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NBC News had a close-up look at one of the final deportation flights to Central America during the Biden administration, when immigrant communities nationwide were still preparing for possible large raids by the new Trump government. Here is the step-by-step breakdown of the voyage, which serves as an illustration of how a normal trip of this kind goes regardless of administration. Although each immigration case is unique, the road starts with an arrest for every undocumented immigrant who is eventually deported. An arrest may be the consequence of a workplace raid, a straightforward run-in with the police, such a traffic stop, or, in the case of people with criminal histories, a knock on the door. After that, aliens are sent to a detention center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

According to legal experts, President Donald Trump's decision this week to revoke the security clearances of over forty former intelligence officers is an unprecedented step that highlights his determination to defy long-standing conventions in order to appease his fans and punish his alleged opponents. According to Dan Meyer, a Washington-based attorney who focuses on security clearance matters, this is the most politically charged security action since the Oppenheimer case in the 1950s. Meyer was alluding to Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the covert atomic bomb-building program during World War II. Because of his prewar ties to the Communist Party, Oppenheimer lost his security clearance during the height of the McCarthy era. It has been alleged that prior administrations have...

Late last year, American Express's wealthy customers felt at ease spending more freely once more, Chief Financial Officer Christopher Le Caillect told CNBC. After slowing down from a 7% growth rate early in the year to 6% during the second and third quarters, AmEx card spending increased 8% year over year in the fourth quarter, according to the company's results presentation. All consumer demographics and geographical areas experienced the year-end surge, but millennials and Gen Z users were particularly responsible, as their transaction volumes increased by 16% from 12% in the third quarter. While baby boomers experienced a 4% increase in billings, Gen X customers spent 7% more in the fourth quarter, indicating that older groups were more frugal with their cards. Gen Z and millennials con...

Historic difficulties have dominated Joe Biden's administration.hostilities in Ukraine and the Middle East, growing inflation, and the US military's pullout from Afghanistan. However, what impact will these incidents have on his approval rating? Despite all of the tumultuous events and scandals that occurred during his presidency, Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, saw his popularity rating remain inside a small 9-point range. To find out if Biden's approval rating will follow suit, bookmark this page. His approval rating history is displayed in the chart below, along with that of past Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. As fresh polls are released, it will be updated.

According to court documents released Friday, the two suspects in a shootout that killed a U.S. border patrol agent in northern Vermont had a tactical gear and weaponry arsenal that included a ballistic helmet, night vision equipment, and 48 rounds of jacketed hollow point ammunition in the caliber of.380. The suspects were identified as Felix Bauckholt, a German national who was killed in the gunfight, and Teresa Youngblut of Washington state, who was injured. Just 20 miles south of the Canadian border, a gunfight on a roadway claimed the life of Border Patrol agent David "Chris" Maland, 44. Whether Maland was hit by one of Youngblut's bullets or a shot from a fellow agent is unclear from the court documents. After a border patrol official stopped a blue 2015 Toyota Prius for an immigrati...

A former Arkansas police officer has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault after being seen on camera hitting a guy in handcuffs in the back of a patrol cruiser in August. Joseph Harris turned himself in to the Craighead County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday morning, where he was charged with third-degree battery, filing a false police complaint, and aggravated assault. According to a jail official, he was freed that same morning after posting a $15,000 bond. A day after being caught on tape elbowing, hitting, and slamming a car door against the head of Billy Lee Coram, a man in handcuffs, Harris, 29, was let go from the Jonesboro Police Department. The footage also showed Coram seemingly strangling himself with a seat belt. Coram was being taken back to Craighead County jail from...

Washington Pete Hegseth's candidacy as President Donald Trump's defense secretary was advanced by the Senate on Thursday, setting him up for ultimate confirmation at the end of the week. Only two moderate Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted with all 47 Democrats to try to block Hegseth, and the vote was 51-49. To move on to a final vote, he required a simple majority. Murkowski became the first Republican to publicly criticize Hegseth's candidacy just before the vote, claiming that some of the actions he has acknowledged show a "lack of judgment" and are "unbecoming of someone who would lead our armed forces." Collins claimed that following the vote, she had spoken with Hegseth personally about her worries regarding his remarks that women shouldn't be ...

Target announced on Friday that it is discontinuing its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, including those that seek to improve the representation of its customers in its personnel and goods. The Minneapolis-based retailer announced in a memo to its staff that it will terminate its three-year DEI goals, cease reporting to outside organizations that focus on diversity, such as the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, and terminate a program that aimed to carry more goods from Black or minority-owned companies. Staff received the memo on Friday, and CNBC saw it. Kiera Fernandez, Target's chief community impact and equality officer, wrote it. "This next chapter in our strategy has been shaped by many years of data, insights, listening, and learning," she stated in the ...

New guidelines announced this week require Spirit Airlines passengers to wear non-provocative clothing that does not reveal "breasts, buttocks, or other private parts" while traveling on the low-cost airline. On Wednesday, the Florida-based airline added new language on passenger looks to its "contract of carriage" terms. When a passenger "is barefoot or inadequately clothed (i.e., see-through clothing; not adequately covered; exposed breasts, buttocks, or other private parts) or whose clothing or article, including body art, is lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature," they may be removed from the flight, according to topages 9 and 10 of the updated standards. The criterion was less clear prior to Wednesday. On Tuesday, the guidance's page 9 stated merely that passengers "whose clothing is ...

Washington The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced in a statement Friday that the administration of President Donald Trump is testing a new feature that would enable officials to email every employee of the federal government from a single email address. With a single mouse click, Trump may be able to interact directly with millions of government employees from dozens of agencies at once thanks to the new capabilities. The White House opted not to respond. Watch live political coverage In an attempt to extract savings and efficiencies from government systems, the initiative might benefit from the engineering expertise of Elon Musk's team and is in line with the modernization objectives of the new Department of Government Efficiency, which is led by the tech billionaire. Employ...