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May 4, 2026

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Number of people in ICE detention hits record high, data shows | US immigration

The number of people in immigration detention in the US has hit an all-time high according to data published by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The data, which comes out every two weeks, shows that as of 14 December 2025, ICE held more than 68,400 people. This many people in immigration detention is a new record, breaking the previous high set at the beginning of December. The Guardian, using ICE’s data, has continued to track the number of people arrested, detained and deported by the agency. The latest, published on 22 December covers 1 October through 14 December 2025.

May 4, 2026

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Trump plans to break up the EU by ‘pulling four Maga allies’ out of the bloc, report claims

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May 4, 2026

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U.S. launches strikes on 3 Iranian nuclear facilities, Trump says

Washington — The United States launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, President Trump announced Saturday evening, calling them a “spectacular military success.”  “The U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear assemblies in the Iranian regime: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan,” President Trump said in a national address from the White House Saturday night. “Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror.” Prior to his address, the president wrote on his Truth Social platform that a “full payload of BOMBS”

May 4, 2026

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US average fuel price passes $4 a gallon for first time in four years amid Iran war | Oil

Average US fuel prices have exceeded $4 a gallon for the first time in four years, piling pressure on drivers as Donald Trump’s war on Iran continues to boost oil markets. The nationwide average climbed to almost $4.02 on Tuesday, according to AAA data, capping an extraordinary rise from $2.98 just a month ago. The fuel price last reached this high in August 2022. US stocks started to rally on Tuesday afternoon after reports suggested Trump is considering ending the war soon. The Dow jumped nearly 1,100 points, closing up 2.5%, while the benchmark S&P 500 was up 2.9%. The

May 4, 2026

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Donald Trump says Iran sent US ‘big present’ as Pentagon readies thousands more troops for Middle East

Donald Trump says the United States is in negotiations with Iran to end the war as the Pentagon reportedly prepares to deploy thousands more troops to the Middle East. The US president said senior members of his cabinet were in talks with Iranian officials, who he said had agreed to “never have a nuclear weapon”. Iran war live updates: For the latest news on the Middle East crisis, read our blog. “We’re in negotiations right now,” he said from the Oval Office. “They’re doing it along with [US Secretary of State] Marco [Rubio] [and Vice-President] JD [Vance]. “We have a

May 3, 2026

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Trump says US will ‘help free up’ ships stuck in Hormuz Strait | US-Israel war on Iran News

President Donald Trump has said that the United States will “help free up” ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday, suggesting that his administration will break the Iranian blockade on the strategic waterway. Trump said on Sunday that the push – dubbed Project Freedom – would be a “humanitarian gesture” at the request of countries “neutral” to the conflict whose vessels are stranded in the strait, and warned against interference with the operation. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these

May 3, 2026

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[BREAKING] US Claims Maduro Captured During Military Operation Against Venezuela

Caracas, January 3, 2026 (venezuelanalysis.com) – US President Donald Trump has claimed that US Special Forces have captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a miltary operation against Venezuela in the early hours of Saturday. In a social media message, Trump stated that the US had “successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela” and that Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores had been “captured and flown out of the country.” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez confirmed that Maduro and Flores’ whereabouts are unknown and demanded that the Trump administration provide proof of life. US attacks began around 2 am

May 3, 2026

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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. House passes the PACT Act, cracking down on extreme animal cruelty

By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson The U.S. House has just voted overwhelmingly to crack down on some of the worst and most malicious acts of animal cruelty, including crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating and impaling live animals and sexually exploiting them. The watershed vote takes us one step closer to a federal anti-cruelty statute that would allow the FBI and other federal law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute those who commit such unspeakable crimes against innocent animals. The vote is especially heartening because while the PACT Act has been introduced in previous Congresses — and it has unanimously passed

May 3, 2026

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Judge indicates he might shut down Trump’s $400m White House ballroom plan | Donald Trump

A federal judge has slammed Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing and plan to build a $400m ballroom where it once stood as “brazen”, and has indicated he might terminate the project later this month. “I’m struggling to see this as an ‘alteration’,” Judge Richard Leon said on Tuesday during a hearing in a lawsuit brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) seeking to halt construction until the president has won congressional approval and passed independent reviews. White House lawyers have argued that Trump does not need outside permission to pursue the project, which began

May 3, 2026

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Trump fires Pam Bondi, a loyalist and ally, as attorney general | Pam Bondi

Donald Trump has fired Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, dismissing a loyalist who reshaped the justice department but still failed to please a president fixated on prosecuting political enemies and frustrated with the politically explosive release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social: “Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900. We love Pam, and she