Trump accused of ‘turning the military on American citizens’ with Chicago national guard plan Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours. We start with news that Donald Trump has been accused of “turning the military on American citizens” after …
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When Maraya Pierro answered a call from her 80-year-old mother about a trapped litter of puppies, she had no idea it would turn into a cross-country rescue mission. But Pierro, founder and executive director of Rescue Kitties of Hawaii on Moloka’i, never says no to helping animals in need — especially babies. Pierro’s mother heard hungry puppies crying from underneath a …
Read More »A Trump Ally Pressed for a Mexican Citizen’s Release From ICE Custody The New York Times A Marine veteran’s wife, detained by ICE while still breastfeeding, has been released CNN Mexican national married to a Marine Corps veteran seeks release from immigration custody AP News Migrant released from ICE custody with help from GOP lawmaker NewsNation MAGA Senator Does Bizarre 180 to Get ICE …
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Critics of those who misuse power tend to be outsiders. So, it’s striking that Alexander Karp, co-founder and CEO of data analytics giant Palantir Technologies, has written a book, with Palantir’s head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska, calling on Silicon Valley to find its moral compass. Together, they upbraid fellow big tech companies for “building [things] simply because they can, …
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Care Esports hosted an esports tournament in Japan, giving elderly patients the opportunity to practice and compete in a competitive multiplayer game. They hold tournaments for a new game every year, and, in 2025, seniors were competing to prove who the real King of the Iron Fist is in Tekken 8. With competitors ranging from their 60s all the way …
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President Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, is increasingly becoming the face of the White House’s mass deportation effort as the onetime acting ICE chief shifts into a more overtly political role. That politicization was on full display on Saturday night when Homan made a speech at at Turning Point USA conference, a Trump-aligned conservative youth group run by Charlie …
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