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New Hampshire’s two U.S. senators are introducing legislation that would prevent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from establishing immigration detention centers without first securing approval from local officials and the state’s governor. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, both Democrats, cite DHS efforts to purchase and convert a warehouseContinue Reading

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The vice chair of a charity supporting people with Tourette syndrome has expressed hope that a film telling the story of one man’s struggles with the disorder will enlighten people on the condition. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/homeContinue Reading

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that calm is being restored and improvised cartel roadblocks are being removed., Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that calm is being restored and that improvised cartel roadblocks are being removed. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has sought to assuage fears following a government raid that killedContinue Reading

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CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Exactly who tracked El Mencho, the world’s most wanted and feared drug lord, to a heavily armed safe house in a remote Sierra Madre town is a secret, for now. The Mexican government has revealed only that its air force and special forces commandos descended onContinue Reading

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KREMLIN FILES/ANALYSIS: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 did not emerge from a strategic vacuum. It was the culmination of over a decade of experimentation in hybrid warfare, and of increasingly rigid assumptions inside Russia’s intelligence services. From Crimea and the Donbas in 2014, through Syria and aContinue Reading

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Dutch humanitarian organizations have warned of an increasing number of attacks and suspicious incidents that may be tied to Russian sabotage efforts, NOS reports. According to LifeLine Ukraine, Ukrainian intelligence last year prevented a planned attack on the organization’s office. A woman was reportedly offered $5,000 to carry out anContinue Reading

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Slovakia is stopping emergency electricity deliveries to Ukraine, Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced. This comes ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.  He says the decision is a response to the suspension of Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline. The measure takes effect onContinue Reading