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Read More »U.S. lawmakers demand answers after Canadian man says border officers made him give DNA sample
American lawmakers are demanding answers from the Trump administration after a Canadian man says U.S. customs officers held him for three hours at the border and forced him to provide a DNA sample before sending him home. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, a Democrat who represents an area of Michigan just …
Read More »2 U.S. fighter jets fly over Gulf of Venezuela as lawmakers demand answers on boat strikes
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The U.S. military flew a pair of fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday in what appears to be the closest American warplanes have come …
Read More »Steve Witkoff to meet Russian officials again as leaked phone call rankles U.S. lawmakers
Donald Trump is sticking with longtime friend and special envoy for peace missions, Steve Witkoff, even as a report late Tuesday appeared to portray Witkoff as coaching an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin on how to approach the U.S. president. Bloomberg News published the transcript of an Oct. 14 …
Read More »BBC leaders grilled by lawmakers after Trump threatened to sue public broadcaster
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The BBC’s chairman acknowledged Monday that it was too slow in responding to allegations of bias over a misleading edit of a speech by U.S. President Donald …
Read More »Ontario’s rep in Washington says Reagan ad not coming up in talks with U.S. lawmakers
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The Ontario government’s representative in Washington says the infamous ad that upset U.S. President Donald Trump and ostensibly pushed him to halt trade talks with Canada hasn’t …
Read More »Brazil lawmakers gut environmental licensing ahead of UN climate summit
Brazil’s congress passed legislation on Thursday loosening environmental licensing, a potential blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he seeks to burnish his country’s green credentials before hosting the United Nations global climate summit, COP30, this year. The bill passed with broad support in congress where a powerful …
Read More »Accused in fatal Minnesota shooting went to homes of 2 other lawmakers
The man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the shootings, intending to inflict more carnage against those on his hit list, a federal prosecutor said Monday. But one of the other lawmakers was on vacation …
Read More »Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers is in custody after surrendering to police
The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender on Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge. Vance Boelter was arrested and charged with …
Read More »2 Minnesota lawmakers and spouses shot in their homes, ex-state House Speaker and husband dead
Former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed by someone posing as a police officer on Saturday, and a second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded in what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said were politically motivated shootings. Hortman, a state representative, and her spouse were …
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