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Month: June 2025

Mahmoud Khalil vows to continue protesting Israel and the war in Gaza after release from detention

By HOLLY RAMER and ARON RANEN Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and cheered as he was welcomed home Saturday by supporters including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly to reporters

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Ex-Texas US Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left office amid harassment allegations, dies at 63

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press Former Texas Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, who left Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, has died. He was 63. He died in a Corpus Christi hospital and suffered heart and liver problems in recent years, Steve Ray, his former longtime political consultant, said. Farenthold’s wife, Debbie Farenthold, confirmed that

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A Minnesota labor union manager has been charged after he allegedly made threats of violence toward the State Capitol.

Minnesota labor union manager arrested, accused of making threats of violence toward State Capitol

By Nick Lentz Click here for updates on this story     Minnesota (WCCO) — A Minnesota labor union manager has been charged after he allegedly made threats of violence toward the State Capitol. Woodbury resident Jonathan Bohn, 41, faces charges of allegedly making threats of violence with reckless disregard for risk. According to a criminal complaint

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Mahmoud Khalil – a Palestinian activist at the center of a long-running deportation fight – has been released from the Louisiana ICE detention center.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil reunited with his wife, newborn son after spending months at a Louisiana detention center

CNN By Mark Morales, Dalia Faheid, Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — After missing the birth of his child, his first Father’s Day and spending more than three months away from his family, Mahmoud Khalil has been reunited with his loved ones. The Palestinian activist arrived in Newark, New Jersey, Saturday afternoon, a day after he

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is placed under arrest by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and FBI agents outside federal immigration court on Tuesday in New York.

Masked ICE officers: The new calling card of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

By Ray Sanchez and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — When New York City Comptroller Brad Lander returned to a Manhattan immigration courthouse on Friday, days after being arrested while escorting an immigrant whom federal agents detained, he said he again witnessed “a deeply dehumanizing process.” “We saw three people removed by the same non-uniformed, masked

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Belarus frees dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 others after a rare visit from top US envoy

By YURAS KARMANAU and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and 13 others following a rare visit by a senior U.S. official, Tsikhanouskaya’s team announced on Saturday. Tsikhanouski, a popular blogger and activist who was

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Judge blocks the Trump administration’s National Science Foundation research funding cuts

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump ‘s administration from making drastic cuts to research funding provided by the National Science Foundation. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston struck down on Friday a policy change that could have stripped universities of tens of millions of dollars in research funding. The

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Democrats are at odds over response as Trump announces the US has entered Israel-Iran war

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press After nearly two years of stark divisions over the war in Gaza and support for Israel, Democrats seemed to remain at odds over policy toward Iran. Progressives demanded unified opposition before President Donald Trump announced U.S. strikes against Tehran’s nuclear program but party leaders were treading

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Sunken Bayesian superyacht lifted from waters off Sicily as salvage operation completed

By SALVATORE CAVALLI and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press PORTICELLO, Italy (AP) — A British-flagged luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, was lifted from the water Saturday as salvage recovery crews completed the complex operation to bring it ashore for further investigation. The white top

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Sports on TV for Sunday, June 22

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, June 22 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Brembo Grand Prix of Italy, Tuscany, Italy 10 a.m. FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis. 11 a.m. FS1 — NXT IndyCar Series: The Grand Prix

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