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December 7, 2025
ICE Agents Released an Attack Dog on a Man: Report
December 6, 2025 / 5:25 p.m. ET Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington is calling for the release of Wilmer Toledo-Martinez, an immigrant who she says was mauled last month by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement attack dog in Vancouver, Washington. According to Murray’s office, Toledo-Martinez is an immigrant with no criminal convictions, who came to the United States at 15 years old. His wife and three children—ages 2, 3, and 7, respectively—are all U.S. citizens. On November 14, T ...
Go to discussionSoldiers in Benin say they have seized power from President Talon
The soldiers also announced a suspension of the constitution, the closure of all land borders as well as the country's airspace. But officials close to the president say he is fine and that the small group of soldiers at the TV station did not have the backing of the regular army. "The situation is under control. A large part of the army is still loyalist - and we are taking over the situation," Foreign Minister Shegun Adjadi Bakari told Reuters news agency. ... Benin has been regard ...
Go to discussionTrump signs order to create food supply chain task forces to protect competition
December 6, 2025 6:36 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish food supply chain security task forces in the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address risks from price fixing and anti-competitive behavior, the White House said on Saturday. "My Administration will act to determine whether anti-competitive behavior, especially by foreign-controlled companies, increases the cos ...
Go to discussionAdmiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Dec. 6, 2025, 6:47 PM EST WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea because they were on an internal list of narco-terrorists who U.S. intelligence and military officials determined could be lethally targeted, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers in briefings this past week, according to two U.S. officials and one person familiar with the congressional briefings ...
Go to discussionICE agents under scrutiny after man's legs allegedly crushed in Vancouver arrest
Dec. 6, 2025 2:54 p.m. Updated: Dec. 6, 2025 4:33 p.m. The Vancouver Police Department is investigating after a man appeared to have his legs run over by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement truck while being detained Thursday. In a press release Friday, police said they became aware of the incident through a cellphone video circulated by community members. The video appears to show the man being struck by an ICE agent’s vehicle while being arrested. According to The Columbian, the man ...
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