• District attorney lashes out at ICE for detaining suspect in Boston during a trial
    BOSTON (AP) — A district attorney in Boston harshly criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Wednesday, after one of its agents detained a suspect while he was on trial. ICE agent Brian Sullivan detained Wilson Martell-Lebron last week as he was leaving court. But a Boston Municipal Court judge issued a ruling Monday against […]
  • Outrage grows over Maryland man’s mistaken deportation to El Salvador prison
    In the 22 days since Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador, his young autistic son has sought comfort in the scent of his missing father’s clothes. “Although he cannot speak, he shows me how much he missed Kilmar,” Abrego Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, said […]
  • Fugitive leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang is indicted in New York City
    NEW YORK (AP) — The fugitive leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang that relied on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business has been indicted in New York City on charges he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine into the United States, authorities said Wednesday. José Adolfo Macías Villamar escaped from a prison in […]
  • Trump pressures Senate Republicans to oppose resolution that would nullify Canada tariffs
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are facing pressure Wednesday from President Donald Trump to oppose a Democratic resolution that would nullify the presidential emergency on fentanyl he is using to implement tariffs on Canada. Just hours after Trump is set to announce his plan for “reciprocal tariffs” on China, Mexico and Canada — his so-called […]
  • Celebrating fact-checking around the globe
    It’s International Fact-Checking Day, an event to highlight the work of fact-checkers around the world. In a message marking the day, Angie Drobnic Holan, director of the the International Fact-Checking Network, noted the recent challenges faced by fact-checkers, including a loss of funding and attacks on fact-checkers and their organizations. “This is indeed a crisis […]