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Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis raid was regularly checking in with authorities, lawyer says

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break through the front door of his Minneapolis home had been checking in regularly with federal authorities for years, his attorney said Tuesday.

The arrest of Garrison Gibson, 37 during a Minnesota immigration crackdown that the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest enforcement operation ever, was a “blatant constitutional violation,” since the agents did not have a proper warrant, said attorney Marc Prokosch.

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Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate as Iran official brings up earlier attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar were advised to evacuate by Wednesday evening, according to a U.S. official and the Gulf country, as President Donald Trump has warned of possible action after a deadly crackdown on protesters in Iran.

The decision came as a senior official in Tehran brought up the country's retaliatory attack in June at Al Udeid Air Base outside Doha, Qatar.

The U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, described the move at the base as precautionary and said such measures... Read More

New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregations

WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of tightening immigration restrictions, the Department of Homeland Security is attempting to make it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve their U.S. congregations with less disruption.

DHS announced on Wednesday a regulatory change aimed at reducing visa wait times abroad for the foreign nationals many U.S. religious communities depend on to serve as pastors, priests, nuns, imams and rabbis. These religious workers face a yearslong backlog to obtain legal permanent U.S. residency, but congregations can bring them into the country on... Read More

Colorado appeals panel skeptical of sentencing for former county clerk who breached election systems

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado appeals panel on Wednesday seemed skeptical that a judge could use former county clerk Tina Peters' insistence on spreading election conspiracy theories as part of the reason to sentence her to nine years in prison for orchestrating a data breach of election equipment.

The three-judge panel was dismissive of many of the arguments made by Peters' attorneys. But they grilled the state's lawyer over the trial judge reciting Peters' false statements about elections in handing down her sentence.

“The court cannot punish her for her First... Read More

Japan's Takaichi plans to seek early election soon, party says

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Parliament soon to set up for a snap election to seek the public's mandate for her policies, a top party official said Wednesday.

Takaichi was elected in Parliament as Japan's first female prime minister in October. A snap election is seen as an attempt to capitalize her still strong approval ratings of around 70% to help her beleaguered governing party gain more seats.

Shunichi Suzuki, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, told reporters Takaichi told him and other... Read More

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Liberian man arrested in Minneapolis raid was regularly checking in with authorities, lawyer says

Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate as Iran official brings up earlier attack

New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregations

Colorado appeals panel skeptical of sentencing for former county clerk who breached election systems

Japan's Takaichi plans to seek early election soon, party says

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