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A person looks out of their vehicle as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk away, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Richfield, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)2026-01-16T16:53:59Z MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) A Liberian man in Minnesota is back in custody Friday, his lawyer said, a day after a judge ordered him released because federal agents broke down his door to arrest him without a judicial warrant.The dramatic arrest of Garrison Gibson last weekend by armed immigration agents using a battering ram was captured on video. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan ruled the arrest unlawful, but Gibson was detained again when he appeared at an immigration office, attorney Marc Prokosch said.We were there for a check-in and the original officer said, This looks good, Ill be right back, Prokosch said. And then there was a lot of chaos, and about five officers came out and then they said, Were going to be taking him back into custody. I was like, Really, you want to do this again?Garrisons arrest is one of more than 2,500 made during a weekslong immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and St. Paul, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The operation has intensified and become more confrontational since the fatal shooting of Renee Good on Jan. 7. Gibson, 37, who fled the Liberian civil war as a child, had been ordered removed from the U.S., apparently because of a 2008 drug conviction that was later dismissed. He has remained in the country legally under whats known as an order of supervision, with the requirement that he meet regularly with immigration authorities. Meanwhile, tribal leaders and Native American rights organizations are advising anyone with a tribal ID to carry it with them when out in public in case they are approached by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Native Americans across the U.S. have reported being stopped or detained by ICE, and tribal leaders are asking members to report these contacts. Ben Barnes, chief of the Shawnee Tribe in Oklahoma and chair of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma, called the reports deeply concerning. Organizers in Minneapolis have set up application booths in the city to assist people needing a tribal ID.FBI Director Kash Patel said at least one person has been arrested for stealing property from an FBI vehicle in Minneapolis. The SUV was among government vehicles whose windows were broken Wednesday evening. Attorney General Pam Bondi said body armor and weapons were stolen.President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke an 1807 law, the Insurrection Act, to send troops to suppress protests during immigration sweeps. Minnesotas attorney general said he would sue if the president acts.___Associated Press reporters Ed White in Detroit and Graham Lee Brewer in Oklahoma City contributed. JACK BROOK Based in New Orleans, Brook covers Louisiana with a focus on state government, environmental issues and infrastructure. He is a Report for America corps member and can be reached on the secure messaging app Signal at jackbrook.88 twitter instagram mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the staying power of surveillance coverage, the jigsaw of reporting, and eyestrain.JASON: Ive started this year in the same way I spent a lot of last year: Writing about the automated license plate reader company Flock. In my career its been sort of weird for me to focus on one company or one thing so much for so long. I tend to get a little restless about the topics I cover, and there can sometimes be a very real fatigue with specific types of stories. After a while, people get it, and so the bar for a new story on a topic keeps going up. I wish this werent the case, and we try to cover things we feel are important, but if youre writing about a topic and no one is reading it, then the audience might be telling you they dont find that thing interesting anymore.This has not yet been the case with Flock, somewhat to my surprise. Ive been writing about surveillance technologies for a long time, and its rare for a specific company or specific type of technology to hold peoples interest and attention for too long.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks at the Heritage Foundation, an influential conservative think tank, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump and members of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)2026-01-16T19:04:00Z WASHINGTON (AP) Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado said on Friday shes confident of her countrys eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicols Maduro.But when pressed, she took pains to avoid giving any details on her plans to return home or any timetable for elections in Venezuela. Her remarks reflect how President Donald Trumps endorsement of a Maduro loyalist to lead Venezuela for now has frozen out the nations Nobel Peace Prize-winning crusader for democracy. Still, Machado has looked to get closer to Trump, presenting her Nobel medal to him a day earlier at the White House.As Machado was meeting with Trump, CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Venezuela to meet with acting President Delcy Rodrguez, further confirmation that Maduros longtime second in command was the woman the White House preferred to see managing Venezuela for now. Speaking to reporters at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington, Machado said she was