Colombia sent air force planes to repatriate more than 100 nationals deported from the U.S. after a bilateral standoff over Bogota’s refusal to receive Colombians on U.S. military aircraft. The Colombian president welcomed the arrival of the migrants. Click here for the full story in Spanish. This post was originally published on here
WASHINGTON — Podcasters and social media influencers will be permitted to apply for credentials to cover the White House, the new press secretary announced Tuesday. In her first briefing, Karoline Leavitt told reporters that a wider range of individuals will be eligible to apply for White House press credentials. “We welcome independent journalists, podcasters, social…
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A Colombian Air Force jet was expected to land back in the country early Tuesday carrying 110 Colombians deported from the United States. The flight from San Diego, along with another traveling from Houston back to Colombia, follows a dispute sparked Sunday when Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to allow U.S. military planes to send…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday fired more than a dozen Justice Department lawyers who brought two criminal cases against him, an official said, as the Republican moves swiftly to exert greater control over the department. The officials were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry, a Trump appointee, concluded they could not…
A storm in a coffee cup this past weekend, as Colombia’s president tussled by tweet with President Donald Trump, pulling back from the cusp of a trade war after the White House insisted the South American nation accept deportees as part of Trump’s hardline immigration push. VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell reports from Washington.This…