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Iran's government has been confiscating property from people it deems traitors or critics of the regime.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes a surprise visit to Cuba as the spy agency calls on the nation to make "fundamental changes." Cuba says it has run out of fuel and is suffering massive blackouts.
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Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP/PoolGov. Jared Polis' controversial commutation follows a pressure campaign by the Trump administration to free Tina Peters, an ex-county official who was convicted of tampering with election equipment.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection's latest border projects map shows vehicle barriers and "patrol roads" planned east of Big Bend National Park. The Department of Homeland Security is now waiving a wide range of federal environmental laws for part of that project. -
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A new state law requires many Texas sheriff's offices to enter into 287(g) agreements and help enforce federal immigration law. -
County commissioners heard new details Monday on a proposed 'man camp' housing facility for border wall workers south of Van Horn. Locals expressed concern that an influx of 500 workers would put a strain on the rural area's already limited resources. -
The six individuals were discovered Sunday afternoon inside a shipping container at the Union Pacific Railyard near mile marker 13 of Interstate 35 after workers inspected one of the containers. -
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