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Trump ventures deeper into anti-immigrant language by calling people from Somalia 'garbage'
In fact, President Donald Trump’s rhetorical attacks on immigrants have been building since he said Mexico was sending “rapists” across the border during his presidential campaign announcement a decade ago. “We don't want ‘em in our country,” Trump said five times of the nation's 260,000 people of Somali descent. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, sitting to the president's immediate left, told Trump on-camera, “Well said.”
6 min readAssociated Press
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Harvard professor arrested by US immigration agents after firing pellet gun near synagogue
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. immigration authorities arrested a visiting professor at Harvard Law School this week after he pleaded guilty to discharging a pellet gun outside a
2 min readReuters
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Jasmine Crockett called Texas Senate race contenders as she weighs jumping into fray
As intrigue grows over whether Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett plans to announce a U.S. Senate campaign next week, she confirmed to CBS News she's spoken with would-be opponents.
3 min readCBS News
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Library grants restored after court order
The Trump administration on Wednesday restored library grants after a judge determined attempts to defund and dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) were unlawful. “Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersedes any prior notices which may have been received related to…
2 min readThe Hill
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Many Somali Americans, most of them U.S. citizens, are fearful of Trump's immigration policies
MINNEAPOLIS — Many in Minnesota’s Somali community — even those who are citizens — say they are fearful after Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched an operation in the region and after President Donald Trump’s rants against Somalia and Somali immigrants living in the United States.
6 min readNBC News
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US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive
The US military carried out a strike Thursday on a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four people on board, according to a social media post from US Southern Command.
1813 min readCNN
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FBI arrests suspect in 2021 D.C. pipe bomb case, identified as Virginia man
Authorities say the FBI has arrested a man suspected of placing pipe bombs outside RNC and DNC headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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Democrats renew push for Dream Act as immigration raids increase
Since Pres. Trump returned to office, advocates report that immigration agents have detained as many as 20 DACA recipients.
2 min read - World
Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific
Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglers
3 min readThe Guardian
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Appeals court lets Trump admin. keep National Guard deployed in D.C. for now
A U.S. District Court decision to end the deployment of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., is now on hold.
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Group sues Hispanic Scholarship Fund for excluding non-Hispanic students
An anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) group on Wednesday sued the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) for excluding non-Hispanic students from funding opportunities. The American Alliance for Equal Rights alleged the HSF was violating the Civil Rights Act of 1866 by not offering benefits to all. According to the lawsuit, the group has awarded more than…
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Trump news at a glance: US supreme court gives Texas win in national redistricting battle
State is key in president’s effort to secure Republicans’ fragile House majority for second half of his term – key US politics stories from 4 December 2025
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Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth's Signal chat violated regulations
The Pentagon watchdog released its report on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal to share details about operations in Yemen.
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Trump administration to direct more water to California farms
The Trump administration is making good on a promise to send more water to California farmers in the state’s crop-rich Central Valley. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Thursday announced a new plan for operating the Central Valley Project, a vast system of pumps, dams and canals that direct water southward from the state’s wetter north. It follows an executive order President Donald Trump signed in January calling for more water to flow to farmers, arguing the state was wasting the precious resource in the name of protecting endangered fish species.
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Somalis arrested in Minneapolis immigration operation, officials say
By Heather Schlitz and Andrew Hay MINNEAPOLIS - People of Somali origin are among those arrested in an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, federal officials said on Thursday, two days after
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Melania Trump lights the National Christmas Tree after president counts down
First lady Melania Trump lit the National Christmas Tree on a chilly Thursday night in the nation's capital. At the annual tree lighting on the Ellipse, just south of the White House, President Donald Trump told the crowd, “The first lady is going to do the honors.” Melania then stepped forward and pressed a button that made the tree behind them sparkle with gold-toned lights.
2 min read - Health
CDC advisers delay crucial vote on hepatitis B vaccination in tense meeting
In a meeting punctuated by conflict and confusion, the independent vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday again delayed a vote that could dramatically change hepatitis B vaccination practice in the United States.
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Inside a Ukrainian drone pilot training facility
The facility teaches both civilians and military personnel the skills to fly drones and hit targets.
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Lawmakers see video of boat strike, say admiral testified there was no kill order
"What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service," Democratic Rep. Jim Himes said.
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Operations against Houthis played into Truman Strike Group accidents, Navy finds
Investigations released by the Navy into accidents involving the Truman Carrier Strike Group recommended ensuring processes are followed even when faced with adversity.
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4 killed in latest strike on alleged drug boat, Pentagon says
At least 87 people have been killed since the vessel strikes began in early September.
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Florida lawmakers urge Trump to reject drilling off state's western coast
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Florida's entire U.S. congressional delegation on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to leave their state out of a plan by his administration to expand oil and gas drilling to new
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U.S. Southern Command says it conducted a new 'lethal kinetic strike' on alleged drug boat
U.S. Southern Command said Thursday that the Defense Department carried out another “lethal kinetic strike” at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s direction on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean that killed four men.“On Dec.
