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ICE 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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Admiral 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 ...

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Trump 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 ...

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Soldiers 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 ...

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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 ...

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Railroads will be allowed to reduce inspections, rely more on technology to spot track problems

8 hours, 15 minutes ago The nation's freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday. The Association of American Railroads trade group asked for the relief from inspection requirements that were written back in 1971 because railroads believe the automated track inspection technology they use today is so good at spotting problems early that human inspecti ...

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Trump Administration To Charge $5,000 'Apprehension Fee' On Migrants

Published Dec 06, 2025 at 01:09 PM EST The Trump administration is slapping a $5,000 "apprehension fee" on migrants without legal status, a top Border Patrol official announced. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks said the charge will apply to people apprehended after crossing the border between ports of entry, expanding the financial penalties tied to unauthorized entry. The fee, he said, will be imposed on individuals age 14 and older who are taken into custody after entering ...

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MS NOW Host Asks State Attorney General If Cops Should Be 'Arresting' ICE Agents Using 'Excessive Force'

Dec 6th, 2025, 12:54 pm MS NOW’s Eugene Daniels asked Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison if there is a reality where state police are arresting ICE officers for “excessive force.” Ellison joined MS NOW’s The Weekend on Saturday and Daniels brought up Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara warning officers they will lose their jobs if they do not intervene if they see ICE going outside the law. “If unlawful force is being used by any law enforcement officer against any person in this cit ...

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Trump Has Long Disdained Europe's Elites. Now, It's Official.

The Trump administration issued a national security strategy paper this week that called for European nations to take “primary responsibility” for their own defense, indicating that the United States should no longer guarantee Europe’s security. It accused the European Union of stifling “political liberty,” warned that some NATO members risked becoming “majority non-European,” and said the U.S. should align with “patriotic European parties” — code for Europe’s far-right movements. The blunt, br ...

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Anger as National Parks grant free access on Trump's birthday -- and end it for MLK day

December 6, 2025 5:51AM ET “Why is MLK Day not worthy of a fee-free day anymore?” That’s what Kati Schmidt, communications director for the National Parks Conservation Association, wondered in an email to SFGATE, which reported Thursday on the National Park Service’s recently announced free admission days for 2026. “That has become a day of service throughout the country as well as celebrating an American hero who has several park units celebrating his legacy,” Schmidt noted of the federal h ...

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Bessent Says He Divested From Soybean Farms After Ethics Office Warning

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Trump Rages Against House Democrat He Just Pardoned: 'Such a Lack of LOYALTY!'

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Trump no longer pushing back when White House insiders say Hegseth is not up for the job as he tires of controversies

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Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets

8 hrs ago - 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 wh ... (NBC News)

ICE agents use tear gas in Elgin {Illinois} as hours long standoff ends in man's arrest

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Trump signs order to create food supply chain task forces to protect competition

9 hrs ago - 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 ( ... (Reuters)

Soldiers in Benin say they have seized power from President Talon

9 hrs ago - 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 t ... (BBC)

Hegseth defends strikes on alleged cartel boats, says Trump can order use of force 'as he sees fit'

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ICE Agents Released an Attack Dog on a Man: Report

10 hrs ago - 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, Was ... (The New Republic)

ICE agents under scrutiny after man's legs allegedly crushed in Vancouver arrest

11 hrs ago - 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 rele ... (Oregon Public Broadcasting/NPR)

Psaki: Loomer, O'Keefe covering Pentagon 'not a real press corps'

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