International

US Immigration Enforcement Agency Seeks to Double in Size by 2023

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering a hiring surge that would more than double the agency’s size in the coming six years to nearly 46,000 employees, surpassing previously published estimates, according to a government contracting-related document released this week. In a “Request for Information” Wednesday seeking input from the private sector about staffing services

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‘Not gay enough’: Dutch authorities challenge asylum-seekers to prove their sexuality

It’s just after 2 p.m. on a sunny day in September, and a motley group of people are standing outside Amsterdam’s main courthouse. Among them is a worried-looking couple: a young Arab man with dyed hair, a diamond earring and a tight T-shirt, holding the hand of an older white man in a more nondescript

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US looking to agreements with Russia over Syria

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is nearing agreement with Russia on establishing additional cease-fire zones in Syria, a key step to finally resolving that country’s brutal civil war. Some officials had suggested agreement could be announced in a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of Friday’s Asia summit in

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Middle East, USA

High schools across Israel to strike Sunday

By TOI staff Israeli high schools will be closed on Sunday as teachers stage a one-day strike demanding higher salaries, the teachers’ union announced Friday. “The Union of Secondary School Teachers announces that due to the procrastination and lack of progress being made by the Finance and Education Ministries in the negotiations on the wage

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

‘My Democratic friends are mad at me’: Donna Brazile explains herself in deep-left San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — After publishing an unfettered memoir critiquing Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid, former Democratic Party leader Donna Brazile on Thursday doubled down on her criticism of the nominee before a receptive audience in deepest-left California. Brazile’s tell-all book has revived sour Election Day memories for Democrats, including her claim that the party gamed

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Mueller Investigating Michael Flynn Kidnap Plot

Special counsel Robert Mueller has begun investigating an alleged plot by former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to kidnap a Turkish opposition leader living in the U.S. Multiple sources with knowledge of the investigation confirmed the direction of Mueller’s probe to The Wall Street Journal Friday. Four sources also confirmed it to NBC News. The

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Middle East, USA

Poison tip pens: 13,000 new JFK assassination documents show CIA plots against Castro

The National Archives released another 13,213 records from the Kennedy assassination files on Thursday — mostly unredacted versions of CIA documents that had previously been kept partly classified. The cache contains documentation of dirty tricks and plots. A CIA report dated April 14, 1967, discusses attempts to kill Cuban dictator Fidel Castro by use of

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International, USA

Raisman claims sexual abuse by Team USA doctor

Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman said she was sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, according to her upcoming interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Raisman, a six-time Olympic medalist and two-time national team captain, shared her story on the “60 Minutes” show scheduled to air Sunday, joining more than 130 other women who

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

Read Louis C.K.’s statement on allegations: ‘These stories are true’

Just a day after five women came out accusing him of sexual misconduct in the New York Times, Louis C.K. has issued a statement admitting that all of the women’s accusations are true. Five female comedy writers and performers — four of whom went on the record — stated that C.K. had masturbated in front

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Trump judge nominee, 36, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel

WASHINGTON — Brett J. Talley, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be a federal judge in Alabama, has never tried a case, was unanimously rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Association’s judicial rating committee, has practiced law for only three years and, as a blogger last year, displayed a degree of partisanship unusual for a

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