Lula Leads Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil Election Poll After Banco Master Scandal

SAO PAULO, ⁠May ⁠22 (Reuters) – Brazilian ⁠President Luiz ​Inacio Lula da ‌Silva leads opposition ‌Senator ⁠Flavio ⁠Bolsonaro in the race for this ​year’s presidential election, gaining ​ground after reports ⁠linking the ⁠right-wing ⁠challenger to ​a disgraced banker, a poll ​released ⁠by pollster Datafolha showed on ⁠Friday. Leftist Lula would win a potential ⁠second-round runoff against Flavio …

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Trump’s Cuba Strategy Echoes His Venezuela Playbook. but There Are Key Differences

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s strategy against Cuba is looking a lot like the playbook for Venezuela: An oil blockade, a growing U.S. military presence, federal charges and repeated threats of intervention. But similar pressure campaigns do not equal similar results, experts say, even if President Donald Trump has often warned that “Cuba is …

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US Judge Dismisses Indictment Against Salvadoran Migrant Kilmar Abrego

NEW YORK, ⁠May ⁠22 (Reuters) – A ⁠U.S. judge dismissed an indictment ​against Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego on ‌Friday, finding that the ‌Trump administration would not ⁠have ⁠prosecuted him had he not challenged his ​deportation. Abrego, who entered the United States illegally, became a symbol of the ​Trump administration’s drive for mass deportations ⁠when he …

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Ex-Judges Sound Alarm About Feds ‘Micromanaging’ Immigration Courts

It was April 10 and Nina Fróes sat on the bench at Chelmsford Immigration Court, presiding over a straightforward asylum case. In the middle of the proceedings, at 3:01 p.m., an email notification appeared on her screen that cut the hearing short. Its title read: NOTICE OF NON-CONVERSION. “I didn’t even open or read my …

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How much emergency savings should you keep while paying off debt?

In today’s economic landscape, it’s important to balance paying off debt with building an emergency fund. Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images Americans are continuing to face mounting financial pressure in today’s economic landscape, and it’s taking a major toll on their financial and mental health. One of the main drivers is inflation, which is climbing rapidly …

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Judge tosses federal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Washington — A federal judge in Tennessee on Friday tossed out an indictment charging Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man mistakenly deported by the Trump administration last year, with human smuggling. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw granted Abrego Garcia’s effort to dismiss the criminal charges on the grounds that the Justice Department’s prosecution was vindictive …

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