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Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC Newsx/@petrogustavoColombian President Gustavo Petro published a photo of himself on board the plane on social mediaTwo Colombian air force planes sent to the US to fetch deported migrants have landed in the capital, Bogotá.The migrants had been on US military flights headed for Colombia on Sunday, when Colombian President Gustavo Petro barred the US military aircraft from landing, arguing that those on board were being treated like criminals. The incident took the two countries to the brink of a trade war after DonaldTrump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Colombian goods and Petro said he would retaliate in…

A diplomatic victory over Colombia capped a busy week for the U.S. State Deptment under new Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who oversaw an agency that quickly made border security and immigration a top priority — racking up a flurry of actions in the space of a week.After Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to take U.S. deportation flights carrying Colombian nationals on Sunday, Rubio announced the immediate suspension of the issuing of visas in the country, as well as travel sanctions on government officials.”Measures will continue until Colombia meets its obligations to accept the return of its own citizens,” Rubio…

A PART OF Donald Trump’s political genius is being all things to all people—or at least to all his supporters. He has said so many contradictory things, throughout his public life and during the presidential campaign, that it is easy to latch on to the bits you like and either ignore those you don’t, or dismiss them as braggadocio. Investors, it seems, are no different. The former president’s decisive victory on November 5th sparked a global rally in equities, as stockpickers filled the Trump-shaped hole in their vision of the future with hopes and dreams. In those reveries, lower taxes…

White House orders pause of federal grantsAn internal memo sent by the White House on Monday instructs agencies to pause all federal grants while evaluating their compliance with Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting policies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), among others.“Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal,” wrote Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of…

Fan Wang and João da SilvaBBC NewsGetty ImagesWhen ChatGPT stormed the world of artificial intelligence (AI), an inevitable question followed: did it spell trouble for China, America’s biggest tech rival? Two years on, a new AI model from China has flipped that question: can the US stop Chinese innovation? For a while, Beijing seemed to fumble with its answer to ChatGPT, which is not available in China. Unimpressed users mocked Ernie, the chatbot by search engine giant Baidu. Then came versions by tech firms Tencent and ByteDance, which were dismissed as followers of ChatGPT – but not as good.Washington was…

PoliticusUSA is an independent, ad-free voice for what really matters to the American people. Please support us by becoming a subscriber.At the House Republican retreat, Speaker Mike Johnson was asked House Republicans running on lowering costs and Trump imposing tariffs that will raise costs. Johnson answered: I’m not going to predict, um, the outcome of it. First of all, which tariffs will be enacted and how it will affect prices. We’ll have to see. I think you’re you’re seeing a measured approach by the president. Um, tariffs clearly is going to be a part of the policy agenda from the White…

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A local Florida police officer apprehended a man on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list during a routine traffic stop over the weekend, earning praise from the federal agency.Sgt. Michelle Bilbrey arrested Donald Eugene Fields II, 60, around 9:15 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of U.S. Highway 27/441 and Rolling Acres Road in Lady Lake, the Lady Lake Police Department said in a news release.Fields, who is facing federal charges of child sex trafficking and state charges of child rape, was apprehended after Bilbrey ran his vehicle’s license plate and discovered that it was not registered to the car…

Rafah mayor urges displaced civilians not to return to areas of the city as it remains ‘extremely dangerous’As per the terms of the fragile ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. which came into effect on 19 January, Israeli forces have withdrawn from Rafah’s city centre in the southern Gaza Strip. However, the city’s mayor has urged displaced Palestinians seeking to return to the devastated city to exercise caution as Israeli soldiers remain stationed along the Philadelphi Corridor – the 9-mile-long (14km) strip of land along the Gaza-Egypt border.The Israeli military has warned civilians to stay clear of the area within…

UN aid agencies have warned of a major humanitarian crisis in the Congolese city of Goma, with hospitals overwhelmed by casualties and bodies lying on the streets.Thousands of people have been fleeing “multiple active conflict zones”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said.The aid agencies said their warehouses with food and medical supplies have been looted as M23 rebels continue to battle to take control of the city. Anger has been growing over the M23 offensive, and calls for peace talks to end the fighting are mounting.”Hospitals are overwhelmed. There are currently hundreds of people in hospital, most admitted with gunshot…