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The government of Costa Rica on Monday signed an agreement with the United States to receive illegal migrants from other countries deported by the U.S. The non-binding deal was signed on the occasion of the official visit of U. S. Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas Kristi Noem to San José, where she met with outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves and President-elect Laura Fernández, who will take office on May 8. In a video published byt he Costa Rican Presidency on Facebook, Chaves detailed that the agreement is a voluntary “collaboration protocol” between Costa Rica and the U.S. so that the Central…

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) voted to confirm double-digit numbers of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees responsible for blocking the Trump administration’s agenda. The revelations are the latest as the embattled Texas senator’s record is under increasing scrutiny since the March 3 primary, when the incumbent failed to avoid a runoff and finished only a point ahead of his runoff opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, despite Cornyn and his allies outspending the grassroots-favorite Paxton by more than $70 million to a paltry $4 million. The consequences for the Trump administration are severe. Biden judges confirmed with cover from Cornyn are…

Key negotiators circulated a potential deal Tuesday to end a five-week standoff over Department of Homeland Security funding and, among other things, pay beleaguered transportation screeners as mounting security lines snarl airports. Nobody in Washington, however, seems too excited about it. The framework brokered by a handful of Senate Republicans and the White House Monday got a cool reception from Senate Democrats, who said it does nothing to rein in immigration enforcement abuses at the center of the DHS funding impasse. Conservative Republicans pushed back on the idea that some Immigration and Customs Enforcement funds would be left out of…

The proposal, due to be unveiled in mid‑April, was reportedly dropped from the agenda because of “current geopolitical developments” The EU has put plans on hold for a complete ban on Russian oil imports, news outlets have reported. The move comes amid renewed turbulence in energy markets driven by the war in the Middle East. The draft law, part of the REPowerEU roadmap to phase out Russian fossil fuels by 2027, had been tentatively scheduled for April 15 but has now been removed from the European Commission’s published work calendar, Euronews and Reuters reported on Tuesday.  An unnamed EU official was…

“Hundreds of thousands” of people will be barred from returning to their homes until the Hezbollah threat is removed, Israel Katz has said The Israeli military will occupy parts of southern Lebanon to deal with the presence of Hezbollah militants in the area, Defense Minister Israel Katz has said. The effort would involve the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and destruction of civilian infrastructure, he added.Israel started a military campaign against Hezbollah in early March after the Lebanese-based militants launched waves of strikes on the Jewish state. The strikes were a retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme…

The left-wing Labour Party government in Britain is facing accusations of a “cover-up” after it was revealed that Prime Minister Starmer’s former chief of staff allegedly had his phone stolen, potentially preventing Parliament from accessing his communications with disgraced ex-U.S. Ambassador Peter Mandelson. A motion introduced by Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch last month, forcing the government to release all communications and details relating to the appointment of former Tony Blair spin doctor Peter Mandelson to the top diplomatic post in Washington, given his continued relationship with paedophile New York financier Jeffrey Epstein after his child prostitution conviction. However, it appears…

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is stepping up his campaign to blame President Donald Trump for the murder of Chicago student Sheridan Gorman, allegedly by an illegal immigrant. “It is the job of the federal government to go after immigration enforcement,” Pritzker told media outlets on Tuesday, even though he has frequently denounced Trump’s policy of deporting migrants and defended the Democrats’ imposition of an amnesty zone in Chicago and Illinois. Pritzker’s allies in the Democratic Party are currently blocking funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. “It is the job of our local and state law enforcement to prosecute…

Republicans and Democrats are extremely divided on whether or not abortion, homosexuality, and pornography are “morally wrong,” a survey published Thursday indicates. While a difference in attitudes toward these topics is not shocking, the Pew Research Center survey reveals just how wide the gap on sexual issues is based on political affiliation. The largest divide was on abortion, with 71 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents saying abortion is “morally wrong” compared to just 24 percent of Democrats and Democrat-leaners. On the topic of homosexuality, 59 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaners say it is “morally wrong” compared to 20 percent…

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Sen. Rick Scott is suing a major government contractor for damages after his tax returns were leaked along with other prominent and wealthy figures, including President Donald Trump. The Florida Republican on Monday filed a lawsuit against Booz Allen Hamilton, a management and technology consulting company, and a former employee of the contractor who was convicted of leaking the tax returns of Trump and other wealthy individuals to The New York Times and ProPublica. “I am disgusted by the weaponization of government under President [Joe] Biden, and I look forward to Booz Allen being held accountable for…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Danish voters went to the polls Tuesday in a general election, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seeking a third term at the helm of the Scandinavian country after a standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump over the future of the kingdom´s semiautonomous territory of Greenland. More than 4.3 million people are eligible to have their say in the vote for the new Folketing, or parliament, in Copenhagen, which is elected for a four-year term. Frederiksen called the election in February, several months before she had to in apparent hopes that her resolute image in the crisis…