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President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday expelled the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela and his deputy for allegedly conspiring against his government and trying to sabotage the country's recent presidential election. "The empire doesn't dominate us here," Maduro said in a televised address, giving charge d'affaires Todd Robinson and his deputy Brian Naranjo 48 hours to leave the country.
"Immigration hard-liners' anger toward Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf for her warning about a federal sweep for undocumented migrants in Northern California led an Iowa congressman to propose criminal penalties Monday for officials who talk about such operations in advance. Republican Rep. Steve King introduced the 'Mayor Libby Schaaf Act of 2018,' which would ban officials from 'the purposeful broadcast of information relating to any imminent action by a federal law enforcement officer or agent.'
This July 14, 2010, file photo, shows Kevin Keith, who is on death row at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, Ohio. Keith, an Ohio inmate who has long maintained his innocence in the 1994 slaying of three people is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a new trial based on evidence never heard by a jury.
In this May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. In emails obtained by The Associated Press, George Nader claims he later met with Mohammed bin Salman, who by then had been elevated to crown prince, and Abu Dhabi's crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have set a deal to create new programming with Netflix, the streaming service announced Monday. Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have set a deal to create new programming with Netflix, the streaming service announced Monday.
The annual cost of the business of doing criminal justice in the United States is $270 billion dollars. That's higher than the gross domestic product of Finland.
In this photo released by the National Electoral Institute , presidential candidates, from left, independent Jaime Rodriguez, known as "El Bronco," Ricardo Anaya of the Forward for Mexico Coalition, Jose Antonio Meade, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, with the MORENA party, attend the second of three debates in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday.
With critical support from Florida's Bill Nelson and five other Democratic senators, Gina Haspel has been confirmed as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. A career employee for 33 years and most recently the deputy director, she is highly suited in every respect but one.
The United States condemned Venezuela's election as "an insult to democracy" and opposition leaders rejected a "fraud foretold" on Sunday as low voter turnout looked to have spoiled what President NicolA s Maduro had promised would be a great "fiesta" of democracy. Venezuela's 34,000 polling stations - open since 6am when Maduro cast the first vote - had been due to close at 6pm.
Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak fears for his safety and has asked for police protection, his spokesman said on Sunday, a day after the ex-leader complained about the conduct of police searching properties for evidence of corruption. Having ruled Malaysia for nearly 10 years, Najib - and his wife, Rosmah Mansor - have been barred from leaving the country after his coalition's defeat in an election on May 9. The new government led by his mentor-turned-foe, Mahathir Mohamad, wants answers to how billions of dollars disappeared from 1Malaysia Development Berhad , a state fund founded by Najib.
The strength and force of the 608-ton, 421-foot future USS Manchester is undeniable. But perhaps one of the most historic aspects of the U.S. Navy's newest littoral combat ship is the clout of the women behind it.
Politico has two fascinating new articles about on-going political debates and maneuvering surrounding the FIRST STEP Act. That proposal, as reported here, received a 25-5 vote in favor in the House Judiciary Committee ten days ago, and it seems to be the top federal criminal justice reform bill with a real chance to get to the desk of Prez Trump in the coming months.
President Donald Trump on Friday urged Congress to overhaul the nation's prison system and help more former inmates re-enter society, hoping to jump-start legislation that's facing fresh opposition from Democrats. Trump said at a White House forum that a prison overhaul "unites people from across the political spectrum" and that lawmakers need to "work out their differences, get a bill to my desk - I will sign it."
On Friday , the Trump administration is filing a request to block abortion-providing facilities from receiving federal family planning funding through the federal grant program. The nation's leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, is expected to take a massive hit as this is one of the larger subsidies they receive among the $500 million in federal funding per year .
President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his use of the word "animals" to describe some immigrants who enter the country illegally, saying he would continue to use the term to refer to violent gang members in spite of a sharp rebuke from Democratic leaders. Answering a reporter's question during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump said his comment a day earlier had clearly been directed at members of the MS-13 gang.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was referring to criminal gangs when he called some illegal immigrants "animals," a term the Mexican government labeled as unacceptable and which drew rebukes on social media. Trump made the remarks on Wednesday during a meeting with California municipal leaders who support his goal of making the U.S. border impervious to illegal immigration.