Trump says he would deport migrants in Springfield, Ohio, to Venezuela

Former President Donald Trump said Friday that if he becomes president, he will execute large-scale deportations of migrants, beginning in Ohio and Colorado.  “We’re going to have the largest deportation in the history of our country,” he told reporters during a news conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. “And we’re going to start with Springfield

U.S. sanctions Russian state media for raising money for troops in Ukraine

Washington — The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Russian state media Friday, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand-in-hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine. While the outlet, RT, has previously been sanctioned for its

U.S. delivered “wet and moldy body armor” to Taiwan, Pentagon watchdog says

The Pentagon sent Taiwan “wet and moldy body armor” in shipments of armaments meant to strengthen Taiwan’s defenses, but instead, the U.S. spent at least an additional $730,000 to try to remedy the problems, according to a report released this week by the Defense Department inspector general. The independent watchdog concluded that between November 2023

Pope Francis says Kamala Harris and Donald Trump “both against life”

Rome — Pope Francis weighed in Friday on the options for voters in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, indicating to reporters on the papal plane as he returned from a marathon Asia trip that both Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, are, in his opinion, “against life.” Asked by CBS

Competing abortion rights measures can appear on Nebraska ballot, high court rules

Competing measures that would expand or restrict abortion rights can appear on the ballot in Nebraska this fall, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.  The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled days after hearing arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the state’s competing abortion initiatives off the November ballot. Organizers for