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At U.N. Security Council, Russia Counters Trump Gaza Plan With Its Own

Par :Farnaz Fassihi
The Trump administration wants the Security Council to adopt a resolution that has the 20-point U.S. plan annexed, effectively making it international law.

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Gaza City on Friday. The United States wants the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution that has the 20-point American plan annexed.
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Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Madeleine Ngo
The policy change is a major expansion of the administration’s push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.

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The policy change would make it more challenging for those who arrived in the United States before the travel ban to remain.
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Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Madeleine Ngo
The policy change is a major expansion of the administration’s push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.

© Graham Dickie/The New York Times

The policy change would make it more challenging for those who arrived in the United States before the travel ban to remain.
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Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster

Par :Michael S. Schmidt
In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”

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“The call for my resignation, right until the end, seemed so outlandish as not to be entirely believable,” James E. Ryan, former president of the University of Virginia, said in a letter on Friday.
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Trump Demands Inquiry Into Epstein’s Ties to Prominent Democrats

Par :Erica L. Green
The move appeared to be retaliation after Democrats released emails suggesting the president knew about Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.

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President Trump’s announcement came after Democrats released emails earlier this week that suggested Mr. Trump’s knowledge of Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was deeper than previously known.
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Georgia Prosecutor Steps In to Oversee Trump Election Case

Par :Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim
The official, Pete Skandalakis, had been tasked by law with finding a new prosecutor for the election interference case after Fani T. Willis was removed from it.

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Donald J. Trump, who was out of office at the time, after being booked at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta in August 2023.
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Trump Turns to Affordability Message Amid Economic Frustration

Par :Alan Rappeport
The Trump administration is facing backlash from American consumers as higher costs from tariffs blunt wage gains.

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With the prices of essential products such as groceries still rising and the cost of certain imports inflated because of President Trump’s tariffs, the White House faces a predicament.
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America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case.

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Tyler Pager
President Trump has been dining with billionaires and has taken a keen interest in crises overseas, leading to fears that he is drifting away from his more populist stances.

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‘A Traumatic Experience’: SNAP Interruption Leaves Recipients Shaken

Par :Jacey Fortin · Eric Adelson · Sean Keenan · Christina Morales and Sonia A. Rao
Some have seen their benefits return but are worried they could still be taken away. Others wonder whether the funding could be stopped again at some point.

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A food pantry at the Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelphia.
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Swalwell Denies Allegations of Fraud and Says Trump is Targeting Him

Par :John Yoon
Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, said he would not back down from his criticism of President Trump, and denied wrongdoing.

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Representative Eric Swalwell said that he was being targeted by the Trump administration after news reports that he had been referred to the Justice Department for a potential criminal investigation.
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Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness

Par :Lisa Friedman
The decision to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s ecologically sensitive North Slope has the support of the state’s governor and senators.

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Caribou near a pipeline on the north slope of Alaska in 2023.
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Republicans Tried to Squelch the Epstein Furor. Instead, They Fed It.

Par :Michael Gold
A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga.

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As Republicans sought to show movement on the issue this year, Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued subpoenas to an array of sources, including for a broad set of documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate.
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Justice Dept. Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels

Par :Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.

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The Trump administration has insisted that its boat strikes are lawful, telling Congress in September that Mr. Trump had “determined” that the United States was in a noninternational armed conflict.
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Justice Dept. Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels

Par :Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.

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The Trump administration has insisted that its boat strikes are lawful, telling Congress in September that Mr. Trump had “determined” that the United States was in a noninternational armed conflict.
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Carney Accelerates Economic Plan for Canada to Rely Less on U.S. Amid Trade War

Par :Ian Austen
Prime Minister Mark Carney fast-tracked mines and other natural resource projects to the dismay of some Indigenous groups and many environmentalists.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking at Parliament last week.
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Trump Officials Prepare Tariff Exemptions, Seeking to Lower Food Prices

Par :Ana Swanson · Maggie Haberman and Tyler Pager
If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.

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Shoppers at a grocery store in Brooklyn last week. Food prices have risen significantly this year, and a gauge of consumer confidence hit near-record lows this month.
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Some TSA Workers to Get $10,000 Bonus Checks for Shutdown Work

Par :Karoun Demirjian
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, began handing out $10,000 checks to T.S.A. workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown, after the president recommended similar bonuses for some air traffic controllers.

