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A draft of a Trump administration executive order proposes a drastic restructuring of the State Department that includes eliminating almost all of its Africa operations and shutting down embassies and consulates across the continent, according to American officials and a copy of the document. The draft also calls for cutting offices at State Department headquarters […]

Protesters poured into the streets across the country again on Saturday in the second wave of demonstrations this month, as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into ballot box action. Large protests took place from east coast to west, in major cities like Washington, […]
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of accused Venezuelan gang members. A civil liberties group is suing the administration over planned deportations of Venezuelans detained in north Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. On Saturday, the Supreme Court ordered the government to “not remove any […]
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador’s notorious mega-jail. The Trump administration had conceded that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported by accident, but appealed against a federal court’s order to return him to the US. On Thursday, in […]
(Reuters) – A Russian court in Vladivostok slightly cut the sentence of U.S. soldier Gordon Black who was jailed last year after being found guilty of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, Russian agencies reported on Monday.Russia’s RIA and TASS state news agencies, citing court proceedings, reported that the court […]
ADVERTISEMENT A Russian court has reduced the prison sentence of a US soldier who was convicted last year of theft and making threats of murder, state media reported on Monday, in the latest signal of thawing relations between Washington and Moscow. US Staff Sergeant Gordon Black was sentenced by a court in the port city […]

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An American soldier who was found guilty of making threats of murder and stealing in Russia had his more than three-year prison sentence reduced by seven months . . .

Good morning. The supreme court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan people, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the US. The court said the administration must give Venezuelans who it claims are gang members “reasonable time” to go to […]
A Russian court has reduced the prison sentence of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, who was convicted of threatening to kill his girlfriend and stealing from her, state media reported Monday. Black was sentenced in June 2024 to three years and nine months by a court in Vladivostok, but an appeals court cut the […]