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Kilmar Ábrego García ordered released from ICE custody in fight over Trump immigration

Maryland judge freed Ábrego as his case becomes a partisan flashpoint in battle over Trump’s deportation agenda

A federal court in Maryland has ordered the release of Kilmar Ábrego García from ICE custody on Thursday, and he will be advised on his release conditions in his separate Tennessee criminal case.

The case of Ábrego, a Salvadorian national who was a construction worker in Maryland, has become a proxy for the partisan struggle over Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration policy and mass deportation agenda.

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US is the best place for drugs companies to invest, says boss of London-based GSK

Emma Walmsley’s praise for US pharmaceutical market piles pressure on UK government

The chief executive of GSK has declared that the US is the best place for pharmaceutical companies to invest.

Emma Walmsley said the US led the world in launches of drugs and vaccines and, alongside China, was the best market for business development.

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Trump’s anti-Somali tirade is a shocking new low | Moira Donegan

The president called immigrants such as Ilhan Omar ‘garbage’ – but this latest racist outburst may be another sign of weakness

Last week, as ICE agents descended on Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota’s Twin Cities, and members of migrant communities there retreated into hiding, Donald Trump unleashed a wave of bigotry against the area’s Somali population in a moment of vitriol that was shockingly racist even by his own very low standards. Rousing himself to animation at the tail end of a televised 2 December cabinet meeting during which he sometimes appeared to be struggling to stay awake, the president disparaged Somali immigrants, many of whom are refugees from the country’s long-running civil conflict, as ungrateful and unfit for residence in the United States.

“I don’t want ’em in our country,” Trump said of ethnic Somalis, about 80,000 of whom live in the Minneapolis area. “Their country’s no good for a reason.” The comments echoed recent posts from the president’s powerful adviser Stephen Miller, who has largely taken over immigration policy. Referring to what he called “the lie of mass migration” in a November 27 post on X, Miller cast doubt on the possibility of assimilation, and suggested that immigrants from troubled countries would contaminate America with a kind of genetic or ontological incapacity for democratic governance. “At scale, migrants and their descendants represent the conditions, and terrors, of their broken homelands,” Miller wrote.

Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist

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Vous voulez aller aux USA ? Préparez-vous à leur donner 5 ans d'historique de vos réseaux sociaux

Ce matin, je vous parlais de ce mec qui s’est fait arrêter pour avoir effacé son téléphone devant les douaniers américains. Eh ben j’avais pas vu qu’il y avait encore mieux… L’administration Trump vient en effet de publier une proposition qui va vous faire halluciner… !!!!

Pour les ressortissants des 42 pays éligibles au programme ESTA (dont la FRANCE, l’Allemagne, le Royaume-Uni, le Japon…), il faudra bientôt fournir 5 ans d’historique de vos réseaux sociaux pour poser un pied sur le sol américain. Et c’est pas en option, non non non non… C’est une obligation. Le CBP (Customs and Border Protection) l’a annoncé dans le Federal Register hier (le 10 décembre).

Et attendez, c’est pas fini car en plus de vos posts Facebook, tweets et autres stories Instagram de ces 5 dernières années, ils veulent aussi récupérer toutes vos adresses email des 10 dernières années… vos numéros de téléphone (et ceux de votre famille)… les dates de naissance et lieux de résidence de vos proches… ainsi que vos données biométriques quand cela est faisable. Empreintes digitales, scan facial, scan de l’iris, et même votre ADN. On se croirait dans Bienvenue à Gattaca !

Officiellement, tout ça c’est pour “protéger les États-Unis des terroristes étrangers” suite à un décret de janvier 2025 sauf que le problème, comme l’explique un avocat spécialisé en immigration à The Register , c’est que les refus d’entrée ne seront plus basés sur des faits concrets… mais sur l’interprétation de vos opinions. Bref, si vous avez posté un truc qui plaît pas, c’est retour à la case départ. Donc autant vous dire que pour moi, c’est mort !

Et ce qui est marrant, c’est que ces politiques restrictives de connards ont coûté cette année aux États-Unis environ 30 milliards de dollars en perte économique pour le tourisme, et j’imagine que ça va augmenter… Les USA seraient l’un des seuls grand pays à voir ses revenus touristiques baisser. Des winners, j’vous dis !

