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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, was thrown out Friday. Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador last year became an embarrassment for Trump officials when they were ordered to return him to the U.S. Abrego Garcia claimed that both the timing of the criminal charges and inflammatory statements about him by top […]

By Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is debating requiring taxpayers to disclose their citizenship status on next year’s tax forms, according to three people familiar with the situation, as the Trump administration pushes forward in its attempts to link federal agencies to its sprawling immigration enforcement drive. IRS officials are considering two versions of Form 1040, the primary paperwork individuals use to report […]

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) – Two top U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Friday asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to explain whether his top deputy helped expedite a visa that allowed a wanted former Polish Cabinet minister to flee to the U.S. from Hungary, evading an extradition request from Polish authorities. If true, “these events and decisions constitute a massive abuse of power and disregard for […]

May 22 (Reuters) – Lantheus Holdings is weighing a potential sale after getting a takeover offer from private-equity backed Curium Pharma that values it at about $7 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The two companies have been in discussions about a potential deal that could be weeks away, the report said, adding that no final decision has been made and there is no […]

MONTREAL, May 22 (Reuters) – Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies stood by his opinion that Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase was joining McLaren to become principal, despite incumbent Andrea Stella insisting he was staying. Mekies first made the assertion at the Miami Grand Prix this month, with McLaren Chief Executive Zak Brown replying that the Frenchman clearly “knows something I don’t”. “Look, it’s certainly my understanding that GP […]

The New York Mets recalled right-hander Jonah Tong, ranked as the organization’s No. 2 prospect by MLB Pipeline, and designated veteran closer Craig Kimbrel for assignment in a corresponding move on Friday. Tong, 22, was called up from Triple-A Syracuse before the Mets opened a three-game series at the Miami Marlins. A seventh-round pick of the Mets in the 2022 MLB Draft, Tong debuted last season, posting a 2-3 record […]

ISTANBUL (AP) — A standoff between the chairman of Turkey’s main opposition party and his predecessor, who was reappointed by court order, escalated Friday. An appeals court in the capital of Ankara on Thursday nullified the November 2023 party congress of the Republican Peoples’ Party, or CHP. At the congress, Ozgur Ozel was elected to replace then-chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu. The appeals court’s decision suspended Ozel and members of the party’s […]

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian security forces Friday flooded into the southwestern municipality of Silvia following a violent territorial dispute between two Indigenous groups the day before that left at least seven people dead and more than 100 injured. The army said on social media that more than 500 soldiers, along with air support, would be deployed to the area to provide security for the communities and prevent the situation […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of President Donald Trump’s critics, including a fired prosecutor and a college professor acquitted of assaulting federal agents at a protest, sued Friday to block payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies claiming to be victims of a weaponized government. The lawsuit adds fuel to a mounting backlash against the Trump administration’s creation of an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to resolve the Republican […]