George Nyavor
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The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has begun a significant reorientation of its Civil Rights Division, shifting resources and enforcement priorities toward investigating claims of so-called “reverse discrimination” against white Americans, according to reporting by CBS News. The change marks a departure from the division’s historic focus on protecting racial minorities and…
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In one of her first official acts as governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger moved quickly to unwind a cornerstone of her predecessor’s immigration enforcement strategy. On January 17, the newly inaugurated Democratic governor signed an executive order rescinding former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s directive that state and local law enforcement agencies “cooperate” with U.S. Immigration…
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The United States is currently enforcing two separate visa-related policies at the same time, creating widespread confusion for visa applicants and their families worldwide. According to U.S. immigration attorney Akua Poku, the policies—a 39-country visa ban and a 75-country immigrant visa processing pause—are often mistakenly treated as the same measure, even though they operate very…
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In a move that has drawn global scrutiny, the Trump administration’s proposed Board of Peace, an international body intended to oversee the ceasefire and reconstruction efforts in Gaza and potentially serve a broader peace mandate, includes a provision for nations to pay $1 billion in cash to secure permanent membership on the board, according to…
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A journalist who applied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as part of an undercover reporting project says the agency’s recruitment process advanced her application to a purported “final job offer” with a start date. According to the reporter, she clinched to job offer despite minimal screening and her failure to complete required paperwork—raising…
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A video posted on Instagram by Father David Gierlach, an Episcopal priest in Hawai‘i and member of a diocesan social justice task force, has drawn attention for its pointed commentary on national legal and political issues. The video touched on President Donald Trump and his administraiton’s handling of the Epstein files, and other high-profile investigations.…
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President Donald Trump’s dramatic announcement of temporary 10 percent tariffs — rising to 25 percent in June — on goods from eight European nations over the Greenland dispute has rattled diplomatic and trade circles. The move directly targets Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, linking trade policy to Trump’s…
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has filed a controversial legal motion seeking to prevent the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the release of internal files related to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, court filings show. In a motion submitted on Friday, January 16,…
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President Donald Trump has ordered sweeping new tariffs on Denmark and seven other European countries, invoking emergency economic powers in a move that is already facing legal scrutiny and diplomatic resistance across the Atlantic. Under the directive, the United States will impose 10 percent tariffs beginning in February on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France,…
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A Henrico Circuit Court judge has found former neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman guilty on nine felony counts of child abuse stemming from injuries inflicted on newborn babies under her care at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital. Strotman, 27, was convicted Thursday, January 15, after entering no-contest pleas to all nine charges.…
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