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On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher wished that we could go back to the deportation policy of former President Barack Obama, but acknowledged “a lot of the people he deported did not have criminal records.” But stated that “He just did it without this ugliness” we’re seeing now. After criticizing ICE actions and the shooting of Renee Good, Maher said, “Obama, could we just go back to his policy? He was a badass, was he not, on this kind of issue?” After CNN host Kasie Hunt said that Democrats had angst about Obama’s deportation policy, Maher…

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill expressed relief after President Donald Trump announced Monday he would send border czar Tom Homan to handle immigration enforcement in Minnesota after Department of Homeland Security agents shot and killed a second U.S. citizen there. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said in an interview that the move was “a positive step to get the situation under control” while calling for a “full and transparent investigation” into the two Minneapolis shootings. “There needs to be greater coordination and cooperation between federal, state, and local officials — which is why sanctuary policies need to end and local officials…

Democrat Tim Walz has described the incident as “sickening,” coming mere weeks after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agents A man has been fatally shot by federal agents in the US city of Minneapolis, according to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Earlier this month, a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good, was also killed there by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.The latest fatal incident reportedly occurred near the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue on Saturday morning.In a post on X later that day, Governor Walz wrote that he “just spoke with the White House after another…

Autodesk, a San Francisco-based design and engineering software company, announced Thursday it will eliminate approximately 1,000 positions worldwide as part of a multiyear reorganization of its sales operations. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Autodesk, a major San Francisco technology company specializing in design and engineering software, revealed plans Thursday to lay off roughly 1,000 employees across its global operations, representing approximately seven percent of its total workforce. The job cuts come as the company finalizes a comprehensive restructuring of its sales organization that has been underway for several years. The layoffs affect Autodesk’s position as San Francisco’s 16th-largest technology employer.…

The three parties to the weekend’s trilateral peace talks in the United Arab Emirates have individually confirmed they broke with an agreement to host more, with praise for constructive talks even if the key areas of friction clearly remain. Further trilateral talks on the future of the Ukraine War are to take place, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Speaking from Moscow on Monday morning, Peskov told domestic press they are “scheduled for next week. I can’t give you the exact date right now though”. Earlier, U.S. negotiator Steve Witkoff said: “plans were made to continue conversations…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a China-friendly leftist, insisted on Sunday that he was not pursuing a free trade agreement with China that would endanger the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) following President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100 percent tariff on Canada over its closeness to Beijing. Carney visited China in mid-January, his first trip to the country since becoming prime minister and the second since a visit in October 2024 that resulted in a massive sweetheart deal for his then-employer, Brookfield Asset Management. The recent China visit resulted in agreements that would lift barriers to Chinese product dumping into…

On Saturday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said that not only should ICE leave Minneapolis, “we ought to abolish Trump’s ICE and replace it with something else.” He also said that the Trump administration says things before there’s an investigation, and there should be an investigation of the shooting in Minnesota that took place earlier on Saturday. Pritzker said, “It is time, frankly, to bring down the temperature, but also to push ICE out of Minneapolis. They ought to step back, and ICE needs to be revamped. And, honestly, we ought to abolish Trump’s ICE and replace it…

President Donald Trump on Monday said the Justice Department is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, writing: “the DOJ and Congress are looking at ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars. Time will tell all.” It is the latest attack the president has levied at Omar, and the most recent instance of the president directing an investigation into his political rivals. Trump has previously said Omar should be jailed or deported to Somalia, where she was born, though Omar has been a U.S.…

The Pentagon has unveiled its latest planning document, signaling significant shifts in attitude to American friends and foes alike The US War Department unveiled its new National Defense Strategy on Friday, signaling significant shifts in the country’s military posture.Titled ‘Restoring peace through strength for a new golden age of America’, the plan outlines the Pentagon’s stance towards China, Russia, and other “cunning adversaries,” as well as its approach to allies and main priorities.Here are the key takeaways from the new strategy:Blaming predecessorsThe preface of the document goes to great lengths to rip into the actions of the previous US administration,…

While audits are rare, taking a second look at a tax return is not.gettyWhen people say they’ve been “audited,” they usually mean they received a letter from the IRS. But not every IRS letter signals an audit. It helps to understand how returns are selected — and how issues are handled once they’re identified.Audit rates are typically very low. According to the 2024 IRS Data Book, the IRS closed roughly 500,000 audits across all return types while processing well over 150 million individual returns and other filings. In other words, well under 1% (about 1/3 of 1%) of individual returns…