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South Africa’s ambassador to France, found dead at Paris hotel, told wife he intended ‘to end his life’: official

By Eve Brennan, Pierre Bairin, Joseph Ataman and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — South Africa’s ambassador to France had “expressed his intention to end his life” in a message to his wife the night before he was found dead in the courtyard of a high-rise hotel, Paris’ public prosecutor said Tuesday. Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa’s

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A 2nd detainee — a father of 4 — dies after a gunman opened fire at an ICE office in Dallas

By Holly Yan, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A second detainee who was shot at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas last week has died, according to a Homeland Security official and the League of United Latin American Citizens. Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, a 32-year-old Mexican immigrant, was one of three ICE detainees shot

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Mitt Romney reveals he personally urged Biden administration to preemptively pardon Donald Trump

By Sarah Boxer, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney revealed Monday night that he called the White House during the Biden administration when Special Counsel Jack Smith was investigating Donald Trump to urge President Joe Biden to preemptively pardon him. “I called a member of the White House, one of the senior

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Trump posts racist, AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries ahead of looming government shutdown

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — As the US government barrels toward a shutdown, President Donald Trump shared a racist video on social media, which appears to be AI-generated, depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing a sombrero and a mustache and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking in a fake voice. Jeffries and Schumer

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This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts.

Iowa’s largest school district places superintendent arrested by ICE on unpaid leave

By Michelle Watson, CNN The board of Iowa’s largest school district switched its superintendent from paid to unpaid leave Monday — three days after he was detained by immigration agents. The Department of Homeland Security said Ian Roberts, the leader of Des Moines’ schools, was in the country illegally and had existing weapon possession charges.

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Judge suspends Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of Voice of America jobs

Associated Press (AP) — A federal judge agreed Monday to temporarily suspend the Trump administration’s plan to eliminate hundreds of jobs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, the government-funded broadcaster founded to counter Nazi propaganda during World War II. US District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., ruled that the US Agency for

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