Handouts are never free. The cruel US aid freeze is an opportunity for the Caribbean | Kenneth Mohammed

For generations, many in the Caribbean grew up believing that the United States was the world’s great benefactor – a beacon of freedom, prosperity and boundless opportunity. Carefully cultivated through cinema, television, magazines, newspapers and radio, this perception reinforced the …

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Trump order to turn Guantánamo Bay into migrant detention center prompts outcry – live

Trump order to turn Guantánamo Bay into migrant detention center sparks outcry There has been a wave of criticism from across the country and around the globe to Donald Trump’s executive order instructing the military to prepare to house 30,000 …

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Republicans reportedly eye stopgap deal and raising debt limit after Trump inauguration in race to avert shutdown – US politics live

Mike Johnson: ‘We will not have a government shutdown’ Addressing reporters following the House Republicans’ meeting before today’s midnight deadline to avert a government shutdown, House speaker Mike Johnson vowed: “We will not have a government shutdown.” Johnson said: We …

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