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Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, announced on Thursday that several Transportation Security Administration officers would be awarded checks of $10,000 for working during the shutdown.
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BBC Apologizes to Trump Over Film Edit but Declines to Pay Compensation

Par :Mark Landler
The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”

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President Trump speaking at a rally in front of the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes

Par :Alan Blinder
The university system will ban advocacy of “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without approval.

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At Texas A&M University, the president recently stepped down following a controversy over a professor’s class about gender identity.
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U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Saudi Arabia’s Bid for F-35 Jets

Par :Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt
A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.

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An F-35 fighter jet during a demonstration off the coast of Norfolk, Va., last month.
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U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Saudi Arabia’s Bid for F-35 Jets

Par :Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt
A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.

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An F-35 fighter jet during a demonstration off the coast of Norfolk, Va., last month.
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Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice

Par :Simon Romero and Federico Rios
Colombia was a top U.S. ally in Latin America until the Trump administration began deadly strikes in international waters. Now, one family wants justice.

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Fishermen arriving back at the beach at the end of the day in Santa Marta, Colombia.
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The Global Climate Leadership Vacuum

Par :Claire Brown
The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up?

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A lobby of the COP30 United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil.
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Epstein’s Emails About Trump

Par :Steve Eder · Claire Hogan · James Surdam · Stephanie Swart and Nikolay Nikolov
Our investigative reporter Steve Eder provides context about Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with President Donald Trump based on information from over 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.
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Ukraine’s Dilemma as Pokrovsk Teeters: Save Lives or Keep Holding On

Par :Constant Méheut and Olha Konovalova
Military analysts and some Ukrainian commanders worry that Kyiv may be repeating the mistake of staying in an embattled city longer than it should, aiming to inflict far more casualties than it suffers.

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A Ukrainian artillery crew near Pokrovsk last year.
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How Pakistan’s Spending Blitz Helped Win Over Trump and Flip U.S. Policy

Par :Pranav Baskar
As Pakistan has hired lobbyists with close ties to President Trump, it has also received favorable tariff treatment and unique access in Washington.

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir of Pakistan waiting for a meeting with President Trump at the White House in September.
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He Helped Cities Anticipate Damage From Storms

Par :Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Austin Becker developed an early warning system to protect critical infrastructure from storms. His project’s funding was eliminated in April.

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What’s Behind the Coming House Vote on Releasing the Epstein Files

Par :Michael Gold
Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.

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Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina was one of the Republicans who signed a petition requiring the House to vote on a measure requiring the full release of the Justice Department’s files about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Canada-U.S. Travel Drops for 10th Month Amid Trump Tariff Tensions

Par :Livia Albeck-Ripka
The drop has been reflected in air and car travel, according to Canadian statistics. Tensions over tariffs placed by the Trump administration spurred calls for Canadians to spend their money at home.

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The Peace Bridge port of entry between Canada and the United States, in Fort Erie, Ontario, in September.
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Comey and James Challenge Appointment of Lindsey Halligan, Trump Loyalist Prosecuting Them

Par :Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett
The judge in the case gave little signal of how she intended to rule, but her promise to decide within two weeks was a clear sign that she wanted to move quickly.

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President Trump put Lindsey Halligan in charge of the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia with explicit public instructions to go after his rivals.
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Trump Administration Proposes a Drastic Cut in Housing Grants

Par :Jason DeParle
In a major shift, HUD’s plan would direct most of the $3.9 billion in homelessness funds away from Housing First to programs that prioritize work and drug treatment.

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A homeless encampment in Los Angeles. In a sharply worded campaign video in 2023, President Trump criticized “dangerously deranged” and homeless people and pledged to move them from city centers into treatment camps.
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After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’

Par :David Enrich · Nicholas Confessore · Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Steve Eder
Jeffrey Epstein cast himself as a Trump insider and wanted to leverage potentially damaging information about the president and his business dealings, according to emails with associates.

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President Trump in Florida this month. Emails written by Jeffrey Epstein have put their onetime relationship back in the public eye.
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Rubio Shrugs Off Allies’ Concerns Over U.S. Drug Strikes

Par :Michael Crowley
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said no one raised the Caribbean military operation in closed-door meetings at a G7 summit. But ministers from France and the European Union publicly called them unlawful.

