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Behind Thai Premier’s Dismissal, Unraveling of an Uneasy Alliance

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
Thaksin Shinawatra had struck a grand bargain with Thailand’s establishment, analysts say, that allowed his daughter to ascend to the prime minister’s job.

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Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the third member of her family to be removed from the Thai prime minister’s office, on Friday.
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Mexico’s President Struggles to Escape Trump’s Growing Demands

Par :Jack Nicas
After months of negotiation and concessions, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has found herself in a cycle of pressure from the White House.

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President Claudia Sheinbaum and her cabinet are said to be frustrated that they have worked hard to meet Washington’s demands, and yet it never seems to be enough.
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Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists

Par :Minho Kim
The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.

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A Voice of America studio in Washington.
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Duke Cunningham, 83, Congressman Convicted in Corruption Scandal, Dies

Par :Trip Gabriel
A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.

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Representative Duke Cunningham, Republican of California, in 2005, the year he pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal and left Congress after 15 years in office.
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Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists

Par :Minho Kim
The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.

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A Voice of America studio in Washington.
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Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

Par :Zach Montague
Judge Jia M. Cobb rejected what she called “a truly startling argument” from the government that it could use a fast-track procedure to remove people arrested far from the southern border.

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The Trump administration has sought to expand the process known as expedited removal, which typically avoids court proceedings.
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How the Trump-Kennedy Alliance Is Pushing the Boundaries of Public Health

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman
The mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is based on a striking alignment of some of their views.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listened to President Trump’s remarks during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
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For Democrats, Hindsight Is 2021

Par :Reid J. Epstein
Democrats once had a chance to blunt a couple of the moves President Trump is making now, on redistricting and the takeover of the police force in Washington, D.C.

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The U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Back in the spring of 2021, when Democrats controlled the House and Senate, there were two measures that would have helped to protect against some of President Trump’s current moves.
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Appeals Court Upholds Protections for Venezuelans, but to Little Effect

Par :Zach Montague
The decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling from March, but was overshadowed by a Supreme Court order that allowed the Trump administration to pursue deportations anyway.

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A Temporary Protected Status application clinic in New York in 2023.
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Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Invalidated by Appeals Court

Par :Tony Romm and Ana Swanson
The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.

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President Trump’s punishing slate of tariffs immediately drew legal challenges from small businesses and state governments.
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Missouri Unveils Redistricting Plan, Aiming to Add a Republican Seat

Par :Julie Bosman
Following Texas, Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special legislative session to redraw his state’s Congressional district lines to boost Republicans.

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The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
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Transportation Dept. Cancels $679 Million for Offshore Wind Projects

Par :Brad Plumer
The Trump administration’s campaign against wind power continued as it targeted funding for marine terminals and ports to support development of the industry.

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Friday’s move is the latest in a series of escalating attacks by the Trump administration against the wind industry.
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Challenge Emerges to Trump-Appointed Prosecutor in Los Angeles

Par :Danny Hakim
The federal public defender's office challenged the legality of allowing the U.S. attorneys in Los Angeles and Las Vegas to continue in their jobs without congressional approval.

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A federal public defender’s office in California filed a legal challenge seeking to overturn the appointment of Bill Essayli, the acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.
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Trump Administration Bars Palestinian Officials From U.N. Meeting in New York

Par :Edward Wong and Adam Rasgon
The United States generally allows foreign officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly. The administration’s move comes amid a new push for Palestinian statehood.

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The move by Secretary of State Marco Rubio could be aimed at weakening discussion of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations meeting.
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Trump Administration Bars Palestinian Officials From U.N. Meeting in New York

Par :Edward Wong and Adam Rasgon
The United States generally allows foreign officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly. The administration’s move comes amid a new push for Palestinian statehood.

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The move by Secretary of State Marco Rubio could be aimed at weakening discussion of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations meeting.
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Conservatives Use Minneapolis Shooting in Anti-Transgender Campaigns

Par :Amy Harmon
Activists are pointing to the attacker’s gender identity to falsely portray all transgender people as prone to mental illness and violence.

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The attacker’s gender identity has become a focal point for politics.
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Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents

Par :Alan Feuer
The extraordinary pushback in at least three separate cases comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops and federal agents.

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Crime has fallen in Washington since federal agents started policing Washington’s streets in large numbers, but the surge has chafed against some residents who have found the presence of troops and agents to be a cause of fear, not of security.
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Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Controversial Redistricting Bill, Redrawing Congressional Map

Par :J. David Goodman
After a bruising redistricting fight, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new congressional map into law. But the Republican-led Legislature, newly emboldened, has not stopped there.

