Tag: Migration
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Trump is digging up old immigration policies to help his crackdown. Here’s a timeline for how we got here
President Donald Trump wasted no time enacting his immigration crackdown after being inaugurated for a second term. On the campaign trail, he promised mass deportations and more arrests — and to do it, he’s resurrecting old policies. Immigration policy being at the forefront of politics is nothing new. From the nation’s founding to modern day,…
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Republicans’ Sweeping Domestic Policy Bill Is in Peril
President Trump said his administration would soon send letters to many countries dictating the terms of U.S. trade with them. Speaking in the United Arab Emirates, Trump said there were “150 countries that want to make a deal, but you’re not able to see that many countries.” Instead, he said, in the next two to…
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Tracking Trump: Why the White House made a deal with China; birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court; RFK Jr. on the Hill; and more
1 Qatar feted President Donald Trump with a state dinner on the second day of his Middle East trip. On the menu: Trump appealed for help with the “perilous situation” with Iran — a close Qatar ally. Trump wants a new nuclear deal with Iran. More deals take flight: Trump signed an agreement for Qatar…
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Nigel Farage tears Starmer’s migration plan apart in PMQs clash: ‘National emergency!’
Nigel Farage demanded Keir Starmer declare a “national security emergency” as hundreds of migrants continued to cross the Channel in small boats. The Prime Minister delivered a tough speech on Monday promising to cut immigrartion – but Reform UK leader Nigel Farage pointed out that nearly 1,000 new small boat migrants had already arrived since…
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‘The most corrupt thing a president has ever done’
Good morning, Early Birds. So, is Pete Rose going to get into the Hall of Fame? Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. In today’s edition … we examine the ethics behind Trump’s crypto meme coin … update you on a small business impacted by tariffs … you give us your thoughts…
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Live Updates: Trump Will Lift Sanctions on Syria and Meet With Its Leader
DOGE removed dozens of contracts from its list of savings after they were resurrected. Image Elon Musk at a cabinet meeting in the White House last month.Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is no longer claiming credit for killing dozens of federal contracts after The New York Times…
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Medicaid, taxes and climate change, oh my!
Good morning, Early Birds. Does anyone want to offer us a free plane? Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. In today’s edition … Trump makes his first planned overseas trip to Saudi Arabia … Pete Buttigieg is back in Iowa … but first … The big markups Republicans are diving into…
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The Ayatollah Regime – a clear and present threat to the US
Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettingeris author of a “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”, bit.ly/4jIt8IJ Is the Ayatollah regime a threat to the US? It has been claimed that Iran’s Ayatollah regime does not pose a threat to the US, nor would a nuclear Iran. Moreover, it has been suggested that just like a nuclear India, Pakistan…
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Pieces in motion: Rebalancing power in a new Levantine order
Summary The October 7th 2023 attacks on Israel led by Hamas shook the Middle Eastern kaleidoscope. The pieces are still in flux. The fall of Assad in Syria, Hizbullah’s decline in Lebanon, and new efforts by Iraq’s government to curb Iran-backed militias create an opening in these three fragile Levantine states. Regional powers are trying…
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Maximising UK-German Defence and Security
With a new German government taking office on 6 May 2025, this Policy Brief examines how the UK and Germany can maximise their new relationship to ensure that it delivers the most value to each of them and to European security. The deterioration of European security since the start of Russia’s 2022 war on Ukraine…