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Marco Rubio, speaking after the G7 foreign ministers meeting, said many of the drug shipments targeted by the U.S. military are bound for Europe “so maybe they should be thanking us.”
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Trump Signs Bill to End Government Shutdown

Par :Catie Edmondson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
President Trump signed the bill ending the shutdown after 43 days, after the House approved it, largely on party lines.

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President Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, after signing a bill to end the government shutdown.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Head for a Record in 2025, Global Carbon Project Reports

Par :Brad Plumer
But there are signs that greenhouse gas pollution in China might be slowing, according to a new analysis.

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A coal-fired power plant in Candiota, in southeastern Brazil.
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Federal Judge Calls For Release of Some Immigrants Arrested in Chicago Area

Par :Mitch Smith
The judge raised concerns that federal agents may have violated terms of a consent decree during their immigration enforcement crackdown in Illinois.

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Federal agents in a Chicago neighborhood in October.
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Catholic Bishops Rebuke Trump’s Immigration Tactics in Rare Statement

Par :Elizabeth Dias
In a rare statement, the bishops framed the immigration crisis in starkly moral terms. “We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said.

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At their annual meeting, Catholic bishops were largely united in their statement about the federal crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Iraq’s Prime Minister Leads in Elections but May Struggle to Form a Government

Par :Erika Solomon and Falih Hassan
Mohammed al-Sudani pitches himself as someone who can keep Iranian influence in check, but his vote share may not be big enough to ensure a clear political victory.

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Supporters of Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani of Iraq celebrated in Baghdad on Wednesday after the announcement of preliminary election results.
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Lines at the Food Pantry, Billionaires at the White House

Par :Jess Bidgood
What the government shutdown revealed about Trump’s America.

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Volunteers providing food to federal workers in Beltsville, Md.
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Michael Wolff, Chronicler of Elites, Advised Epstein About Trump

Par :Erik Wemple
Mr. Wolff, it turns out, was enough of an insider to provide advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to handle his dealings with Donald J. Trump.

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Michael Wolff, center, at a party in 2023 celebrating his book “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty.”
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As Shutdown Ends, When Will SNAP and Air Travel Be Back to Normal?

Par :Karoun Demirjian and Eileen Sullivan
Some programs like SNAP could be restored within hours, while other effects could take longer to unravel.

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The House approved legislation on Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in American history.
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South Asia on Edge

Par :Katrin Bennhold
There are no known links between two bomb attacks in India and Pakistan, but they come as tensions between the countries are already high.

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Mourners in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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Gustavo Petro, the Rebel Turned President Willing to Take on Trump

Par :Genevieve Glatsky
From his guerrilla roots, Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, has long embraced a confrontational style. Now, he has incurred President Trump’s wrath and is facing political fallout at home.

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President Gustavo Petro speaking last week in Bogota, Colombia.
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What Epstein’s Emails Claim About Trump’s Knowledge of His Conduct

Par :Steve Eder and Nicholas Confessore
The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released more than 20,000 pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate. Times reporters provide context on key emails.

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Food Stamps May Face Lasting Damage From Trump’s Halt to Funds in Shutdown

Par :Tony Romm
For the poorest Americans, the end of the longest shutdown in history has left doubt and anxiety around the benefits known as SNAP.

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President Trump promised throughout the fiscal stalemate to slash federal programs favored by Democrats.
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What to Know About SNAP, America’s Main Food Aid Program

Par :David W. Chen
The shutdown brought the scale of the federal food aid program into focus and raised questions about how such a rich country could have so many people on nutrition assistance.

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The SNAP program is the modern successor to the food stamp program, which dates to 1939.
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New Epstein Emails Alleged Trump Knew of His Conduct

Par :Michael Gold
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.

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President Trump has emphatically denied any involvement in or knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.
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A Look Into the Early Days of Migrant Detentions at Guantánamo

Par :Carol Rosenberg
Government employees distributed Bibles and prepared materials “commonly used in Hinduism, Sikhism and Rastafarianism,” according to emails.

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U.S. forces put up a tent city near the airfield at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, at the beginning of the year to house thousands of migrants who were designated for deportation. None were ever held there.
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A Look Into the Early Days of Migrant Detentions at Guantánamo

Par :Carol Rosenberg
Government employees distributed Bibles and prepared materials “commonly used in Hinduism, Sikhism and Rastafarianism,” according to emails.

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U.S. forces put up a tent city near the airfield at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, at the beginning of the year to house thousands of migrants who were designated for deportation. None were ever held there.
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