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US expanding list of countries on travel ban to more than 30, Noem says
Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.s.
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ICE begins surge in Minnesota as Trump pushes for crackdown on Somali immigrants
ICE began enhanced operations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area this week, as President Trump rails against Somali people in Minnesota.
3 min read - World
A single hostage remains in Gaza after identification of Thai worker’s remains
The first phase of the tenuous 8-week-old ceasefire took a step closer to completion.
6 min readPolitico
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Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a congressional map that will boost President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Republicans in control of Congress, blocking a lower court decision that found the new boundaries were likely unconstitutional because they were drawn based on race.
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US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps
Major win for Trump as majority rejects lower-court ruling that found maps had been racially gerrymandered
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US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins
U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks. It is the 22nd strike the U.S. military has carried out against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration claimed were trafficking drugs. The strike was conducted the same day Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley appeared for a series of closed-door classified briefings at the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers began an investigation into the very first strike carried out by the military on Sept. 2.
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Justice Department urges judge to jail former Jan. 6 defendant after alarming return to DC
Taylor Taranto is the latest Jan. 6 defendant who was pardoned by Trump to face new legal trouble.
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Grand jury declines to re-indict Letitia James after judge dismissed first case
Decision comes less than two weeks after judge ruled similar case against New York attorney general unlawful
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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers on Thursday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his congressional briefings.
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US military blows up alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 4 ‘narco-terrorists’
The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing four male “narco-terrorists” and continuing its lethal counternarcotics campaign as scrutiny over the Trump administration’s early September operation intensifies. The boat on Thursday was struck in international waters and was operated by a designated terrorist organization, U.S. Southern Command…
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Supreme Court allows Texas GOP to use new redistricted map for now
Texas approved a new congressional map this summer after Trump urged state GOP lawmakers to craft new House district lines to help Republicans hold onto their majority in the 2026 midterms.
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A leased ICE detention center wears out its welcome in Portland, Oregon
City creates new fees and penalties for an ICE facility that has been the focus of immigration protests.
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Trump's Venezuela boat strikes fuel war crimes allegations. Are they legal?
Details about the strikes on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2 have alarmed legal experts and lawmakers.
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University of Oklahoma instructor on leave after failing grade on gender essay
A graduate instructor at the University of Oklahoma was placed on leave after giving a student a failing grade for rejecting the notion that someone’s identity can fall outside of the two genders assigned at birth. Samantha Fulnecky, 20, received zero points out of 25 total on a 650-word essay assignment requiring students to respond…
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Grand jury refuses to re-indict Letitia James
Federal prosecutors on Thursday presented an indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James to a grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Republicans stuck in economic muddle as White House eyes second party-line bill
The party is rudderless on health care costs and divided over tariffs as Trump aides try to focus on selling what it already passed.
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Grand jury rejects new indictment for Letitia James
The Justice Department can try a third time.
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Gov. Walz denounces Trump for calling Minnesota’s Somali community ‘garbage’
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz denounced President Donald Trump on Thursday for calling Minnesota’s Somali community “garbage” and dismissing the state as a “hellhole.” Trump's rhetoric against Somalis in the state has intensified since a conservative news outlet, City Journal, claimed last month that taxpayer dollars from defrauded government programs have flowed to the Somali militant group al-Shabab, an affiliate of al-Qaida.
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A cutting-edge surgery could fix a 12-year-old's scoliosis. Her insurance says it's too new to cover.
The FDA approved a new type of surgery for scoliosis in 2019. But Aetna declined to cover it for a 12-year-old girl in Colorado, saying the surgery is still experimental.
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Court decision calling for end to National Guard deployment in DC paused by appeals court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday temporarily paused a lower court ruling that had called for an end to the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. “The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the motion for stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion,” the short notice from the appeals court said. The appeals court's action on a request by the Trump administration stops the implementation of U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb's Nov. 20 opinion and order.
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DOJ fails to secure new James indictment from grand jury
The Justice Department has failed to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) after its initial case against her was dismissed, a blunder for prosecutors who have trained their sights on the adversary of President Trump. Justice Department officials sought to proceed with a fresh case against James, despite vowing at first to appeal the dismissal, after a…
3 min read - Politics
White House brings in new architect for Trump's sprawling $300 million ballroom
The White House has brought in a new architect to work on President Donald Trump’s “vision” for his massive $300 million ballroom project, officials said Thursday
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Megyn Kelly’s cruelty and Trump’s racism brought MAGA discourse to new lows this week
The MAGA podcast star called for more pain to be inflicted in the U.S. military’s extralegal killings in the Caribbean, while the president called Somalis “garbage.”
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