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Washington (AX) — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would seek to revoke the citizenship of naturalized Americans convicted of fraud, singling out immigrants “from Somalia or anywhere else” as he outlined a tougher immigration and enforcement agenda during a speech in Detroit. Speaking at the Detroit Economic Club, Trump said a future administration would pursue denaturalization and deportation proceedings against immigrants found guilty of defrauding U.S. citizens. “If you come to America to rob Americans, we’re…

Aldrich Ames, the longtime CIA officer who became one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history by selling secrets to the Soviet Union and Russia, has died in federal custody, authorities said. He was 84, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Ames, a counterintelligence analyst who spent 31 years at the agency, was convicted in 1994 and sentenced to life in prison for betraying U.S. operations between 1985 and 1993. Prosecutors said he and his wife, Rosario, received more than $2.5 million for information that compromised…

White House weighs revoking U.S. citizenship for Somalis convicted of fraud amid Minnesota probe The White House said Wednesday it is examining whether to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Somalis convicted of fraud in Minnesota, as the administration escalates a wide-ranging investigation into alleged abuse of federal social service programs. Karoline Leavitt, the White House spokesperson, told Fox News the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department are “looking at” denaturalization, calling it “a tool at the…

Somalia’s Southwest state executes police officer over $2 extortion killing in Baidoa BAIDOA, Somalia — The Southwest Somali administration on Saturday executed a member of its special police force after a military court convicted him of killing a civilian during a dispute over a $2 extortion demand, authorities said. The soldier, identified as Abdisamad Hassan Madnuur, was sentenced to death by the 60th Division Military Court for fatally shooting a traveler in late November in Berdale district of the Bay region, according…

South West State executes police officer over $2 extortion killing in Baidoa BAIDOA, Somalia — The South West State administration on Saturday executed a member of its special police force who was convicted of fatally shooting a civilian during a $2 extortion dispute, according to officials and court records. The soldier, identified as Abdisamad Hassan Madnuur, was sentenced to death by the 60th Division Military Court for killing a traveler in late November in Berdale district of the Bay region. Court documents state the…

President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full and unconditional pardon to Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, who had been facing federal charges in a bribery and conspiracy case, saying on his Truth Social platform that the justice system had been "weaponised" by his predecessor. "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar ... I don't know you, but you can sleep well tonight - Your nightmare is finally over!" Trump wrote. The move ends a high-profile prosecution in which…

Alabama carries out first nitrogen execution as inmate who long maintained innocence dies Alabama executed Anthony Boyd on Thursday night using nitrogen hypoxia — a little-used method of suffocation — marking a stark moment in the U.S. debate over capital punishment. Boyd, 54, who consistently denied killing 32-year-old Gregory Huguley in 1993, was pronounced dead at 6:33pm Central, the Alabama Department of Corrections said. "He was pronounced dead at 6:33pm Central time," the department announced, closing a case that has…

Indiana execution revives fraught national debate over capital punishment On a quiet Tuesday night in Indiana, the state carried out the lethal injection of Roy Lee Ward, a 53‑year‑old convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of 15‑year‑old Stacy Payne. Ward, who was arrested at the scene holding a knife, had been sentenced to death in 2002. His final hours — which included a last meal of a hamburger, a steak melt, chips, shrimp and breadsticks — closed a chapter that has become, for many Americans, part tragedy and part…

Guilty verdict in Auckland filicide forces hard questions about mental illness, accountability and community care The Auckland High Court delivered a short, stark verdict last week: Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen born in South Korea, was found guilty of murdering her two young children and hiding their bodies in suitcases. The image of the remains — Yuna Jo, 8, and Minu Jo, 6 — discovered in a storage unit in south Auckland after years missing, jolted a country and prompted painful public debate about how societies…

MOGADISHU/BERLIN - In a recent development, Somalia has agreed to bring back 20 of its citizens who ran afoul of the law in Germany, facing grave charges like murder and sexual assault. This decision emerged from powwows between the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, underscoring that the repatriation is not a dig at the larger Somali refugee family in Germany. Somalia's state minister for Foreign Affairs, Ali Omar, in a chat with VOA Somali, stressed that these folks have…