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One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver. The men had little in common beyond their Venezuelan seaside hometowns and the fact all four were among …

The Trump administration has purchased a stake in two Canadian critical mineral companies, a move experts say is certainly unusual, if not extraordinary, and which raise questions about whether Ottawa should block them in the interest of national security. It’s “possibly unprecedented for the U.S. government itself to be buying …

U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The appeal, shared with The Associated Press on Saturday, sets in motion a process …

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever. The message was conveyed in a letter that co-founder Ben Cohen posted on social media platform X …

Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki has been chosen as the country’s interim leader, said an official from the Nepalese president’s office, after violent anti-corruption protests forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign this week. Karki, 73, the only woman to have held the post of chief justice of the …

The Trump administration took the fight over its tariffs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping trade penalties under federal law. The U.S. government called on the court to reverse an appeals court ruling that …

U.S. Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence.  The lawsuit seeks an injunction to block her firing and “confirm her status” as …

The Trump administration slapped a Canadian judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions as the U.S. State Department unleashes a new wave of restrictions against judges it said had been instrumental in a past decision to investigate U.S. officials and in efforts to prosecute Israeli leaders. The State Department says …

As It HappensThis NGO tried to save $13M worth of USAID contraceptives from being burned The U.S. State Department plans to incinerate roughly $13.2 million worth of women’s contraceptives despite offers from multiple aid agencies to distribute the supplies at no cost.  The supplies, which include various forms of birth …

Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was cancelled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, the Ivy League school will pay a …