 2011, Mark Nunez typed out a lawsuit against the city, a year after a team of jail officers on Rikers Island beat him with a radio, dragged him down a hallway and stripped him naked.
In an upstate prison at the time, Nunez was not a lawyer, and relied on advice from two savvy older inmates who worked in the law library to...Read more

Georgia school districts prepare for cellphone ban ahead of state deadline
ATLANTA — Georgia schools have another year before a statewide cellphone ban goes into effect — but some districts are getting a head start.
Gov. Brian Kemp signed the Distraction-Free Education Act into law over the objections of parents and advocates who worry the ban would mean less access to their children during emergencies. Early ...Read more

University of Maryland students feel the pinch of off-campus rents
BALTIMORE — Jessica Annoh is a rising senior kinesiology major at the University of Maryland, College Park. She wanted to live on campus last year, but instead, found herself paying $1,200 a month for one bedroom in a five-bedroom apartment off campus.
Most of the year, Annoh finances her education and housing using scholarship money, but ...Read more
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