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Month: October 2025

UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law, and criticized a wider “backlash” in some countries against migrants and refugees. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, used a speech to

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers want him sent to a New Jersey federal prison that offers drug treatment

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility’s drug treatment program will help him stay clean. In a letter,

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Virginia Democrats criticize AG candidate Jay Jones for violent texts but aren’t demanding he quit race

By Eva McKend, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Top Virginia Democrats have sharply criticized attorney general nominee Jay Jones but are stopping short of calling on him to leave the race after newly revealed text messages showed he suggested that a colleague be shot. Gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger and lieutenant governor nominee Ghazala Hashmi called

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Iowa Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks speaks during the House GOP news conference in January 2022.

A swing-district Iowa Republican says she’ll hold town halls ‘when hell freezes over’

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.” The Republican, who represents one of the nation’s most competitive House districts in southeastern Iowa, has faced questions for months over when she’ll hold a public town

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Democrats could have a slight shot at flipping a US House seat in Utah under a new congressional map

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican-led Legislature approved a revised congressional map Monday that could give Democrats an improved chance at flipping a seat as they fight to topple the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House. But in a state dominated by Republicans, it remains a long-shot that

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