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Trump threatens to send National Guard to Baltimore to 'clean up' crime
- President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy troops to Baltimore, escalating a clash with Maryland Governor Wes Moore after the Democrat invited him to join a "safety walk" in the city. "If Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the 'troops,' which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime," Trump wrote on social media. The remarks mark the latest flashpoint in the ...

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Texas Gov. Abbott says he'll swiftly sign new maps on his desk that will boost GOP
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday promised to quickly sign off on a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map gerrymandered to help the GOP maintain its slim majority in Congress. "One Big Beautiful Map has passed the Senate and is on its way to my desk, where it will be swiftly signed into law," Abbott said in a statement. Texas lawmakers approved the final plans just hours before, inflaming an already ...

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BUSINESS   TECHNOLOGY  
Powerful SpaceX Starship stands down Sunday for 10th test launch aiming to avoid recent failures
- SpaceX has lined up its massive Starship and Super Heavy rocket for what would be its 10th suborbital test flight aiming to complete goals that have fallen short so far in 2025. Watch Starship's tenth flight test → https://t.co/UIwbeGoo2B https://t.co/gbQv9akMO9 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 15, 2025 SpaceX stood down, though, from a Sunday night attempt to relaunch the most powerful rocket to ever make it ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
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Israeli airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Houthis rock Yemen's capital
- – Israeli airstrikes hit 's capital on Sunday, days after the that its military described as the first cluster bomb the rebels had launched at it since 2023. The Iranian-backed Houthis said multiple areas across Sanaa were hit, while the Houthi-run health ministry said at least four people were killed and 67 others were wounded. The rebels' Al-Masirah satellite television reported a strike on an oil company, ...

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Tropical Storm Fernand spins in Atlantic while 2nd system nears Caribbean, NHC says
- The National Hurricane Center on Sunday continued to track newly formed Tropical Storm Fernand in the open Atlantic while also eyeing a system approaching the Caribbean that could become the next tropical depression or storm. As of the NHC's 5 a.m. advisory, the center of Fernand was located about 300 miles southeast of Bermuda moving north-northeast at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. ...

Source: orlandosentinel.com
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UK vows to speed up asylum claims as hotel protests spread
- The UK government vowed on Sunday to overhaul its asylum system after weekend protests broke out across the country at hotels housing migrants, with more planned. The government said that it will establish a new independent body to hear appeals by failed applicants more quickly as it attempts to end the costly use of so-called asylum hotels, which have become the subject of discontent among a portion of the public. ...

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Russian Says No Meeting Between Putin and Zelensky
- R ussia's Foreign Minister said on Sunday there were no plans for a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's peace efforts. "Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky when the agenda is ready for a summit, and this agenda is not ready at all," Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press. A meeting ...

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Trump threatens to send the military to Baltimore to 'clean up' crime
- President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to send the military into Baltimore to "quickly clean up" crime. "But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the 'troops,' which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime," Trump said in a post on Truth Social, referring to the Democratic governors of Maryland and California and using a derogatory nickname for Gavin ...

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Analysis: Politicians lament Trump's halting of Revolution Wind's offshore wind project as a job killing move
- Anders Lorenzen The potential for significant local job losses and the headache faced by the Danish wind energy giant Ørsted have intensified after the US government cancelled a major offshore wind power project that was approved by the Biden Administration and was nearing its completion.  Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project off the coast of England that Ørsted is jointly developing in ...

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Global mail carriers suspend U.S. deliveries amid confusion over new duties
- LONDON — Postal services across the world are halting shipments to the United States this week amid mounting confusion over new import duties that will apply to parcels starting Friday. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month abolishing the trade loophole known as "de minimis," which since 2016 had allowed goods worth up to $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free . The end of the exemption is ...

Source: nbcnews.com
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia says DHS threatened to deport him to Uganda to force guilty plea
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Wrongfully deported Salvadoran immigrant ordered to report to ICE's Baltimore field office Monday morning Within minutes after he was released from a Tennessee jail Friday as he awaits criminal trial, Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Kilmar Abrego Garcia that he may be deported to Uganda, his ...

Source: independent.co.uk
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What We Learned From the Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ Interviews
- T he Department of Justice released transcripts this week from two days of interviews between Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed accomplice of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking related charges, was questioned as the Trump Administration faces a months-long political storm for its refusal to release the so-called ...

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Survivors of Bus Crash Near Buffalo Recount Harrowing Ordeal
- The crash of the tour bus, which was headed from Niagara Falls to New York City on Friday, left five dead. Their names were released by the authorities on Saturday. Richard Robles was one of 54 passengers traveling on the bus when it crashed. As Richard Robles climbed out of the wreckage of the tour bus on Friday afternoon and into the sunlight above, the scene around him snapped suddenly into view. The long white ...

Source: nytimes.com