profoundly, profoundly confident that we will have an orderly transition to democracy that would also transform Venezuelas self-proclaimed socialist government long hostile to the U.S. into a strong U.S. ally. She rejected the notion that Trump chose to work with Rodrguez, Maduros former vice president, over her opposition movement, whose candidate was widely believed to have won the 2024 presidential election. This has nothing to do with a tension or decision between Delcy Rodrguez and myself, she said. But she stopped short of elaborating, instead pivoting to vague assertions about her movements popular mandate and the governments dismal human rights record.In apparent deference to Trump, she provided almost no details on Friday about what they discussed or even what she thought the U.S. should do in Venezuela. I think I dont need to urge the president on specific things, she said.Machado traveled to Washington looking to rekindle the support for democracy in Venezuela that Trump showed during his first administration. She presented him with the prize she won last year, praising him for what she said was his commitment to Venezuelas freedom. The Nobel Institute has been clear, however, that the prize cannot be shared or transferred.Trump, who has actively campaigned to be awarded the prize, said Machado left the medal for him to keep. And by the way, I think shes a very fine woman, he said. And well be talking again.But her efforts have so far done little to alter the Trump administrations perception that Rodrguez is best prepared to stabilize the South American nation. Trump has pressed ahead with plans for American oil companies to revive Venezuelas crumbling energy infrastructure and is exploring the possibility of reopening the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, which he closed during his first administration.Trump has said it would be difficult for Machado to lead because she doesnt have the support within or the respect within the country. Machado crisscrossed Venezuela ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, rallying millions of voters looking to end 25 years of single party rule. When she was barred from the race, a previously unknown former diplomat, Edmundo Gonzalez, replaced her on the ballot. But election officials loyal to the ruling party declared Maduro the winner despite ample credible evidence to the contrary.Machado, revered by millions in Venezuela, went into hiding but vowed to continue fighting until democracy was restored. She reemerged months later to pick up her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, the first time in more than a decade that she had left Venezuela.___DeBre reported from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Meg Kinnard contributed. JOSHUA GOODMAN Goodman is a Miami-based investigative reporter who writes about the intersection of crime, corruption, drug trafficking and politics in Latin America. He previously spent two decades reporting from South America. twitter mailto ISABEL DEBRE DeBre writes about Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for The Associated Press, based in Buenos Aires. Before moving to South America in 2024, she covered the Middle East reporting from Jerusalem, Cairo and Dubai. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

This Aug. 7, 2025, satellite image shows construction of large white tents for a new immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base outside El Paso, Texas. (Planet Labs via AP, File)2026-01-16T18:49:18Z WASHINGTON (AP) A Cuban immigrant died in a Texas immigration detention facility earlier this month during an altercation with guards, and the local medical examiner has indicated that his death will likely be classified as a homicide.The federal government has provided a differing account surrounding the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, saying the detainee was attempting suicide and staff tried to save him.A witness told The Associated Press that Lunas Campos died after he was handcuffed, tackled by guards and placed in a chokehold until he lost consciousness. The immigrants family was told by the El Paso County Medical Examiners Office on Wednesday that a preliminary autopsy report said the death was a homicide resulting from asphyxia from chest and neck compression, according to a recording of the call reviewed by the AP. The death and conflicting accounts have intensified scrutiny into the conditions of immigration jails at a time when the government has been rounding up immigrants in large numbers around the country and detaining them at facilities like the one in El Paso where Lunas Campos died.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is legally required to issue public notification of detainee deaths. Last week, it said Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old father of four and registered sex offender, had died at Camp East Montana, but made no mention of him being involved in an altercation with staff immediately before his death. