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Trump promised to hold 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo. A year later, it’s mostly empty.

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Just eight days after returning to the White House last year, President Trump announced plans to turn the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a massive detention center to hold 30,000 detainees facing deportation as part of his aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration.  But a CBS News review of internal government documents and … Read more

The war is on hold, but Iran’s internal crackdown is only deepening

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Mohammad Amin Biglari disappeared as anti-government protests rocked Iran in early January. His father desperately searched morgues in Tehran, the Iranian capital, for a month, fearing his son was among the thousands killed in the crackdown by authorities. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Instead, a … Read more

Iran warns the US against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships but ceasefire appears to hold

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy on Saturday warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels would be met with a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region and enemy ships, even as a tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding. Iranian state TV reported the … Read more

US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting

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Libyan Dr. Faysal Alghoula must renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana, but hasn’t been able to since the Trump administration stopped reviewing applications for people from several dozen countries it deemed high-risk. Alghoula’s current visa will expire in September if his application is denied. But last week, … Read more

Pennsylvania sues AI company, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as licensed doctors

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Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and deceive the system’s users into thinking they’re getting medical advice from a licensed professional HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and are deceiving … Read more

Interest rates expected to hold steady at Fed meeting likely to be Powell’s last as chair

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The Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates steady Wednesday, at what is likely to be Chair Jerome Powell’s last policy meeting as the leader of the world’s most influential central bank. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Last week, a clear path opened up … Read more

Talks in Pakistan on hold as Iran’s top diplomat leaves Islamabad and Trump’s envoys are a no-show

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ISLAMABAD — Attempts at ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran fell flat after Tehran’s top diplomat left Pakistan and President Donald Trump’s envoys stayed away after he told them not to travel to Islamabad. The U.S. president indicated the ball was now in Iran’s court. “If they want to talk, all they have … Read more