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White House asks supreme court to allow deportations under wartime law | US immigration newsthirst.

The Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to intervene to allow the government to continue to deport immigrants using the obscure Alien Enemies Act. The request came one day after a federal appeals court upheld a Washington DC federal judge’s temporary block on immigrant expulsions via a wartime act that allows the…

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Trump pardons three co-founders of BitMEX crypto exchange newsthirst.

Arthur Hayes, chief executive officer of BitMEX, speaks during the Consensus: Invest event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.  Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump has granted pardons to three co-founders of the BitMEX global cryptocurrency exchange, CNBC has learned. The co-founders, former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes, Benjamin…

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Prominent Jewish figures boycott Israel antisemitism event newsthirst.

Prominent figures, including several Jewish leaders, have stayed away from an international conference on antisemitism held in Jerusalem, in protest at the inclusion of politicians from across Europe associated with the far right. Those who declined to attend included Israel’s own president and the chief rabbi of the UK, Sir Ephraim Mirvis. At the conference,…

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Trump and Canada’s Carney hold first call amid ongoing trade war newsthirst.

US President Donald Trump says he had an “extremely productive” first call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, amid an ongoing trade war between the two neighbours. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that the two will meet “immediately” after Canada’s upcoming elections on 28 April to discuss “politics, business, and all other factors”….

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