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    Mahmoud Khalil, seen at Columbia University on April 29. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

    Palestinian protester arrested by ICE despite green card, lawyer says

     

    Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student who was a leader in talks between demonstrators and Columbia University officials last spring, is being detained as his lawyer fights for his release.
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    Trump administration prepares to sell off federal buildings, including FBI and DOJ headquarters

    The J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images/File

    Trump, Zelenskiy Press Conference Canceled After Public Argument

     

    The sharp encounter quickly overshadowed what was supposed to be a moment of unity between the two leaders.

    Trump, Zelenskiy Press Conference Canceled After Public Argument

    Trump says 25% tariff on most Canadian goods will take effect March 4

     

    Commitment comes after a week of chaotic messaging from the U.S. president

    U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. (The Associated Press)

    American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi lands safely in Rome after security concern

    See Italian Air Force escorting diverted American Airlines flight

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    Trump says Americans could feel 'pain' in trade war with Mexico, Canada, Chin

    "This will be the golden age of America!" Donald Trump wrote on social media. "Will there be some pain? Yes, maybe (and maybe not!)."

    A worker places bottles of American whiskey into a shopping cart to fill an order for a restaurant, at a Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) store in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada February 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

    ‘CALEAVEFORNIA’: State’s wild plot to ‘leave the United States’

    A US state is pushing to break away and become a free and independent nation – and the plan has just been given a major green light.

    President Donald Trump wants to annex Panama, Greenland and Canada. But will he let California go? Picture: Roberto Schmidt/AFP

    Airport control tower was understaffed before collision

    Two people were handling the jobs of four when the plane and helicopter collided in D.C., killing 67 people, report says

    The Reagan National Airport control tower Thursday following a crash involving a plane inbound from Wichita and a helicopter over the Potomac River. (Allison Robbert for The Washington Post)

    Trump realities drive migrants to reroute their American Dream

    People make their way through Guatemala City on Tuesday. Evelio Contreras/CNN

    Bombshell report sheds new light on birthright citizenship debate after Trump signs executive order

    Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

    What is DEI, and why is it dividing America?

    President Donald Trump speaks Monday as he issues executive orders and pardons from the Oval Office of the White House. Carlos Barria/Reuters

    US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border

    Migrants near the Rio Grande along the US-Mexico border in Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on December 18, 2024. David Peinado/Bloomberg/Getty Images

    Alejandra Jaramillo, Aaron Pellish and Donald Judd,

    Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the website Silk Road, appears in an undated photograph made from his computer and presented as an exhibit during his 2015 criminal trial in New York federal court. U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York

    Trump to deploy military to border, end Biden parole policies in flurry of Day One executive orders

    Border security was a central part of President-elect Trump's 2024 campaign

    Former President Trump walks along the U.S.-Mexico border on Aug. 22, 2024, south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

    Trump’s inauguration to be moved indoors

    Flags on the US Capitol during a rehearsal ahead of the 60th presidential inauguration in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Joe Biden commutes 2,500 'disproportionately long' drug offenses in final presidency days

    US President Joe Biden pardons Peach, the National Thanksgiving Turkey, alongside Chair of the National Turkey Federation John Zimmerman and his son Grant during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 25, 2024. DREW ANGE

    Biden warns of dangers of 'oligarchy' of ultra-rich, 'tech-industrial complex' running country

    President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives his farewell address Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
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