U.S. military troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota

U.S. military troops on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota

Federal law enforcement agents confront protesters during a demonstration outside the Bishop Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Thursday. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images Up to 1,500 U.S. active-duty troops in Alaska are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota, a U.S. official who was…

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Video: Inside Trump’s Deportation Machine

Video: Inside Trump’s Deportation Machine

Data obtained by The New York Times illustrates the differences between President Trump’s and President Biden’s approaches to deportations. Our data reporter Albert Sun describes what we found. By Albert Sun, Gilad Thaler, Melanie Bencosme, Joey Sendaydiego, Edward Vega, Jon Miller and Thomas Trudeau January 18, 2026 Source link

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Ben Affleck Recalls “Vomiting Between Takes” During ‘Armageddon’ Farewell Scene With Bruce Willis: “Probably Made The Scene Better”

Ben Affleck Recalls “Vomiting Between Takes” During ‘Armageddon’ Farewell Scene With Bruce Willis: “Probably Made The Scene Better”

Before Ben Affleck became a two-time Oscar-winning industry heavyweight, an early career role taught him the importance of the worker’s inalienable right to call off sick from work. While promoting his latest film and collaboration with Matt Damon, Netflix’s The Rip, the multi-hyphenate recalled shooting a key Armageddon scene opposite star Bruce Willis while extremely…

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Opinion: Remembering Ai, a remarkably intelligent chimpanzee

Opinion: Remembering Ai, a remarkably intelligent chimpanzee

23-year-old chimpanzee Ai, known for her ability to recognize some letters and numbers, holds her 35-centimetre-tall newborn male chimp Ayumu, 25 April 2000, at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University in Inuyama, central Japan. AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption AFP via Getty Images/AFP The death of a possible genius was reported…

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Federal judge bars the LAPD’s use of some ‘less-lethal’ weapons at protests

Federal judge bars the LAPD’s use of some ‘less-lethal’ weapons at protests

A federal judge banned Los Angeles Police Department officers from using some so-called less-lethal launchers at protests, after finding that the department violated previous court restrictions by using such projectile weapons to disperse crowds at last summer’s mass demonstrations against immigration enforcement. In her ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall sided with a…

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Video: Opinion | The High Cost of ICE’s Low Standards

Video: Opinion | The High Cost of ICE’s Low Standards

new video loaded: The High Cost of ICE’s Low Standards transcript Back transcript The High Cost of ICE’s Low Standards By doubling its force while slashing training time, ICE has scaled up its culture of violence into an unrestrained and unaccountable machine. A lot happened this week. “Protests in Iran continued to grow today.” “The…

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