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The state’s new congressional map was one of many contentious issues on the agenda for the Texas Legislature’s special session.
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Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid

Par :Catie Edmondson
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.

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The administration is attempting to unilaterally claw back money that has already been appropriated by running out the clock for Congress to reject its request before the funding expires.
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Emil Bove Continued to Work at Justice Dept. After Judicial Confirmation

Par :Devlin Barrett
The code of conduct for federal judges does not appear to apply to Mr. Bove, who has yet to be sworn in. But his continued presence at the department has raised eyebrows.

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Emil Bove III was narrowly confirmed last month to serve on a powerful appeals court judgeship.
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Trump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection

Par :Tyler Pager
The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.

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Kamala Harris, then the vice president, on her way to a campaign rally in Wisconsin in October 2024.
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As Bolsonaro Heads to Trial, Brazil Faces a Dilemma: How to Prosecute a President?

Par :Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, is heading to trial. But his path there has stirred concern that the judiciary has overstepped its bounds.

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Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, during an interview with The New York Times at his party’s headquarters in January.
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How the Future of the Fed Came to Rest on Lisa Cook

Par :Colby Smith and Ben Casselman
President Trump’s effort to oust the Federal Reserve governor has kicked off a landmark legal battle, one that will have far-reaching consequences for the institution’s independence.

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Lisa Cook, who was appointed to the Fed’s board of governors in 2022, during a July conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington.
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Appeals Court Declines to Block Trump From Freezing Foreign Aid

Par :Zach Montague
The court voted not to revisit a fight over billions in frozen funds, but simultaneously revised an earlier order to give nonprofits that sued a narrow path forward in the case.

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The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seemed to render moot, for now, an emergency request the Trump administration had made with the Supreme Court.
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Texas House Advances Anti-Abortion Bill

Par :J. David Goodman
Legislation aimed at curtailing mail-order abortions in Texas cleared a decisive hurdle, part of a broader push by abortion opponents to limit the procedure even in states where it is legal.

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Texas lawmakers on the floor of the House chamber in Austin earlier this month
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Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library

Par :Greg Jaffe
The Pentagon is putting back up a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the military academy, as the Trump administration seeks to restore honors for American figures who fought to preserve slavery.

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The United States Military Academy, in West Point, N.Y.
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Lawyers for Abrego Garcia Seek Gag Order Against Trump Officials

Par :Alan Feuer
The request came after President Trump and several of his top aides had attacked Mr. Abrego Garcia as a threat, even though federal judges have ruled that he is not a danger to the public.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Baltimore on Monday.
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What’s Behind the Political Instability in Thailand

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
While the country is a constitutional monarchy that holds regular elections, analysts say it is beholden to an unelected old guard.

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Thaksin Shinawatra with his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra in August 2024. Both have served as prime minister, and each has been reprimanded by Thailand’s powerful Constitutional Court.
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Thai Court Dismisses Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra From Office

Par :Sui-Lee Wee
Paetongtarn Shinawatra became the third member of her family to be removed from the job, as the nation plunged into fresh political instability.

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Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the scion of a powerful political dynasty, at a news conference in Bangkok on Friday, after her dismissal by the Constitutional Court.
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Trump and His Officials Target Fed and CDC, Long Seen as Above Politics

Par :Luke Broadwater
Trump officials say the president is within his rights to fire officials who do not share his agenda.

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Susan Monarez was fired as director of the Centers for Disease Control this week, White House officials said. The move came after she declined to fire agency officials or to accept all recommendations from a vaccine panel overhauled by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Firing of the Head of Voice of America

Par :Minho Kim
The ruling is a setback to President Trump and Kari Lake, a Trump ally who has led efforts to shutter federally funded news networks.

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A federal judge found that Trump officials cannot remove Mike Abramowitz, the director of Voice of America, “without the approval of” the International Broadcasting Advisory Board.
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Prosecutors Reduce Felony Charge Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

Par :Alan Feuer
The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington has struggled to convince judges and grand jurors of the viability of several cases arising from President Trump’s deployment of troops and federal agents to fight crime.

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Sean C. Dunn, second from left, was arrested in Washington earlier this month after throwing a sandwich at a law enforcement agent.
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Trump Administration Plans Immigration Crackdown in Chicago

Par :Hamed Aleaziz
The plans involve sending in hundreds of homeland security officers and using a naval base as a staging area.

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The main entrance on Thursday of the Naval Station Great Lakes, located about 35 miles north of Chicago.
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Former Yankees First Baseman Mark Teixeira Says He Will Run for Congress

Par :Livia Albeck-Ripka and Neil Vigdor
The three-time All-Star, who hit more than 400 home runs during his career, says he hopes to fill the seat held by Representative Chip Roy, a Republican.

