WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump ‘s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks pared their losses on Wall Street as an early spike in crude oil prices eased later in the day. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% after erasing an earlier drop of 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. Markets in Europe and Asia had considerably larger losses, when oil prices were higher earlier in the day.
SAN SALVADOR (AP) – Chile’s far-right President-elect José Antonio Kast visited El Salvador’s mega-prison for accused gang members on Friday ahead of a meeting with President Nayib Bukele to discuss organized crime.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president this week seemed to complain that Japan was among the nations that did not join his call to help protect the Strait of Hormuz. Takaichi met with Trump at the White House.
A federal judge hearing arguments Thursday over President Donald Trump’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan gang members had a question: Could a president use the same law against a “British invasion” that was corrupting young minds?
WASHINGTON (AP) – In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray. Typically led by a veteran diplomat, the bureau’s role would be to coordinate U.S. foreign policy across an 18-country region, much of which has become a chaotic battlefield scarred by drone and missile strikes.
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and from their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador president’s war on gangs.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
“60 Minutes” on Sunday aired its story about Trump administration deportations that was abruptly pulled from the newsmagazine’s lineup a month ago, a move that had triggered an internal battle about political pressure that spilled out into the open.
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