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on In response to questions from the AP, the Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, on Thursday amended its account of Lunas Campos death, saying he tried to kill himself. Campos violently resisted the security staff and continued to attempt to take his life, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said. During the ensuing struggle, Campos stopped breathing and lost consciousness. In an interview before DHS updated its account, detainee Santos Jess Flores, 47, from El Salvador, said he witnessed the incident through the window of his cell in the special housing unit, where detainees are held in isolation for disciplinary infractions. He didnt want to enter the cell where they were going to put him, Flores told the AP on Thursday, speaking in Spanish from a phone in the facility. The last thing he said was that he couldnt breathe. Among the first sent to Camp Montana EastCamp Montana East is a sprawling tent facility hastily constructed in the desert on the grounds of Fort Bliss, an Army base. The AP reported in August that the $1.2 billion facility, expected to become the largest detention facility in the United States, was being built and operated by a private contractor headquartered in a single-family home in Richmond, Virginia. The company, Acquisition Logistics LLC, had no prior experience running a corrections facility.It was not immediately clear whether the guards present when Lunas Campos died were government employees or those of the private contractor. Emails seeking comment on Thursday from Acquisition Logistics executives received no response.Lunas Campos was among the first detainees sent to Camp Montana East, arriving in September after ICE arrested him in Rochester, New York, where he lived for more than two decades. He was legally admitted to the U.S. in 1996, part of a wave of Cuban immigrants seeking to reach Florida by boat.ICE said he was picked up in July as part of a planned immigration enforcement operation due to criminal convictions that made him eligible for removal.New York court records show Lunas Campos was convicted in 2003 of sexual contact with an individual under 11, a felony for which he was sentenced to one year in jail and placed on the states sex offender registry.Lunas Campos was also sentenced to five years in prison and three years of supervision in 2009 after being convicted of attempting to sell a controlled substance, according to the New York corrections records. He completed the sentence in January 2017.Lunas Campos adult daughter said the child sexual abuse accusation was false, made as part of a contentious custody battle.My father was not a child molester, said Kary Lunas, 25. He was a good dad. He was a human being. Conflicting accountsOn the day he died, according to ICE, Lunas Campos became disruptive while in line for medication and refused to return to his assigned dorm. He was then taken to the segregation block.While in segregation, staff observed him in distress and contacted on-site medical personnel for assistance, the agency said in its Jan. 9 release. Medical staff responded, initiated lifesaving measures, and requested emergency medical services.Lunas Campos was pronounced dead after paramedics arrived.Flores said that account omitted key details Lunas Campos was already handcuffed when at least five guards pinned him to the floor, and at least one squeezed his arm around the detainees neck. Within about five minutes, Flores said, Lunas Campos was no longer moving.After he stopped breathing, they removed the handcuffs, Flores said.Flores is not represented by a lawyer and said he has already consented to deportation to his home country. Though he acknowledged he was taking a risk by speaking to the AP, Flores said he wanted to highlight that in this place, guards abuse people a lot.He said multiple detainees in the unit witnessed the altercation, and security cameras there should have captured the events. Flores also said investigators had not interviewed him. DHS did not respond to questions about whether Lunas Campos was handcuffed when they say he attempted suicide, or exactly how he had tried to kill himself.ICE takes seriously the health and safety of all those detained in our custody, McLaughlin said. This is still an active investigation, and more details are forthcoming.DHS wouldnt say whether other agencies were investigating. The El Paso medical examiners office confirmed Thursday that it conducted an autopsy, but declined further comment.A final determination of homicide by the medical examiner would typically be critical in determining whether any guards are held criminally or civilly liable. When such deaths are ruled accidental or something other than homicide, they are less likely to trigger criminal investigations, while civil wrongful death lawsuits become harder to prove.The fact that Lunas Campos died on an Army base could also limit state and local officials legal jurisdiction to investigate. An El Paso County District Attorneys Office spokesperson declined to comment Thursday on whether it was involved in an investigation.The deaths of inmates and other detainees after officers hold them face down and put pressure on their backs and necks to restrain them have been a problem in law enforcement for decades. A 2024 AP investigation documented hundreds of deaths during police encounters in which people were restrained in a prone position. Many uttered I cant breathe before suffocating, according to scores of body camera and bystander videos. Authorities often attempt to shift the blame for such deaths to preexisting medical conditions or drug use.Dr. Victor Weedn, a forensic pathologist who has studied prone restraint deaths, said the preliminary autopsy ruling of homicide indicates guards actions caused Lunas Campos death, but does not mean they intended to kill. He said the medical examiners office could come under pressure to stop short of calling it a homicide, but will probably stick to its guns.This probably passes the but for test. But for the actions of the officers, he would not have died. For us, thats generally a