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Lebanon's often-fractious press corps was united in anger this week over comments by Tom Barrack, the U.S. special envoy to Syria, who warned journalists against 'animalistic' behavior and told them to 'act civilized.' LA Times
State Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton is working to remove restrictions around the sale and shipment of mace New York Post
The former DOJ paralegal, Sean Charles Dunn, was charged Aug. 13 with felony assault for hurling the hoagie at the chest of a federal officer. New York Post
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The mother of the lone gunman who killed two students and injured 17 others at the Annunciation Church and Catholic School in Minneapolis was an employee at the school, police said. New York Post
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Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, is set to face the rest of his life behind bars as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to dismantle cartels. New York Post
Eating more meat could be beneficial for the body, a new study suggests. New York Post
The agency’s fall recommendations underscore the goals of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to limit access to the vaccines, which he has long opposed. New York Times
New Orleans after Katrina is a cautionary tale for every place in America that will one day face its own disaster. New York Times
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated that customs duty revenues from President Donald Trump's tariffs may be more than $500 billion a year. OANN
VOA VIEW: It could be more.
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According to officials, the illegal immigrant who caused a car crash in Florida, killing three people in a minivan after making an illegal U-turn, has failed both the English Language Proficiency (ELP) test and road sign tests. OANN
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran on Tuesday of orchestrating two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil last year. He announced that Canberra, the capital of Australia, would be severing all diplomatic ties with Tehran in response. OANN
Vanity Fair employees have reportedly threatened to walk out in protest if First Lady Melania Trump is chosen to be featured on the magazine's cover. OANN
Southeastern Michigan is part of a surge in fake college websites that have used artificial intelligence to generate hours of content over the past two years. Washington Times
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Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle's King County International Airport to witness deportation flights and spread word of where they are going and how many people are aboard. Until recently, they could keep track of the flights using publicly accessible websites. Washington Times
A cyberattack over the weekend snarled state offices and websites in Nevada, leading them to shut down on Monday and Tuesday. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Someone should pay dearly.
President Trump is working with Republican congressional leaders on a "comprehensive crime bill," legislation that will put his popular crime-fighting agenda in front of voters ahead of the midterm elections next year. Washington Times
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The Trump administration on Wednesday said it plans to take managerial control of Union Station to unlock the historic station's commercial potential. Washington Times
SpaceX launched the latest test of its mega rocket Starship on Tuesday night and completed the first-ever deployment of a test payload - eight dummy satellites - into space. After just over an hour coasting through space, Starship splashed down as planned in the Indian Ocean. Washington Times
Cracker Barrel says it's scrapping its new logo and sticking with its old one following severe backlash. The 55-year-old company is reversing course just a week after planning to adopt the new logo. CBS
The U.S. military detected a Russian spy plane in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, marking the fourth such sighting in one week. CBS
VOA VIEW: Russia is pushing it.
The wealthiest 400 people in the U.S. pay a tax rate of 24%, lower than the average rate for all other taxpayers. CBS
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SpaceX launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship on Tuesday, chalking up what appeared to be a remarkably successful test flight in the wake of three back-to-back failures earlier this year. CBS
The Trump administration is reinstating a long-dormant practice of conducting "neighborhood checks" to vet immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship. CBS
The United States is warning travelers to China about chikungunya, a virus that spreads to humans through mosquito bites and can cause severe joint aches, fatigue and fever. CBS
VOA VIEW: Another China threat.
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Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook hired Abbe Lowell to fight her termination by President Trump for a case that could land at the Supreme Court. CNBC
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Travelers could score discounts on high-end items like watches and clothing by buying overseas. CNBC
Mortgage demand barely moved last week. With no real change in mortgage interest rates, consumers have little incentive to refinance. CNBC
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced he was withdrawing an additional $175 million from California's high-speed rail project. CNBC
Trump federalized the Washington, D.C. Metro Police Department, leading to 12 days without a homicide and 1,173 arrests as majority of Americans support his approach. FOX News
Chinese doctor Yunhai Li was arrested at a Texas airport for allegedly trying to steal cancer research data from MD Anderson Cancer Center to take to China. FOX News
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U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman denies immunity motion for Milwaukee judge accused of obstructing federal immigration enforcement in courthouse incident. FOX News
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California, Washington and New Mexico could lose millions in federal funding for failing to enforce English proficiency rules for truckers, officials said. FOX News
More than 20 employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been suspended after signing an open letter to Congress that criticized the agency. UPI
VOA VIEW: They must not fault the agency that the work for.
The punitive 50% tariffs levied on imports from India by President Donald Trump due to the continued purchase of Russian oil went into effect Wednesday. UPI
Russian infantry backed by drones succeeded in capturing two villages in Dnipropetrovsk, the first time Russian forces have broken out of the Donbas to the east UPI
VOA VIEW: Russia must be sanction now.
President Donald Trump is asking a New York appeals court to throw out the remaining penalties imposed against him in his civil fraud case after the roughly $500 million fine was dismissed last week. UPI
VOA VIEW: They should grant the entire case tossed.
The Trump administration on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to halt a lower court's order directing the federal government to disburse billions of dollars in foreign aid. UPI
VOA VIEW: The lower court had no authority to take such action.
Despite expert criticism, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, says the sweeping report will explain the increase in autism diagnoses. UPI
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Most of the more than 109,000 arrests carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the first five months of President Trump's second term took place in border and Southern states, according to a CBS News analysis of government data. The rest of the country has limited arrests.
States in the southern U.S., as well as those along the border with Mexico, saw the highest levels of ICE arrests between the start of Mr. Trump's second term on Jan. 20 and June 27, the figures show. That continued a trend that predates the current administration, though ICE arrests have increased sharply across the country since last year. During the same time period in 2024, under the Biden administration, ICE made over 49,000 arrests, meaning that arrests by the agency have increased by 120% under the Trump administration.
The statistics indicate that Texas saw nearly a quarter of all ICE arrests during that time period. About 11% of ICE arrests occurred in Florida and 7% in California, followed by 4% in Georgia and 3% in Arizona. ICE made the fewest arrests in Vermont, Alaska and Montana, about 100 total apprehensions combined. The locations of a small percentage of the arrests could not be discerned from the dataset, which was obtained by a group known as the Deportation Data Project through litigation.
Overall, the individuals arrested by ICE between Jan. 20 and June 27 came from nearly 180 countries, but most were from Latin America or the Caribbean, according to the data. Mexico was the most common country of citizenship, with nearly 40,000 of those taken into ICE custody listed as Mexican citizens. Nationals of Guatemala and Honduras followed with around 15,000 and 12,000, respectively. Nearly 8,000 were citizens of Venezuela and over 5,000 of El Salvador.
Immigration experts said the concentration of arrests in Southern and border states is not necessarily surprising and can largely be attributed to geography, demographics and the extent to which local law enforcement agencies cooperate with ICE. Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, explained that ICE tends to focus its resources in areas where local policies permit law enforcement interaction with federal immigration authorities, such as Texas and Florida.
Other places, like California, may also see high levels of ICE arrests because they have large communities of immigrants, including those in the U.S. illegally, even though state and local policies limit collaboration with ICE. "It's easier for ICE to be picking people up from state and local jails where there's cooperation," Bush-Joseph said. In cities and states with so-called sanctuary policies, "ICE has to spend more resources picking up people for at-large arrests," she added.
