US judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi
Mahdawi, arrested last year during US citizenship interview, says he is ‘grateful to the court for honoring the rule of law’An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who was arrested by federal agents last year during a US citizenship interview in Vermont.Lawyers for Mahdawi gave details of the decision in a court filing on Tuesday with a federal appeals court in New York, which had been reviewing a ruling that led to his release from immigration custody in April. Continue reading...
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News live: Canavan says Hanson ‘not fit to lead’ a major party after inflammatory comments about Muslim Australians
Backlash follows One Nation leader’s statements on Sky News on Monday night. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPauline Hanson says people ‘warming to our policies’ amid frustrations with two major partiesThe One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, was just interviewed on the ABC after a surge in popularity in recent polls.I think people are looking at our policies, what we want to do for the country and for people … People are warming to our policies and I am pleased to see that they want to vote for One Nation now because they don’t trust the two major political parties.You don’t have a former deputy prime minister to come across to a party, with his credentials, and it doesn’t enhance the party.People are drawn to Barnaby. He is just an average bloke out there fighting for the Australian people and he is so pleased to be on board with One Nation now. Continue reading...
Oscar-nominated co-writer of It Was Just an Accident released from Iranian prison
Mehdi Mahmoudian released 17 days after arrest for signing a statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader and regime’s protest crackdownMehdi Mahmoudian, the Oscar-nominated cowriter of It Was Just an Accident, has been released from an Iranian prison 17 days after his arrest, according to local media reports.Mahmoudian was arrested in Tehran shortly after signing a statement condemning Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrators. On Tuesday, he was released from the Nowshahr prison, along with two other signatories of the statement, Vida Rabbani and Abdollah Momeni. Continue reading...
With Witkoff and Kushner, Trump Bets on Diplomacy Without Diplomats
President Trump’s most trusted envoys are at the center of the Iran and Ukraine negotiations, an approach that has sidelined the State Department and the National Security Council.
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Ami Nakai of Japan leads after the short program ahead of a talented field, including the American Alysa Liu, who is third.
Lunar New Year in Photos and Video: Revelers Welcome Year of the Horse
The Lunar New Year, the most important holiday in many Asian countries, is being celebrated around the world.
U.S. and Iran Make ‘Good Progress’ in Geneva Talks, Foreign Minister Says
The Iranian minister, Abbas Araghchi, said both sides had agreed on a “set of guiding principles.” President Trump has called on Iran to make an immediate accord or face a possible U.S. attack.
Tributes pour in after US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dies at 84
World leaders shared memories of Jackson, a leader of the US civil rights movement who passed away on Tuesday.
Winter storm brings ‘very heavy’ snow and more rain to California
Avalanche warning for Sierra Nevadas while southern California experiences heavy rain and floodingCalifornia is being blanketed by a winter storm that has brought the coldest air mass in three years to the state – along with heavy snowfall, road closures and power outages.Two Pacific storms are expected to bring more than three feet of snow to the Sierra Nevadas and heavy rainfall to lower elevation parts of the state, including Los Angeles and San Diego, where flooding could occur in recent burn scars. Continue reading...
Colbert accuses Trump administration of censorship after CBS pulls interview
Host claims lawyers barred him from discussing decision to drop Texas Democrat segment amid FCC rules scrutinyTalkshow host Stephen Colbert has accused the Trump administration and CBS of censorship after he said the network told him not to air a television interview with a Texas Democrat running for Senate.On his show, Colbert told viewers of the Late Show that network lawyers told him he was also prohibited from talking about their refusal to air his interview with James Talarico, a Texas state representative seeking his party’s nomination to challenge the Republican incumbent, John Cornyn, for a Senate seat in November. Continue reading...