homicide, he said.I just want justice, and his body hereJeanette Pagan-Lopez, the mother of Lunas Campos two youngest children, said the day after he died the medical examiners office called to inform her that his body was at the county morgue. She immediately called ICE to find out what happened.Pagan-Lopez, who lives in Rochester, said the assistant director of the El Paso ICE field office eventually called her back. She said the official told her the cause of death was still pending and that they were awaiting toxicology report results. He also told her the only way Lunas Campos body could be returned to Rochester free of charge was if she consented to his being cremated, she said.Pagan-Lopez declined and is now seeking help from family and friends to raise the money needed to ship his body home and pay for a funeral. After failing to get details about the circumstances surrounding his death from ICE, Pagan-Lopez said she got a call from a detainee at Camp Montana East who then put her in touch with Flores, who first told her about the altercation with guards.Since then, she said she has repeatedly called ICE, but is no longer getting a response. Pagan-Lopez, who is a U.S. citizen, said she also twice called the FBI, where an agent took her information and then hung up.Pagan-Lopez said she and Lunas Campos were together about 15 years before breaking up eight years ago. She described him as an attentive father who, until his detention, had worked in a minimum-wage job at a furniture store, the only employment she said he could find due to his criminal record.She said that in the familys last phone call the week after Christmas, Lunas Campos talked to his kids about his expected deportation back to Cuba. He said he wanted them to visit the island, so that he could stay in their lives.He wasnt a bad guy, Pagan-Lopez said. I just want justice, and his body here. Thats all I want.___Attanasio reported from Seattle, and Foley from Iowa City.___Contact the APs global investigative team at [emailprotected] or https://www.ap.org/tips/. MICHAEL BIESECKER Biesecker is a global investigative reporter for The Associated Press, based in Washington. He reports on a wide range of topics, including human conflict, climate change and political corruption. twitter instagram mailto CEDAR ATTANASIO Attanasio covers the state of Washington for The Associated Press with a focus on immigration and the environment. He uses remote sensing to support the APs global coverage. twitter instagram facebook mailto RYAN J. FOLEY Foley covers national news for The Associated Press and is based in Iowa City, Iowa. A 21-year AP veteran, he was part of the AP team honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for the 2024 series, Lethal Restraint. twitter mailto

Governor Wanda Vzquez speaks at a press conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)2026-01-16T17:44:04Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vzquez, a White House official said Friday.Vzquez pleaded guilty last August to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that authorities say also involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker. Her sentencing was set for later this month.Federal prosecutors had been seeking one year behind bars, something that Vzquezs attorneys opposed as they accused prosecutors of violating a guilty plea deal reached last year that saw previous charges including bribery and fraud dropped.They noted that Vzquez had agreed to plead guilty to accepting a promise of a campaign contribution that was never received.Attorneys for Vzquez did not immediately respond to requests for comment.The official who confirmed the planned pardon indicated Trump saw the case as political prosecution and said the investigation into Vzquez, a Republican aligned with the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, had begun 10 days after she endorsed Trump in 2020. The official wasnt authorized to reveal the news by name and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Vzquez, an attorney, was the U.S. territorys first former governor to plead guilty to a crime, specifically accepting a donation from a foreigner for her 2020 political campaign. She was arrested in August 2022 and accused of engaging in a bribery scheme from December 2019 through June 2020 while governor. At the time, she told reporters that she was innocent. Authorities said that Puerto Ricos Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions was investigating an international bank owned by Venezuelan Julio Martn Herrera Velutini because of alleged suspicious transactions that had not been reported by the bank.Authorities said Herrera and Mark Rossini, a former FBI agent who provided consulting services to Herrera, allegedly promised to support Vzquezs campaign if she dismissed the commissioner and appointing a new one of Herreras choosing. Authorities said Vzquez demanded the commissioners resignation in February 2020 after allegedly accepting the bribery offer. She also was accused of appointing a new commissioner in May 2020: a former consultant for Herreras bank. Vzquez was the second woman to serve as Puerto Ricos governor and the first former governor to face federal charges.She was sworn in as governor in August 2019 after former Gov. Ricardo Rossell resigned following massive protests. Vzquez served until 2021, after losing the primaries of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party to former Gov. Pedro Pierluisi.