POLITICS

Treasury sanctions alleged human smuggling network across 4 continents

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Washington — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sweeping sanctions on members of an alleged Mexico-based human smuggling network that it says trafficked people from four continents using yachts, hotels and cartel connections, a move officials say underscores the Trump administration’s intensifying strategy to treat migrant trafficking schemes as a direct threat to national security.  The

The quiet collapse of America’s reproductive health safety net

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In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month’s end. These primary care and reproductive health clinics served about 800 patients, many uninsured or on Medicaid.  “People don’t realize how much these clinics hold together the local health system until they’re gone,” George Hill, the group’s president

Soybeans, Rare Earths, Fentanyl: 9 Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Xi

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for roughly 100 minutes on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Oct. 30 in Busan, South Korea. “We agreed on many things, with others, even of high importance, being very close to resolved,” Trump said in a social media post after