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Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions.

ICE stopped paying for medical care months ago, so there are probably a lot more stories like this.

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Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship.

“Who was it? Trump? A family member? A White House staffer?” asked US Sen. Chris Murphy.

“It’s Monday morning, there’s no important data today, there aren’t any Fed speakers you’d want to front-run. It’s an unusually large trade for a day with no event risk,” the trader said. “Somebody just got a lot richer.”

A BBC review of market data similarly found that “traders bet hundreds of millions of dollars on oil contracts just minutes before” Trump’s announcement of talks with Iran. Iranian officials publicly denied that they are negotiating with the Trump administration, and Iran’s top lawmaker accused the US president of peddling “fake news” in an attempt to “manipulate the financial and oil markets.”

Union leaders and DFL lawmakers are pushing to ban electronic shelf labels and surveillance pricing, citing concerns about affordability and the use of artificial intelligence in grocery stores.

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A Michigan data center would use renewables and flexibility to meet most demand. An Ohio project goes in a different direction.

Company calls Guardian the "most capable 911 response drone ever.”

New York City Mayor Mamdani is revolutionizing government efficiency by cutting wasteful contracts with companies like McKinsey, saving millions without compromising essential services. Will this progressive approach inspire a national movement against inefficient outsourcing?

Surcharge, spurred by oil price spikes due to the Iran war, is set to take effect on 26 April and run until January 2027

The union said in its letter that its labor contracts enshrine the right to a safe workplace, and that the presence of ICE or U.S. Border Patrol agents inside or in the immediate vicinity of properties constitutes “unusually dangerous conditions” that trigger employees’ right to refuse to work. The contracts also prohibit employers from allowing immigration agents onto their properties without a warrant, the letter said.

“We want to be clear,” the letter said. “If ICE or similar enforcement agents are present at or near your property, workers must be allowed to leave or refuse to report to work without reprisal.”