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Authorities say suspect, who escaped from facility in 2024, ran from traffic stop and fired shots at helicopterA shooting involving a border patrol agent near the US-Mexico border in Arizona has left an accused smuggler in critical condition, local authorities said on Tuesday.Border patrol agents attempted to stop a car at about 7am, the Pima […]

Exercises described by President Trump as an ‘armada’ to be led by the USS Abraham Lincoln amid standoffThe US has announced plans to hold multi-day military exercises in the Middle East as it deploys what Donald Trump has called an “armada” led by the USS Abraham Lincoln to the region as part of a tense […]

news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timePresident Donald Trump delivered his first midterm election campaign speech of the new year Tuesday, urging a crowd in Iowa to defy historical trends and preserve his Republican majorities in Congress.After he recited what he considers signature accomplishments over the past year, Trump said: “If we lose […]

Democrats and a couple of their Republican colleagues are demanding Noem’s resignation over federal killings in Minneapolis – key US politics stories from Tuesday 27 January at a glanceTop Democrats issued a clear message to Donald Trump this week: either he fires Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, or they will impeach her.The ultimatum came […]

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat born in Somalia and rhetorical target for President Donald Trump, was sprayed with an unknown substance by a man at a town hall event in Minneapolis late on Jan. 27. The man rushed the U.S. congresswoman and sprayed her as she called for ICE to be abolished and Homeland […]