SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) – Costa Rica ‘s Supreme Electoral Tribunal asked the country’s National Assembly on Tuesday to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his immunity so he can face charges that he has been using his bully pulpit to meddle in upcoming elections.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks sank on Wall Street after President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with new tariffs. The S&P 500 fell 2.1% Tuesday, its biggest drop since October. Technology stocks were the biggest weights. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.8%. The Nasdaq composite slumped 2.4%.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) – Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves on Tuesday celebrated the failure of an effort by lawmakers in congress to strip his immunity so that he could be prosecuted for alleged corruption.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump wanted to recap his first year back in office. And it felt like he wanted to spend the next year doing it.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) – Costa Rica’s congress debated Monday whether to strip a sitting president of his immunity for the first time in the Central American nation’s history.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump closed out 2025 with his plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in fine fettle. With an endorsement from the U.N. Security Council to form a “Board of Peace” to oversee Gaza’s future, Trump entered 2026 riding high in his self-described role as a “president of peace” who sought to end conflicts and certainly not create new ones.
MEXICO CITY (AP) – More than 14,000 mainly Venezuelan migrants who hoped to reach the United States have reversed course and turned south since U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown began, according to a report published Friday by the governments of Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.
Jan. 19 – The Washington Post says Congress has dropped the ball regarding oversight of ICE, DHS. Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a Texas detention center on Jan. 3 while pleading for air as guards choked him, according to a fellow detainee. The local medical examiner’s office is considering classifying his death as a homicide, The Post reports.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges, according to a Saturday court filing.
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