La proposition est donc ouverte aux commentaires publics jusqu’au 9 février… On verra bien comment ça va se terminer et ce qui sera inscrit dans la loi.

De mon côté, ça fait 22 jours que j’ai décroché des réseaux sociaux et même si c’est dur, j’suis content. Déjà parce que ça fera moins de données à filer aux douaniers, y’aura moins de chiasse mentale qui ira se déverser dans mon cerveau et surtout moins de temps perdu à scroller… Bref, une meilleure santé mentale pour bibi.

Et un grand merci à l’administration américaine qui vient de me donner une raison supplémentaire de pas retourner aux États-Unis de sitôt. Dommage c’est un beau pays quand même.

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‘Pretty Strong Words’ Used on Ukraine Call With European Leaders, Trump Says

Diplomatic efforts have stalled as Britain, France and Germany try to push President Trump away from a proposal to end the conflict that would favor Russia.

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A power plant was damaged by a Russian strike in Ukraine on Wednesday. President Trump has expressed growing impatience with Ukraine and its European allies.
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Vows to End Maduro’s Rule in Venezuela

María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.

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María Corina Machado speaking at a news conference in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday after spending more than a year in hiding.
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‘Somalis are the scapegoat’: fear rises as Trump targets Minneapolis community

Residents have had to adjust how they’re living – staying home, carrying passports – since Trump launched his attack

On Tuesday morning, just a few stalls were open among the dozens that normally sell food, rugs, clothing and jewelry at Karmel mall, a Somali community hub in Minneapolis. Longtime Minnesotans said they had never seen the mall as quiet as it has been in recent days, almost jarringly still.

The bustle was replaced by unease and fear over the Trump administration’s menace toward Somalis and increased immigration agents in the city, tasked with targeting Somalis for deportation.

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Les États-Unis vont-ils vraiment fouiller vos réseaux sociaux si vous partez en vacances ?

Dans un avis officiel publié le 10 décembre 2025, le Service des douanes et de la protection des frontières des États-Unis propose une refonte majeure de la demande d’ESTA, destinée aux voyageurs exemptés de visa (dont la France). Parmi les changements envisagés : la possibilité pour les autorités d’examiner l’historique de vos réseaux sociaux sur les cinq dernières années.

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Les États-Unis vont-ils vraiment fouiller vos réseaux sociaux si vous partez en vacances ?

Dans un avis officiel publié le 10 décembre 2025, le Service des douanes et de la protection des frontières des États-Unis propose une refonte majeure de la demande d’ESTA, destinée aux voyageurs exemptés de visa (dont la France). Parmi les changements envisagés : la possibilité pour les autorités d’examiner l’historique de vos réseaux sociaux sur les cinq dernières années.

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Ahead of Trump Call, Fighting Between Thailand and Cambodia Intensifies

The widening scope of the conflict between the two neighbors presents a challenge to President Trump’s tariff diplomacy, which he has brandished as a peacemaking tool.

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Evacuees sleeping at a shelter at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand, on Thursday.
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Jared Kushner – and three Arab monarchies – are at the heart of the Paramount-WBD bid | Mohamad Bazzi

The president’s son-in-law is once again at the center of an international business deal that will require administration approval

On Monday, Paramount Skydance launched a $108bn takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, the entertainment giant that owns Hollywood movie studios, along with CNN, HBO and other media businesses. The bid is led by David Ellison, son of the tech billionaire Larry Ellison – a prominent Donald Trump supporter and Republican donor. Netflix had already prevailed over Paramount in a previous bidding competition for the purchase, but Trump announced on Sunday that he would “be involved” in his administration’s review of the Netflix deal. The president suggested the sale “could be a problem” because Netflix is already dominant in the US streaming market.

Paramount left out a significant fact in the press release announcing its offer: the bid includes funding from the private equity firm owned by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, as well as three Arab monarchies, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which collectively have billions of dollars in ongoing ventures involving the Trump family business. Those details were buried in required paperwork filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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