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A special tribunal sentenced Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides to death on charges of crimes against humanity for her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed hundreds of people
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Bangladesh's ousted prime minister sentenced to death for role in protest crackdown
A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last year. She fled to India and was sentenced in absentia.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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New international student enrollment fell sharply this year amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Higher ed institutions reported a 17% drop in new international enrollees this year.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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King County, WA is seeking to change a state law that allows only citizens and certain legal residents to serve as corrections officers, a move that comes after the county mistakenly hired 38 corrections officers who didn’t meet the requirements
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King County seeks to change citizenship requirements for jail hires
Due to "an administrative error," King County mistakenly hired 38 corrections officers who didn't meet citizenship requirements. Now, in an attempt to keep them, the county is suing to change state la...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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the House vote would put lawmakers on the record on the issue, forcing Republicans in particular to choose between siding with Trump or backing the release of files that could shine new light on the crimes of the convicted sex offender.
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The Epstein files petition is getting its 218th signature. What happens next? | CNN Politics
Adelita Grijalva’s swearing in on Wednesday will make her Democrats’ newest member in the US House of Representatives, but it’ll also officially set in motion lawmakers’ effort to force a vote on a me...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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More than 252 Venezuelans expelled to El Salvador under Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy suffered systematic and prolonged torture and abuse, including sexual assault, during their detention
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Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds
Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison
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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers
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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
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November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The U.S. military has killed six more people in strikes on what it claims were drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, bringing the total death toll in the series of attacks to 76.
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U.S. military blows up 2 more alleged drug boats in Pacific, killing 6 "narco-terrorists," Pentagon chief says
As in previous strikes, U.S. officials did not release the identities of those killed, or offer evidence that they were smuggling narcotics or posed a threat to the U.S.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A new poll conducted on behalf of the American Psychological Association (APA) found that the majority of adult Americans have considered leaving the country

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November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The president scored a small victory in his drive to overturn his felony hush money conviction, as an appeals court said a lower-court judge needed to reexamine whether the case should be moved from state to federal court
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Appeals court revives Trump's effort to remove hush money case to federal court
An appeals court has ordered a lower court to revisit whether President Trump's criminal hush money prosecution in Manhattan deserved to be heard in federal court.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Layoff announcements have reached recessionary levels; subprime borrowing is back; electricity prices are 👆. To the extent we can actually measure anything right now we appear to be suffering from the dreaded stagflation.
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Job cuts in October hit highest level for the month in 22 years, Challenger says
Job cuts for October totaled 153,074, a 183% surge from September.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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A US congressional panel investigating pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein has written to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Britain’s Prince Andrew, to ask that he submit to questioning as part of its investigation into Epstein’s criminal operations.
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US House panel requests interview with Andrew in Jeffrey Epstein investigation
Robert Garcia, top Democrat on House oversight panel, makes formal request in letter published Thursday
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November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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From Jamie Dimon to Bill Ackman, Wall Street’s billionaires are now changing their tune and offering to help Zohran Mamdani
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From Jamie Dimon to Bill Ackman, Wall Street's billionaires are now changing their tune and offering to help Zohran Mamdani | Fortune
Over $22 million was spent by billionaires to prevent the democratic socialist from becoming mayor-elect, estimates say.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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A federal judge ordered major improvements at Illinois’ Broadview detention center, calling its conditions “disgusting” and unconstitutional
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Court Orders ICE to Clean Up Chicago Detention Conditions
Immigrants are housed in a “disgusting” facility that doesn’t pass constitutional muster, according to a federal judge.
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The Senate is voting at 5 p.m. to discharge the resolution that would block Trump from taking military action against Venezuela without congressional approval. But some Republicans are wavering on whether to support it
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Key Republicans waver ahead of war powers vote
The White House, in an apparent push to get Republicans on board, has increased efforts to brief lawmakers about its legal rationale for boat strikes in the Caribbean.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Police in Israel have arrested and detained the military’s top legal officer after she admitted leaking footage of soldiers allegedly attacking a Palestinian detainee and then in effect lying about her actions to Israel’s high court.
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Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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💣The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea

Hegseth said the vessel was operated by a U.S.-designated terrorist org but did not name which group was targeted. 3 people were murdered

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US carries out new strike in Caribbean, killing 3 alleged drug smugglers
The U.S. military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea.
apnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Suspicious drones spotted above Belgian military bases over the weekend are meant to spy on fighter jets and ammunition, Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken said Sunday.
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Belgium says suspicious drones ‘come to spy’ on fighter jets, ammunition
The drones are trying “to see where the F-16s are, where the ammunition is, and other highly strategic information,” Belgian Defense Minister Théo Francken told RTBF.
www.politico.eu
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Two-thirds of Americans say it is at least probably true that the government often deliberately lies to the people. That distrust cuts across partisan lines: Strong majorities of Donald Trump voters (64 percent) and Kamala Harris voters (70 percent) agree.
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Dems say the American Dream is dead. A lot of Trump voters agree.
The POLITICO Poll found more Americans say the country’s best times are behind than ahead.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Centrist liberal leader Rob Jetten has claimed victory in Wednesday's nail-biting Dutch election, after vote analysis indicated his party could not be beaten by anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders.

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Dutch centrist Rob Jetten claims victory over Wilders in neck-and-neck election race
Jetten said his D66 liberal party had achieved a historic result after vote analysis indicated it could be beaten.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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In a surprise, pro-European liberal Rob Jetten could become the next Dutch PM after voters in the Netherlands dealt a setback to far-right Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom
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Dutch election 2025: Liberal Rob Jetten on track to be the next prime minister
The centrist D66 unexpectedly matched Geert Wilders’ anti-migration Party for Freedom in a nail-biting vote in the Netherlands, according to a preliminary forecast.
www.politico.eu
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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The military will patrol the streets of D.C. for a while longer — court fights notwithstanding — after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth extended the National Guard’s orders through February

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Exclusive: National Guard orders in DC extended through February 2026 | CNN Politics
National Guard troops deployed in Washington, DC will remain mobilized in the city at least through February 2026, according to people familiar with the Guard’s orders.
www.cnn.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The mortgage contract James signed does not prohibit renting out the house. In fact, the key language in the contract expressly allows renting under certain conditions
"Second Home Rider"
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3 words in Letitia James’ mortgage contract could doom the fraud case against her
James is charged with illegally collecting rental income on a second property. But her contract permits renting, according to POLITICO’s review of her contract and legal experts.
www.politico.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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the judge ordered prosecutors to notify every employee at DOJ and DHS about the existing rule restricting public statements about pending cases.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Democratic state leaders will file a lawsuit today to fight the Agriculture Department’s refusal to use emergency money to cover the SNAP shortfall looming this weekend
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Democrats plan to sue over food aid as GOP splits on legislative patch
The lawsuit will challenge a Trump administration decision not to tap a key SNAP contingency fund amid the shutdown.
www.politico.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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California AG Rob Bonta said the state will send people to watch the federal poll monitors being sent by the Trump administration
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California will dispatch observers to watch DOJ’s election monitors
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the federal administration would deploy staff to evaluate California’s Nov. 4 redistricting election.
www.politico.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM