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Federal agents must limit tear gas for now at protests outside Portland ICE building, judge says
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officers are temporarily restricted from using tear gas at protests outside a Portland immigration building, a judge in Oregon ruled Tuesday, just days after agents fired gas into a crowd of demonstrators that local officials described as peaceful and which included young children.U.S. District Judge Michael Simon ordered federal officers to not use chemical or projectile munitions unless the person targeted poses an imminent threat of physical harm. Simon also limited federal officers from firing munitions at the head, neck or torso “unless the... Read More
Judge seems skeptical of legal justification for Pentagon's punishment of Sen. Mark Kelly
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon's censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to resist unlawful orders from the Trump administration.Sen. Mark Kelly had a front-row seat in a courtroom as his attorneys urged U.S. District Judge Richard Leon to block the Pentagon from punishing the Arizona Democrat, a retired U.S. Navy pilot. Leon didn't immediately rule from the bench on Kelly's claims that Pentagon officials violated his First Amendment free speech... Read More
The Latest: Trump signs budget bill bringing an end to partial government shutdown
President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown on Tuesday, hours after the House passed the bill in a bipartisan vote.The measure funds most of the federal government through Sept. 30 while providing the Department of Homeland Security with short-term funding for two weeks. Lawmakers will return to negotiate potential changes for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Democrats demand more restrictions on its operations.
Earlier in the afternoon, Speaker Mike Johnson managed to secure the... Read More
UK police open criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged leaks to Epstein
LONDON (AP) — British police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The U.K. government says newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson – a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party – may have shared market-sensitive information with the convicted sex offender a decade and a half ago.
London’s Metropolitan Police force said detectives had reviewed reports of... Read More
A 13-year-old Australian boy swims for hours to save his mother and siblings who were swept away
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 13-year-old boy swam for four hours in cold and choppy waters to save his mother and two younger siblings who had been swept out to sea off the coast of Western Australia.The family, from the state capital Perth, were using kayaks and paddle boards on Friday morning when rough ocean and wind conditions started dragging them out. Teenager Austin Appelbee swam about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore to raise the alarm, police said.
“The waves are massive and I have no life jacket on. … I just kept thinking ‘just keep swimming, just... Read More
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- UK police open criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged leaks to Epstein
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- Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown, setting stage for next fight
- Clintons finalize agreement to testify in House Epstein probe, bowing to threat of contempt vote
- Immigration agents draw guns, arrest activists following them in Minneapolis
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- French prosecutors request 5-year ban Marine Le Pen from office, jeopardizing 2027 presidential bid
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