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FEMA extends housing aid for Maui wildfire survivors until 2027

U.S. officials have granted a request to extend housing assistance for survivors of catastrophic 2023 wildfires, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Friday. Nearly 1,000 households displaced by fire were anxiously awaiting word on whether federal assistance helping them stay housed will be left to expire, forcing them to find new housing or pay more for it in one of the tightest and most expensive rental environments in the country. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem approved Hawaii’s request to extend Federal Emergency Management Agency temporar

Trump administration's defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security

What Trump officials and immigration lawyers say about ICE detaining a 5-year-old

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Chinese asylum seeker who exposed rights abuses fights to stay in the US

Guan Heng, who exposed human rights abuses in his native China, has been in U.S. custody since being swept up in an immigration enforcement operation in August. He says he dares not even think about what would happen to him if he were sent back. “I would be prosecuted, I would be jailed, I would be tortured. All of that could happen,” Guan, 38, told The Associated Press in a recent call from the Broome County Correctional Facility in New York. A judge on Monday is to consider his appeal to remain in the United States, where he sought asylum after fleeing his

FBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned

Dumpsters fall off truck, snarl traffic on Interstate 95 in Danvers, Massachusetts

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Private guard called 911 in ICE detainee homicide, saying man 'kept going' after suicide attempt

A Cuban immigrant at a Texas detention center tried to hang himself, was restrained by guards in handcuffs, and stopped breathing during a subsequent struggle, according to a 911 call from a private security contractor. A caller identifying himself as Lt. Paul Walden called for emergency help as medical staff tried to revive Geraldo Lunas Campos on Jan. 3 at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. A county medical examiner ruled earlier this week that the death was a homicide. “He tried to hang himself, and then we put him in cuffs, and he kept going,” Walden said

Trump stirs talk of 'new world order' as leaders signal shifting global alliances

Family of man crushed by a bulldozer in his tent at an Atlanta homeless encampment sues nonprofits

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More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm

Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperatures and extensive power outages to about half the U.S. population. Forecasters warned that catastrophic damage, especially in areas pounded by ice, could rival that of a hurricane. Schools in Chicago and other Midwestern cities called off classes, airlines canceled thousands of weekend flights, churches moved Sunday services online and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, decided to hold its Saturday night radio pe

Republicans move forward with plans for a midterm convention featuring Trump

The Republican National Committee voted Friday to move forward with holding a midterm political convention, an unusual GOP festival that President Donald Trump would headline in hopes of rallying supporters to focus on the critical fall fight for control of Congress.To fulfill Trump’s wish of staging a political convention later this year, Republican leaders had to change party rules that previously only called for a convention during presidential election years. They did so by unanimously passing a resolution Friday during the party’s winter meeting in Santa Barbara, California, an RNC of

Justice Department charges ex-government contractor with leaking to Washington Post reporter

US-linked influencer missing in Mexico after viral video shows apparent gunpoint abduction

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US military says 2 killed in eastern Pacific boat strike, with 1 survivor

The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two people with one survivor, according to US Southern Command.“On Jan. 23, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X.The Coast Guard told CNN in a statement it was notified by SOUTHCOM and is coordinating search and rescue operations for the survivor.At least 117 people have now been killed in strikes on suspected dru

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Colts confirm the FBI has opened an investigation into the death of former owner Jim Irsay

The FBI has opened an investigation into the death of former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, team officials confirmed Friday. When Irsay died in May, the team issued a statement saying he died “peacefully in his sleep.” But in late August, The Washington Post reported Irsay continued to battle a longtime addiction to painkillers and that he had overdosed three times in the five years preceding his death. “We are aware of the investigation, but at this time, we’ve not been contacted by the FBI or been served with any subpoenas,” the Colts said in Frid

Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park

Prosecutors allege gang members tried to kill Indiana judge to derail domestic abuse trial

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Unsealed court documents suggest Trump admin detained Tufts student for writing op-ed critical of Israel

Newly unsealed court documents show the Trump administration did not have evidence that Tufts University PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk was supporting terrorist activity when she was arrested and her visa was revoked, and the action was taken because of an opinion article she wrote that contained criticisms of Israel.The documents, related to legal cases of students whose visas were revoked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and who were threatened with deportation last year, also show the administration found it difficult to find evidence to support the revocation of Öztürk’s visa.In most o

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Trump administration is expanding ‘Mexico City’ abortion policy to also ban funding for NGOs that it says promote DEI

Vice President JD Vance on Friday said the Trump administration is expanding the so-called Mexico City Policy, to not only bar US government funding for organizations that perform and promote abortions, but also to those the administration says promote diversity, equity and inclusion and “gender ideology.”His announcement came at the annual March for Life rally in Washington, DC, where the vice president sought to allay fears from the anti-abortion movement that the Trump administration has not done enough on the issue.“We’re going to start blocking every international NGO that perform

US expected to deport dozens of Iranians as Trump threatens regime over crackdown

What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?

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Trump angers allies with claim NATO troops ‘stayed a little back’ from front lines in Afghanistan

US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would “be there” if the United States “ever needed them,” baselessly claiming that the alliance’s troops “stayed a little back” from the front lines in Afghanistan.“I’ve always said, ‘Will they be there, if we ever needed them?’ And that’s really the ultimate test. And I’m not sure of that. I know that we would have been there, or we would be there, but will they be there?” Trump said Thursday in an interview with Fox News in Davos, Switzerland.In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the US b

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Zohran Mamdani’s first NYC snowstorm becomes a major governing test

For Zohran Mamdani, nearly a month into the job as mayor of New York City, this weekend’s snowstorm is a challenge he’s been anticipating for a while.Over the next three days, Mamdani will face the most crucial moment of his nascent administration, with a series of decisions ahead, notably what to do Monday about classes for 900,000 public school students. How he handles the moment could indelibly set New Yorkers’ perception of whether he can run the nation’s largest city.It will be a make-or-break test for mayors across the country: A snowstorm so intense that it could hit two-thirds

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‘Mr. President, it’s now time’: Social conservatives beg Trump for abortion pill crackdown

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‘Mr. President, it’s now time’: Social conservatives beg Trump for abortion pill crackdown

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Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power — and heat

Utility companies and state officials are preparing for a forecasted ice storm that could bring down power lines and cause widespread outages

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New ICE policy allows officers to enter homes without a judge’s warrant. Here’s what experts say

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FEMA halts terminations of disaster workers as agency prepares for massive winter storm

Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures

Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport

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As Trump zeroes in on Venezuela’s oil, Rodríguez moves to meet his demands

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Trump administration completes US’ split from the World Health Organization

Canada's Carney fires back at Trump after Davos speech

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's comment that “Canada lives because of the United States” by saying Canada thrives because of Canadian values

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Trump administration halts use of human fetal tissue in NIH-funded research

The Trump administration is ending the use of abortion-derived fetal tissue in research funded by the National Institutes of Health

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Pastor and friend of family whose 5-year-old was detained by ICE speaks out: 'ICE is acting worse than the cartels in Mexico'

Pastor Sergio Amezcua, a family friend of a 5-year-old detained by ICE, says agents used the child to draw his pregnant mother out of the house so they could arrest her. He denounces the tactic, drawing comparisons between ICE’s actions in Minnesota and cartels in Mexico. “Cartels don’t target kids or pregnant women,” Amezcua says.