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A woman in a green top, black pants and a white head scarf walks outside, away from the camera in the sun surrounded by Iranian flags. — EPA
US deports second group of Iranian nationals, officials say
WASHINGTON —The US has deported a second group of Iranian nationals, officials in Tehran said, as the Trump administration continues its immigration enforcement efforts.A chartered plane carrying more than 50 Iranians flew out of Mesa, Arizona, on Sunday, travelling through Cairo and Kuwait before arriving in Iran, according to reports.Tehran's foreign ministry confirmed the Iranian nationals' return to Iran. US immigration officials could not "confirm or deny a flight" for security reasons.The first deportation flight took off from the US in late September, in a rare instance of cooperation between Iran and the US. Many Iranian nationals say they come to the US because they fear persecution at home.Father Joseph Bach, a member of Borderland Companions of Hope, a Franciscan...
December 09, 2025

US deports second group of Iranian nationals, officials say

People arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami
US revoked 85,000 visas since January, State Department official says
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has revoked 85,000 visas of all categories since January, more than double the number pulled last year, according to a State Department official.The high number of revocations, which includes more than 8,000 student visas, come amid a broader push by the Trump administration to both target immigrants within the United States and limit who can come to the country.The department official said Monday that offenses like driving under the influence, assaults, and theft accounted for “almost half of the revocations in the past year.” They did not detail the reasons for the other half of the visa revocations this year, however, the department has previously also pointed to visa expirations and “support for terrorism” in justifying pulling visas.The...
December 09, 2025

US revoked 85,000 visas since January, State Department official says

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (R) makes remarks as US President Donald J. Trump listens during a meeting with his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on December 2, 2025. (EPA)
Hegseth defends deadly cartel boat strikes, says Trump can take military action ‘as he sees fit’
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday defended a series of US strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has broad authority to take military action “as he sees fit” to protect the country. The strikes, which have killed at least 87 people, are facing growing scrutiny from lawmakers and legal experts over possible violations of international law. Speaking at the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Hegseth compared the campaign to the fight against Al-Qaida after the Sept. 11 attacks. “If you’re working for a designated terrorist organization and you bring drugs to this country in a boat, we will find you and we will sink you,” he said. “President Trump can and will take decisive military action as...
December 07, 2025

Hegseth defends deadly cartel boat strikes, says Trump can take military action ‘as he sees fit’

This screengrab from a video posted by the US Southern Command shows a strike on a vessel on December 4, at the direction of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four
WASHINGTON — The US military carried out a strike Thursday on a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four people on board, according to a social media post from US Southern Command.“Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed,” the post says.Alongside the post is a 21-second-long video showing the boat being struck.Thursday’s strike comes as the Pentagon is facing bipartisan criticism over a September attack on an alleged drug vessel in which the military fired follow-up...
December 05, 2025

US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four

A CBP guard holding a sniper rifle points it at a roof during a recent arrest in New Orleans
New Orleans residents in fear as immigration crackdown descends on their city
NEW ORLEANS — Two labourers stand on the roof of a house in Kenner, outside New Orleans, as US Border Patrol agents clamber up a ladder, getting closer.As the agents move in, trying to arrest them, the men step to the roof's edge, poised in an apparent act of resistance - but it's too high to jump.On the ground in the mostly Latino neighbourhood, an officer trains his weapon towards the rooftop while a sniper moves into position. Now, neighbours, activists, and crews of local press are gathering at the scene, watching in bewilderment: US President Trump's new front line on immigration enforcement has just arrived.It is day one of "Catahoula Crunch", as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has labelled its operation, taking its name from an American leopard dog known...
December 05, 2025

New Orleans residents in fear as immigration crackdown descends on their city

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino speaks during a press conference regarding the arrest of a suspect in the planting of pipe bombs, the night before the January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol
FBI arrests man in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomber investigation
WASHINGTON — The FBI arrested a man from Woodbridge, Virginia, on Thursday who investigators believe planted pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters the night before the 2021 US Capitol riot.At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Attorney General Pam Bondi identified the man as Brian Cole Jr.“Let me be clear, there was no new tip, there was no new witness, just good, diligent police work and prosecutorial work,” Bondi said at the 1:30 p.m. ET press conference.Cole has been charged with transporting an explosive device in interstate commerce and malicious destruction by means of explosion.The yearslong investigation is still ongoing, Bondi said Thursday, adding that investigators were still executing search warrants and that more charges could...
December 05, 2025

FBI arrests man in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomber investigation

The earthquake alert on the ShakeAlert app, which was later removed
Alert sent for Nevada earthquake that did not happen
SAN FRANCISCO — An alert sent on Thursday warning of a strong earthquake in northern Nevada was issued in error, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).At 08:06 local time, the USGS reported that a magnitude 5.9 earthquake had struck near Carson City, the state capital. The alert reached people nearly 200 miles away in the San Francisco Bay Area, triggering automatic warnings advising residents to drop for cover.However, the agency then cancelled the alert minutes later and removed the corresponding entry from its website."There was no M5.9 earthquake near Carson City, NV," the USGS said on X.The USGS said the alert originated from its automatic earthquake detection system, which had erroneously generated the report. It said it was believed to be the first time the...
December 05, 2025

Alert sent for Nevada earthquake that did not happen

The New York Times building in New York
New York Times sues Hegseth over Pentagon press crackdown
WASHINGTON — The New York Times is suing the Department of Defense over the Pentagon’s new restrictions on press access.The lawsuit, set to be filed in federal court in Washington, DC, names the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, as defendants.The lawsuit seeks the repeal of a new policy, instituted in October, that prompted Pentagon beat reporters to turn in their press passes rather than sign onto the restrictions.“The policy is an attempt to exert control over reporting the government dislikes, in violation of a free press’ right to seek information under their First and Fifth Amendment rights protected by the Constitution,” Times spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander said.“The Times intends to vigorously defend...
December 04, 2025

New York Times sues Hegseth over Pentagon press crackdown

Matthew Perry
California doctor sentenced to 30 months in Matthew Perry overdose case
LOS ANGELES — A California doctor who supplied ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison — becoming the first person to receive a sentence in the actor's overdose death.Dr Salvador Plasencia was one of five charged in a multiyear federal investigation that examined how Perry acquired the dissociative anaesthetic through an underground drug network in Hollywood.Perry, 54, was found dead at his Los Angeles home in 2023 after years of struggling with depression and addiction.The actor's family asked the judge for a lengthy sentence, calling Plasencia the "most culpable", and detailing their struggle to understand why he repeatedly supplied Perry with drugs.Perry's mother, Suzanne Morrison, was among several family members who...
December 04, 2025

California doctor sentenced to 30 months in Matthew Perry overdose case

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as President Donald Trump speaks as  during a White House meeting.
Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to share highly-sensitive attack plans targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to four sources familiar with the contents of a classified Inspector General report.The repercussions of Hegseth’s action, two sources told CNN, are less clear since the IG concluded that the defense secretary has the authority to declassify information and Hegseth asserted he made an operational decision in the moment to share that information, though there is no documentation of such a decision.An unclassified version of the report is set to be publicly released Thursday. The classified report...
December 04, 2025

Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing sensitive war plans on Signal

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