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Rogan warns of Trump admin's "horrific" deportations

Suspected gang members deported by the U.S. are inspected at El Salvador's megaprison. Photo: El Salvador Presidential P...

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Editorial: DOGE can’t get authority over voter rolls

President Trump’s executive order seeking to impose federal oversight on state-run elections is not needed and is not ...

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Letters to the editor: Cross Mine application must be rejected; I’m happy with Tesla; our own secret police

Reopening and expansion of the Cross Gold Mine is completely unacceptable. Such a proposal contradicts critical efforts ...

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New wave of Trump tariffs expected Wednesday

The White House is slated to impose “reciprocal” tariffs against various countries today. A weeks-long pause on an a...

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Xavier Garcia Albiol's Message After a Stabbing Among Squatters in Badalona

The Mayor Calls for Urgent Changes to Laws to End Squatting That Triggers Crime...

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Pedro Aragonés and Janina Juli, parents for the second time

Former President Pere Aragonès and his wife, Janina Juli, have become parents for the second time, they announced on I...

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Inside last-minute scramble to save UK from Trump’s tariffs – and why it failed

It was only over the past week that ministers realised they would be unable to stop US tariffs from coming in to effect ...

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Senators propose Israeli arms embargo to block gun exports and transit through Ireland

Independent senators Alice-Mary Higgins, Eileen Flynn, Lynn Ruane and Frances Black will discuss the bill today....

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Sir Keir Starmer: 'Why regional media like The Northern Echo is still so important'

After so many weeks on the campaign trail, which obviously came at the end of several years in opposition and then in th...

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Keir Starmer dealt huge poll blow in backlash at spring statement as Labour drops to third

New poll carried out after the spring statement puts Labour in third place....

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US Car Buyers Throng Dealerships As Trump's Tariff Threat Looms Over Prices

In the lead-up to ‘Liberation Day’, car dealerships in the US are seeing a spike in footfalls, as consumers race to ...

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Explainer: "Liberation Day" and what Trump’s tariffs could mean for Ireland

US President Donald Trump has announced the global tariffs will be imposed from April 2, in what he’s calling "Liberat...

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David M. Drucker: Congress began ceding power to presidents long before Trump

The only time lawmakers take issue with a president infringing on their constitutional prerogatives, if not outright usu...

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Solan court admits appeal against closure report in gang rape case against singer, Haryana BJP chief

Dr Arvind Malhotra, the District and Sessions Judge, Solan, who took up the case Tuesday, has sought records of the case...

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National Nucleus, the hooded "savior of the nation" extremists who call for action "against the foreign invasion."

Around fifteen men wearing black balaclavas, wearing neo-Nazi aesthetics, arms crossed over their chests in formation be...

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Witnesses Tell House Task Force to Reinvestigate JFK Assassination

Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone led a panel of experts testifying about the need for transparency from the federal ...

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Viral Video: ‘You’ll be president of your party for next 25 years,' Amit Shah jabs Akhilesh Yadav over next BJP chief

During a lively Lok Sabha debate on the Waqf Bill, Amit Shah humorously jabbed Akhilesh Yadav, suggesting he would remai...

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Wisconsin Votes to Enshrine Voter Photo ID Law in State Constitution

Voter ID is already required by law in Wisconsin, but adding it to the state constitution makes it harder to change in f...

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Immigration Bill sends message that all foreigners are potential criminals: Congress' Singhvi in RS

The Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025, criticized by Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha, is seen as...

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How Israel has origins in progressive ideas, and not encroachment

Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Technion at Haifa have completed a century of their service. These renowned instituti...

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Azerbaijan’s president reaffirms need to remove territorial provision in Armenia’s constitution

Ilham Aliyev highlights dissolution of OSCE Minsk Group as another condition for signing peace treaty with Armenia...

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Kwara PDP Slams Governor AbdulRazaq For Scrapping Saraki’s Project, Accuses Him Of Political Vendetta

According to the PDP’s Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Adewara, the removal of KWASCDA from the programme was done witho...

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The Prosecutor's Office appeals Alves' acquittal for review by the Supreme Court.

The Prosecutor's Office has formally announced its intention to file an appeal against the ruling of the High Court of J...

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Opinion | Investing In Pasmanda Muslims: Why Waqf Reforms Matter

Recent reforms in Waqf management—digitisation, legal safeguards, and accountability measures—signal a policy shift ...

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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Firing Federal Employees on Probation in 19 States

Judge James Bredar found the administration likely broke laws regulating en masse terminations of government employees....

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Trump pressures 4 GOP senators ahead of anti-Canadian tariff vote, accusing them of 'TDS'

President Donald Trump pressured Sens. McConnell, Paul, Collins, and Murkowski in a Truth Social post ahead of an upcomi...

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A Sister City in Portugal?

LIHUE — Ambassador of Portugal Francisco Duarte Lopes from Washington, D.C., and the Consul General of Portugal in San...

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Government reform bills move ahead

Bills aimed at clamping down on campaign contributions from government contractors while separately providing more publi...

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Senate Republicans set to bypass parliamentarian on Trump tax cuts

Republicans are set to make the audacious play of bypassing the Senate parliamentarian and moving forward with a budget ...

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Laura Washington: Bernie Sanders’ handoff to AOC looks like a fait accompli

As Bernie Sanders and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez raise fists together on the Fight Oligarchy tour, Elizabeth Warren is not ...

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Letters: Investments in trauma-informed literacy should be a priority

Meeting a child’s basic needs and ensuring that they feel safe and calm are vital, yet commonly overlooked, conditions...

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Jackie Ann Balfa

Jackie Ann Balfa, 81, passed away peacefully on March 30, 2025, after a short illness. She was born to Beulah Granger an...

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Op-comic: Humor is a consolation of growing up

As my daughter becomes more of her own person apart from me, I see my sense of humor reflected back across the growing d...