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5 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
Republican Senator Dave McCormick publicly defended Democratic Senator John Fetterman, calling recent reports questioning Fetterman's health and behavior "vicious, personal attacks" and urging critics to put politics aside. Senator Fetterman has come under fire following two reports.
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5 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
George Santos is appealing to Donald Trump for clemency, saying his seven-year prison sentence for campaign-related crimes is excessive and politically motivated. Santos, elected in 2022 as the first openly gay Republican nonincumbent in Congress, quickly fell from grace after reports revealed he fabricated much of his personal and professional background.
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5 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi privately revealed details about unreleased Jeffrey Epstein evidence to a woman secretly recording her for a far-right media outlet—days before sharing the same information at a public press conference. Bondi, who has led efforts to declassify documents related to Epstein's sex trafficking case, has faced pressure from Trump allies for delays and underwhelming initial releases.
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5 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
A California man battling stage 4 lung cancer was denied insurance coverage for a potentially life-saving double lung transplant just as he was preparing to fly to Chicago for the procedure, his family says. Deron Wells, a 59-year-old husband and father of three, had been medically approved for a rare clinical trial lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine in Illinois, according to ABC 7.
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6 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
A mother and her teenage daughter were detained by ICE and Worcester police in Massachusetts, sparking outrage after bystanders filmed officers slamming the girl's face into the ground as a crowd pleaded for them to stop. On Thursday, the family, Brazilian immigrants including a 2-month-old baby, had just exited their home in Worcester when ICE agents, reportedly lying in wait, intercepted them, as reported by NBC Boston.
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6 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has halted its public labeling of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "extremist," following legal action from the party and mounting pressure from the Trump administration. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) recently classified AfD—a nationalist, anti-immigrant party—as a confirmed extremist group.
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6 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
Donald Trump brushed off concerns about plummeting port traffic and job insecurity among dockworkers, calling the slowdown "a good thing" because "we lose less money."Since imposing broad tariffs and engaging in aggressive trade negotiations with China, Trump has repeatedly claimed the U.S. was being taken advantage of in global trade.
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6 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
A North Carolina couple who supported Donald Trump's immigration crackdown now say they feel "betrayed" after their son, a legal green card holder, was detained by ICE and faces possible deportation over a misdemeanor conviction. Martin Verdi and Debora Rey, Argentine Americans who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1990s, voted for Trump in 2024, believing his policies targeted undocumented criminals, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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6 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of orchestrating a cover-up of the Jeffrey Epstein case files, signaling a sharp break from his usual alignment with the Trump administration. Since the death of Epstein in 2019 while awaiting federal sex trafficking charges, questions around the extent of his crimes, high-profile associates, and sealed evidence have fueled widespread speculation.
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6 days ago | 
latintimes.com | M.B. Mack
Elon Musk tried to prevent a public meeting about an unpermitted fence and gate at his Texas mansion by claiming his status as a "federal public official" warranted special privacy protections, according to a report. In 2022, Musk purchased a $6 million mansion in the affluent suburb of West Lake Hills, Texas, which serves as one of his residences and a security hub when he's in Austin, the New York Times reported.
