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Trump sets out stark vision for second term in Time interview
Donald Trump set out a stark vision for an authoritarian second term in an interview with Time magazine published Tuesday, ranging from possible mass deportations of migrants by the US military and detention camps to pregnancy monitoring to enforce abortion bans.Trump said he "would not rule out anything" on setting up migrant detention camps but believed they would not be necessary because his deportation program would be successful.
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DEA Moving Toward Recategorizing Marijuana As A Lower-Schedule Drug: Report
The federal agency had long considered weed to be as dangerous as heroin.
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Ex-Google workers say firings for protesting Israel contract were illegal
A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a complaint with a U.S. labor board claiming the tech company unlawfully fired them for protesting its cloud contract with the Israeli government. The complaint was filed late Monday with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), according to No Tech For Apartheid, a group affiliated with some of the workers. The group said the complaint alleges that by firing the workers, Google interfered with their rights under U.S. labor law to a
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Haiti ex-senate president named transition council head
Haiti's transitional ruling council, which is leading the Caribbean nation following the resignation of its prime minister amid a wave of gang violence, chose politician Edgard Leblanc Fils as its head on Tuesday.Leblanc Fils is a member of the January 30 Political Parties Collective, an alliance that opposed the former prime minister.
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Gaza boycott continues to weigh on McDonald's sales
McDonald's reported a modest increase in quarterly profits Tuesday despite a boycott stemming from the Middle East conflict expected to drag on sales for the foreseeable future."The continued impact of the war in the Middle East more than offset positive comparable sales in Japan, Latin America and Europe," McDonald's said of the division.
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Trump Says He'd Use Local Police For His Massive Immigration Crackdown
Local law enforcement that won't participate "won't partake in the riches," the presumptive GOP presidential nominee vaguely threatened in a new interview.
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Eurozone stocks sag on strong euro as region exits recession
Eurozone equities sagged Tuesday, weighed down by the strong euro as investors digested bright economic news, while London hit another record peak on earnings-driven optimism.London meanwhile zoomed to yet another record peak at 8,199.95 points, with HSBC soaring more than four percent on a bumper stock buyback despite sliding first-quarter profits and the exit of its chief executive.
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