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COMMENTARY If Mexican and Latin American leaders are stunned by President Trump's thug behavior, maybe it's because they never imagined the U.S. would elect a guy who looks like so many of them.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government made major concessions — and delivered results — to avert President Trump’s 25% tariffs. He imposed them anyway.
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Florida sheriffs say they need more space to handle the numbers of migrants they will be arresting
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New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else.
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A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela. Pope Francis approved a decree Tuesday but did not set a date for the canonization of Dr. José Gregorio Hernández, who died in 1919.
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The unprecedented show of security cooperation comes as top Mexican officials are in Washington trying to head off the Trump administration's threat of imposing 25% tariffs on all Mexican imports.
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The 287(g) agreements allow deputies to enforce immigration violations as part of their routine duties and allows ICE to serve and execute administrative warrants in their jails.
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After his special envoy's controversial comment that President Trump "doesn't want to do regime change" in Venezuela, Trump reversed course and tightened oil sanctions on that country's brutal dictatorship.
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Power has been restored to most of Chile’s 19 million people after the nation’s most disruptive blackout in 15 years. Authorities said on Wednesday that they lifted the strict curfew imposed hours earlier as the outage left 98% of the population without electricity.
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Immigration officials are saying that anyone living in the U.S. illegally will soon have to register with the federal government, and those who fail to do so could face fines, imprisonment or both.
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Cuba’s legendary cigars, hand-rolled from the finest tobacco leaves, have long captivated connoisseurs, and now a growing number of enthusiasts recognize the vital importance of humidors, those meticulously crafted boxes that help preserve their quality and longevity.
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U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is proposing opening a U.N. office that would provide drones, fuel, ground and air transportation and other non-lethal support to a Kenyan-led mission in Haiti struggling to fight gangs.