___Associated Press reporter Dnica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico contributed. DARLENE SUPERVILLE Superville covers the White House for The Associated Press, with a special emphasis on first ladies and first families. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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This image taken from video shows Michael David McKee walking into the courtroom on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Rockford, Ill. (WIFR News/Pool Photo via AP)2026-01-16T19:19:15Z Columbus, OHIO (AP) An Ohio grand jury has indicted a man in the double homicide of his ex-wife and her husband who were killed in their Columbus home last month. Court records show a Franklin County grand jury charged Michael David McKee on Jan. 16, with aggravated murder and aggravated burglary while using a firearm suppressor.McKee, 39, a vascular surgeon who was living in Chicago, is charged in the shooting deaths of 39-year-old Monique Tepe, from whom he was divorced in 2017, and dentist Dr. Spencer Tepe, 37, in their home on Dec. 30.No attorney for McKee was listed on court documents.Authorities apprehended McKee in Rockford, Illinois, last weekend. The hospital where he worked OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center has said it is cooperating with the investigation. He is currently being held after he waived his right to an extradition hearing Monday. His next hearing in Winnebago County, Illinois, is scheduled for Jan. 23. Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said in an Associated Press interview Wednesday that authorities now believe McKee was the person seen walking down a dark alley near the Tepes home in video footage from the night of the murders. His vehicle has also been identified traveling near the house, and a firearm found in his Illinois residence also matched evidence at the scene, she said. Authorities have not disclosed what type of firearm was used in the slaying. His arrest Saturday attracted national attention, capping off nearly two weeks of speculation surrounding the mysterious killings. No obvious signs of forced entry were found at the Tepes home. Police also said no weapon was found there, and murder-suicide was not suspected. Nothing was stolen, and the couples two young children and their dog were left unharmed in the home. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Byrant said police are encouraging the public to keep the tips coming. She said emails, phone calls and other messages left with CPD helped them to gather enough evidence to make an arrest.We want to thank our community specifically for stepping up, reaching out, giving us the information and being open to sharing that with us, she said. It has been tremendous. PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS Aftoora-Orsagos is a video journalist covering breaking news for The Associated Press. He is based in Columbus, Ohio. twitter mailto

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)2026-01-16T19:35:05Z WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal from global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer.The justices will consider whether the Environmental Protection Agencys approval of the Roundup weedkiller without a cancer warning should rule out the state court claims.The Trump administration has weighed in on Bayers behalf, reversing the Biden administrations position and putting it at odds with some supporters of the Make America Healthy Again agenda who oppose giving the company the legal immunity it seeks.Some studies associate Roundups key ingredient, glyphosate, with cancer, although the EPA has said it is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans when used as directed. Bayer disputes the cancer claims but has set aside $16 billion to settle cases. At the same time, it has tried to persuade states to pass laws barring the lawsuits. Georgia and North Dakota have done so. The high court will take up a case from Missouri, in which a jury awarded $1.25 million to a man who developed non-Hodgkins lymphoma after spraying Roundup on a community garden in St. Louis. The Supreme Court in 2022 declined to hear a similar claim from Bayer in a California case that awarded more than $86 million to a married couple.But Germany-based Bayer, which acquired Roundup maker Monsanto in 2018, contends the Supreme Court should intervene now because lower courts have issued conflicting rulings. In 2024, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Bayers favor. Bayer faces about 181,000 Roundup claims, mostly from residential users. It has stopped using glyphosate in Roundup sold in the U.S. residential lawn and garden market. But glyphosate remains in agricultural products. Its designed to be used with genetically modified seeds, including corn, soybeans and cotton, that resist the weedkillers deadly effect. It allows farmers to produce more while conserving the soil by tilling it less. Bayer has said it might have to consider pulling glyphosate from U.S. agricultural markets if the lawsuits persist.Its unclear if the case will be argued in the spring or at the start of the next court term, in October.___Follow the APs coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court at https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court. MARK SHERMAN Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press since 2006. His journalism career spans five decades. He is based in Washington, D.C., and previously lived in New York, Paris and Atlanta. twitter mailto

Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett walks to the White House after doing an interview Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)2026-01-16T19:28:42Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday said he would like to keep his top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, at the White House rather than potentially nominate him to replace Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. I actually want to keep you where you are, if you want to know the truth, Trump said at a White House event, when he saw Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, in the audience. I just want to thank you, you were fantastic on television the other day.Trumps comments, while not clearly definitive, have upended expectations around the extensive search the White House has undergone to find a new Fed chair, one of the most powerful financial positions in the world. The presidents remarks have boosted the prospects for Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor and already a top contender for the position. Hassett has generally been seen as the front-runner in the race to replace Powell because he has worked for Trump since his first presidential term. Last month, Trump referred to Hassett as a potential Fed chair.Powells term as chair will end May 15, though he could take the unusual step of remaining on the board as governor afterward. Trump appointed Powell in 2018 but soon soured on him for raising the Feds key interest rate that year. Warshs candidacy has also likely been boosted by the Justice Departments subpoenas of the Federal Reserve last week, revealed Sunday in an unusually direct video statement by Powell. The Fed chair charged that the subpoenas were essentially punishment for the central banks refusal to lower interest rates as sharply as Trump would like. The criminal investigation a first for a sitting Fed chair sparked pushback on Capitol Hill, with many Republican senators dismissing the idea that Powell could have committed a crime. The subpoenas related to testimony Powell gave last June before the Senate Banking Committee that touched on a $2.5 billion building renovation project. The backlash has intensified concerns in the Senate, analysts say, that the Trump administration is seeking to undermine the Feds independence from day-to-day politics. That, in turn, may reduce Hassetts prospects. The brouhaha over the subpoenas is making it harder to confirm Hassett, who is distinctively close to the president, Krishna Guha, an analyst at investment bank Evercore ISI, wrote in a client note. Warsh is trusted by Senate Republicans and would be much easier to confirm.Yet Warsh, historically, is known as a hawk, or someone who traditionally supports higher interest rates to ward off inflation, as opposed to a dove, or someone who prefers lower borrowing costs to spur hiring and growth. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose Friday, to just above 4.2%, from about 4.17% Thursday. The increase likely reflected a sense that Warshs chances had improved, and as a result the Fed would be less likely over time to cut rates than under a Hassett chairmanship. CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Rugaber has covered the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for the AP for 16 years. He is a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb award for business reporting. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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Federal prosecutors secured indictments against 26 individuals they accused of rigging college basketball games, with the defendants facing charges that include bribery in sports, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aiding and abetting. What do you think?Leave this kind of thing to the pros, kids.Andy Zorc, Melon SlicerDamn, my parlay needed them to get away with it.Raul Sierra, Clock HangerAiding is one thing, but abetting?Erika Addley, Sweater MenderThe post 26 Charged In Alleged College Basketball Fixing Scheme appeared first on The Onion.

WASHINGTONPanting excitedly as he trotted from room to room displaying his prized possession, a giddy President Donald Trump was reportedly seen Friday strutting all around the White House with a Nobel Peace Prize in his mouth. Aw, you can tell the president really loves that thinghe even hides it under his bed at night with his ball and his favorite rabbit toy, said Secret Service agent Douglas Colman, adding that the Peace Prizes 24-karat gold plating was holding up remarkably well against all of Trumps slobber. We were a little worried he could break a tooth on it at first, but he just growls at anyone who tries to take it away from him. Besides, golds soft, right? Hes definitely leaving a lot of bite marks in it. We should send that nice Machado lady a picture to show her how much he loves it. Just look at that smile! Thats one proud commander-in-chief. Okay, Mr. President, youve got to drop it so you can eat your dinner now. Cmon, dinnertime! Drop it! At press time, Colman was heard wearily calling for his colleagues to get Marine One ready to go to Walter Reed after Trump swallowed the medal.The post Giddy Trump Struts All Around White House With Nobel Peace Prize In Mouth appeared first on The Onion.

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A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a mistake in deporting Any Lucia Lpez Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.

The case could affect thousands of claims that the widely used weedkiller causes cancer.

After the institutions board declared it the Trump Kennedy Center, a lot of signage around the building is in the midst of a makeover.