Estonia Detains Bahamas-Flagged Vessel Over Suspected Smuggling Link
Estonia’s Tax and Customs Board has detained a refrigerated container vessel sailing under the Bahamian flag in the country’s internal waters over suspected links to smuggling from Ecuador. In a statement issued late Tuesday,...
Tether Scales Back Fundraising Plans Amid Investor Concerns Over $500 Billion Valuation
Crypto firm Tether is reconsidering the size of its upcoming funding round after investor resistance to its previously discussed $500 billion valuation, according to a report by the Financial Times. Chief Executive Paolo Ardoino...
Illinois Joins WHO’s Global Outbreak Network After U.S. Exit
Illinois will become part of the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), Governor JB Pritzker announced Tuesday, positioning the state in direct contrast to the federal government’s recent withdrawal from...
United States Returns Full $500 Million from Venezuelan Oil Sale to Caracas
The United States has completed the transfer of all $500 million in proceeds from the initial sale of Venezuelan oil to the Venezuelan government under an energy agreement struck last month, a U.S. official...
Family of Man Killed by Off-Duty ICE Agent Seeks Independent California Probe
Lawyers representing the family of Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old father of two shot and killed outside his Los Angeles apartment, are urging Rob Bonta to launch an independent investigation into the incident, citing...
Virginia Man Convicted in Wife’s Murder After Affair and Staged Intruder Plot
A Virginia jury has found Brendan Banfield guilty of murdering his wife and another man in a case prosecutors said involved an affair, deception, and a staged crime scene. Banfield, 40, had claimed he...
Judge Blocks Trump Move to End Deportation Protections for 350,000 Haitians
A federal judge has halted the Donald Trump administration’s attempt to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians living in the United States, shielding them from possible deportation to violence-stricken Haiti....
U.S. President Trump Demands $1 Billion from Harvard; Rejects NYT Report on Settlement
U.S. President Donald Trump said late Monday that his administration is pursuing $1 billion in damages from Harvard University, disputing a New York Times report that claimed the White House had backed away from...
ICE Says No Immigration Operations Planned at Super Bowl Amid Heightened Security
U.S. authorities have no plans to carry out immigration enforcement operations during the upcoming Super Bowl in Santa Clara, according to two sources familiar with the security arrangements. Security measures for Sunday’s game —...
Funding Freeze Lawsuit Threatens Halt to $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project
The Gateway Development Commission has filed a lawsuit against the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking the immediate restoration of federal funds for the $16 billion Hudson River tunnel project linking New York...