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Mark Teixeira, who won his only World Series ring with the Yankees at the height of his career, served as the hitting coach during the 2024 All-Star Futures Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
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Trump and Democrats Float Unusual Midterm Conventions

Par :Shane Goldmacher
Both parties appear to be weighing gatherings that would gin up excitement for candidates in 2026 — and give a major platform for ambitious politicians hoping to lead the parties in 2028.

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Donald J. Trump speaking on the final night of the Republican National Convention last year.
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Fed Governor Lisa Cook Sues Trump Over Dismissal

Par :Tony Romm · Ben Casselman and Colby Smith
Lisa Cook, who has not been charged with a crime, sought to retain her position, arguing her firing was “unprecedented and illegal.”

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Many experts have questioned the legality of President Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor.
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U.S. Government Cracks Down on Organ Transplant System

Par :Brian M. Rosenthal
Organ donation groups accused of safety lapses are facing multiple investigations, and new policies are underway to protect patients.

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A medical worker in Michigan transporting a newly recovered liver.
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Kim Jong-un to be Among U.S. Rivals Convening in Beijing

Par :Choe Sang-Hun and Lars Dolder
They will join China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and about 20 other heads of state, some of whom share a strong distrust of the United States.

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North Korea’s state news agency released a photo on Thursday that it said showed Kim Jong-un visiting a military base at an undisclosed location.
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Jimmy Lai’s Freedom May Now Hinge on Beijing and Trump

Par :Tiffany May and David Pierson
As the outspoken Hong Kong publisher awaits a verdict, his trial has become a test of China’s resolve to crush dissent, and of whether President Trump can free him.

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Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in December 2020, when he was ordered back to jail, just days after he had been granted bail.
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A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry

Par :Somini Sengupta
The full weight of a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods took effect this week, undercutting one of the country’s most promising markets for solar exports.

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A solar manufacturing plant in Gangaikondan, India.
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John Bolton Inquiry Eyes Emails Obtained by Foreign Government

Par :Devlin Barrett · Julian E. Barnes · Michael S. Schmidt · Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman
It is not clear what country intercepted Mr. Bolton’s private emails, but the investigation into President Trump’s former national security adviser picked up momentum under the Biden administration.

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An F.B.I. agent leaving with a box from John R. Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Md., last week.
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Former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Violation

Par :Patricia Mazzei and Glenn Thrush
Wanda Vázquez had initially been accused of taking bribes to influence a regulatory appointment. A controversial plea deal resulted in a lesser charge.

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A former governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor for violating a federal campaign law.
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Gérard Chaliand, Intrepid Authority on Geopolitics, Dies at 91

Par :Adam Nossiter
His considerable influence in the French-speaking world was based on an unusual attribute: He had actually been to the revolutions he wrote about.

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Gérard Chaliand in 1992. His lectures on geopolitics routinely drew top-level diplomats and officers.
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After Threats, Mayors of Blue Cities Seek United Front Against Trump

Par :Katie Glueck
“An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” said Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland, who led a private strategy call on Wednesday.

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Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland urged elected Democrats at all levels of government to seize what he called a “unique opportunity” to go on the offensive with a message on crime reduction.
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Trump’s Push to Fire Lisa Cook Puts Fed Independence on Trial

Par :Adam Liptak
The Supreme Court has said the Federal Reserve Board’s independence warrants protection. President Trump’s effort to fire a member will test that commitment.

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Until Monday, no president had tried to fire a Federal Reserve governor.
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Trump’s D.C. Law Enforcement Takeover Has Black Parents on Edge

Par :Clyde McGrady and Bernard Mokam
The deployment of federal agents and National Guard troops has caused some Black parents to return to the days of “the talk” about policing that they had hoped was no longer needed to keep their children safe.

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Mayada Mannan-Brake, a mother of two in Washington, D.C., said she advised her teenage son to stay away from protests.
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Denmark Apologizes After Involuntary Birth Control Scandal in Greenland

Par :Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli
For years, Danish doctors inserted intrauterine devices in Greenlandic girls and women without their consent, part of a painful legacy of mistreatment.

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Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark. “We cannot change what has happened,” she said of the forced contraception. “But we can take responsibility.”
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‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center May Be Empty Within Days

Par :Patricia Mazzei
A top Florida official wrote in an email that an immigration detention center in the Everglades may soon house no detainees.

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The immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” was built at an airstrip in the Florida Everglades.
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