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Border Patrol union chief blasts anti-masking proposal: 'Tone deaf politics'

Border Patrol union chief blasts anti-masking proposal: 'Tone deaf politics'

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said she’s aware of concerns from critics about ICE wearing masks, but said it’s ultimately up for Congress to decide on the VISIBLE Act at a news conference in Phoenix, Arizona. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!...

Lion on the Pampas: India and Argentina forge a strategic bond

Lion on the Pampas: India and Argentina forge a strategic bond

In Buenos Aires, a hand-etched silver lion on a fuchsite stone gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to President Javier Milei symbolises the rare and resolute convergence of two distant powers. Set against the vibrant backdrop of the Argentine...

Man busted with anti-government, anti-Trump documents after Texas ICE ambush suspect phone call, feds say

Man busted with anti-government, anti-Trump documents after Texas ICE ambush suspect phone call, feds say

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy Larson provides an update on the charges facing suspects accused of attacking a Texas ICE facility on ‘The Story.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man charged with...

U.S. coffee, orange juice prices could surge if Trump’s Brazil tariffs stick

U.S. coffee, orange juice prices could surge if Trump’s Brazil tariffs stick

LONDON/NEW YORK — U.S. consumers face sharp price rises on food staples like coffee and orange juice if the Trump administration sticks to its plan to slap 50 per cent tariffs on all imports from Brazil, traders and experts said on Thursday. U.S....

Trump pledges 50% tariff on goods from Brazil

Trump pledges 50% tariff on goods from Brazil

President Donald Trump said he is considering 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil over the country’s prosecution of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro Trump accused the Brazilian government of conducting a “witch-hunt” against Bolsonaro, who is...

Trump threatens Brazil with 50 percent tariffs; Brazil promises to respond in kind

Trump threatens Brazil with 50 percent tariffs; Brazil promises to respond in kind

U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that threatens the country with a 50 percent tariff as of 1 August over claims the country was treating former President Jair Bolsonaro unfairly. The...

Brazil’s Lula Squares Up to Trump After Tariff Hike and Bolsonaro Defense

Brazil’s Lula Squares Up to Trump After Tariff Hike and Bolsonaro Defense

Donald Trump has often likened efforts to hold him accountable by the media, Democrats, investigators, courts, and others, to a “witch hunt.” But recently he’s begun also using the phrase to defend his foreign buddies. From Israeli Prime Minister...

Political Watch: July 10, 2025

• On July 3, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) released a statement on the passage of the Republican reconciliation bill. Carbajal voted against the bill, while opposing its unprecedented cuts to essential programs like Medicaid and food...

Trump 2.0 on Venezuela: The Maximum Pressure Has Been Against Migrants

Trump 2.0 on Venezuela: The Maximum Pressure Has Been Against Migrants

The VA columnist highlights the newly fabricated narrative that portrays Venezuela as a military target. In a geopolitical landscape marked by the US’s aggressive and desperate efforts to uphold its global dominance, Venezuela remains a key...

San Miguel, Ensenada and more: These are the five new airports Mexico is planning to build

San Miguel, Ensenada and more: These are the five new airports Mexico is planning to build

The Mexican airport services agency and state authorities are planning the construction of five new airports in the coming years. These projects seek to boost economic, tourism, and logistical development in different regions of the country and...

Dollar Edges Lower As Forex Traders Watch Trump’s Tariff Moves, Brazilian Real Dips To 1-Month Low

Dollar Edges Lower As Forex Traders Watch Trump’s Tariff Moves, Brazilian Real Dips To 1-Month Low

The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), which closed Wednesday’s session marginally lower, fell slightly early Thursday as President Donald Trump kept up the pressure on the country’s major trading partners. The DXY measures the performance of the greenback...

Grijalva erases Hernandez’s funding lead ahead of July 15 special primary election

Grijalva erases Hernandez’s funding lead ahead of July 15 special primary election

By Emma Bradford | Cronkite News WASHINGTON – Former state Rep. Daniel Hernandez and Adelita Grijalva – who hopes to fill her father’s old seat in Congress – are neck-and-neck among donors ahead of Tuesday’s special primary. Both campaigns say...

‘The Gringo Hunters’ Netflix Review: Mexico’s Scathing Critique Of USA’s Illegal Immigrants

‘The Gringo Hunters’ Netflix Review: Mexico’s Scathing Critique Of USA’s Illegal Immigrants

Just because somebody is an undocumented immigrant doesn’t mean they are a criminal; let’s get that straight first. Criminals are criminals regardless of what they look like or where they are from. Countries that have anti-immigration policies are...

Haiti: Setback for LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean

Haiti: Setback for LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean

New penal code allows anti-LGBT+ discrimination without penalty Haiti has adopted a new penal code that strips LGBT+ people of protections against discrimination that they would have enjoyed under the previous draft of the law. Adoption of the new...

Senator Whitehouse delivers 300th “Time to Wake Up” climate speech, calls for fight against “shadow government”

Senator Whitehouse delivers 300th “Time to Wake Up” climate speech, calls for fight against “shadow government”

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse delivered his 300th “Time to Wake Up” speech on the Senate floor last night, marking more than a decade of urging Congress to address climate change while issuing his strongest warning yet about what he called a...

Trump threatens 50% tariff on Brazil over Bolsonaro trial, targets copper imports

Trump threatens 50% tariff on Brazil over Bolsonaro trial, targets copper imports

Washington DC [US], July 10 (ANI): US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports starting August 1, accusing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of conducting a "Witch Hunt" against former President Jair...

Brazil, Trump up the ante inrow over Bolsonaro coup trial

Brazil, Trump up the ante inrow over Bolsonaro coup trial

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives for a press statement at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP) WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Brazil and the United States escalated their row Wednesday over President...

A Libertarian Travel Guide to Javier Milei's Argentina

A Libertarian Travel Guide to Javier Milei's Argentina

This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. The suggestion that Argentina could be the home of a self-described libertarian president would have seemed far-fetched, to say the least, only a few...

Terrorism Financing: EU Parliament Confirms Algeria’s Inclusion on List of High-Risk Countries

Terrorism Financing: EU Parliament Confirms Algeria’s Inclusion on List of High-Risk Countries

Rabat – The European Parliament validated Algeria’s inclusion on the list of high-risk countries regarding terrorism financing and money laundering. A statement from the European Commission announced today that it has updated its list of high-risk...

Coffee, orange juice prices may spike under Trump’s Brazil tariffs

Coffee, orange juice prices may spike under Trump’s Brazil tariffs

REUTERS/GARY CAMERON/FILE PHOTO Various brands of orange and grapefruit juices are seen at the Safeway store in Wheaton, Md., in February 2015. U.S. consumers face sharp price rises on food staples like coffee and orange juice if the Trump...

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