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WATCH: Rubio and Jamaican Prime Minister Holness hold joint press conference on security goals

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the State Department will re-evaluate its travel warnings for Jamaica and other countries to ensure they reflect real conditions on the ground.

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Appeals court won’t halt order barring Trump administration from deportations under Alien Enemies Act

A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law.

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WATCH: DHS Secretary Noem tours El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. The tour that included two crowded cell blocks, the armory

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News Wrap: Appeals court upholds block on Trump deportations under Alien Enemies Act

In our news wrap Wednesday, an appeals court upheld a ban on the deportation of hundreds of immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, President Trump has announced new 25 percent tariffs on all foreign-made automobiles and the Supreme Court in

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WATCH: Rubio and Jamaican Prime Minister Holness hold joint press conference on security goals

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the State Department will re-evaluate its travel warnings for Jamaica and other countries to ensure they reflect real conditions on the ground.

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Wildfires ravaging southern South Korea leave 24 dead, force thousands to evacuate

Wind-driven wildfires that were among South Korea’s worst ever have ravaged the country’s southern regions, killing 24 people, destroying more than 300 structures and forcing 28,800 residents to evacuate, officials said Wednesday.

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Brazil Supreme Court allows charges against former President Bolsonaro for alleged coup plan

They have ordered the former leader to stand trial. Brazil’s prosecutor general has charged Bolsonaro and 33 others of attempting a coup that included a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and kill

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Tuberculosis was once a disease in decline, but a resurgence in cases has health officials puzzled

Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death around the world, outpaced only by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic. Reports of TB date back to the time of Hippocrates, but modern outbreaks shows that the disease

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The effect of NIH funding cuts on vaccine access and hesitancy research

The National Institutes of Health has terminated dozens of grants for scientific research projects related to vaccine use and hesitancy, informing researchers that their studies no longer aligned with the Trump administration’s priorities. Ali Rogin speaks with Sophia Newcomer, one

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Americans’ Views of Deportations

Most say arrests of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally should be allowed at protests or in homes, but not at places of worship or schools. The post Americans’ Views of Deportations appeared first on Pew Research Center.

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